Baby et Lulu | Adelaide Fringe 2022 review

Faux-thentic French duo Abby Dobson and Lara Goodridge were as sparkling and scrumptious as champagne.

Baby et Lulu

Baby et Lulu

Music

Rating *****

Church of the Trinity

March 4

IT’S perfectly apt that this personification of French joie de vivre was held in a church because it was just so heavenly.

The “faux-thentic French” duo of Baby (Abby Dobson, formerly of Leonardo’s Bride fame) and Lulu (Lara Goodridge) – with their delicious, affected accents, heartfelt connection and laugh-out-loud wit – were as sparkling and scrumptious as champagne.

Together with a slickly talented band, the Sydney-based twosome – who have been together for 12 years – played a joyful, enriching set that proved an uplifting antidote in a time of heavy headlines.

Some of the night’s stunning, soaring standouts were originals written in French by Dobson (who used to busk on the streets of Paris) and Goodridge (who has a masters in French studies).

The generous and humble performers – they manned their own merchandise store at interval – even changed their second-half set to accommodate a French version of Leonardo’s Bride’s much-loved hit Even When I’m Sleeping (“Meme Quand Je Dors”) after learning it was the wedding song of a couple in the audience celebrating their 20th anniversary.

After an at-times breathtaking night, it was no surprise the crowd bid adieu to Baby et Lulu with a whooping standing ovation.