Comedy Festival 2018: Geraldine Hickey confronts her fears in Plucky ★★★★
MELBOURNE comic Geraldine Hickey confronts her fears, yours too, with tales of ghosts, nudity and all other things that make you go eek!
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WE all have fears — spiders, small spaces, audience participation of stand-up shows (or is that just me?).
But fear not, Geraldine Hickey is here to help you face them. Or maybe flee from them!
That fear factor is the concept that her latest show, Plucky, hinges upon.
It’s a quietly assured performance. Hickey has developed into a confident conversationalist, no doubt honed through the daily improvisations of breakfast radio.
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She is not afraid to mix it up either, with some softer moments when she recalls the travails of the marriage equality survey and the health of her knockabout father.
What emerges is a well-paced and sometimes relaxed routine that explains her increasing public profile.
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You will laugh, you might even face your fears and you might even end up singing an unlikely Aussie ballad. Now that’s a fear to face.
Geraldine Hickey, Plucky
Imperial Hotel, Bourke St, until April 21
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