Comedy Festival 2018: Gillian Cosgriff a master of cabaret in So Far So Good ★★★★
GILLIAN Cosgriff is a high-energy, charismatic, engaging performer with a beaming smile, and she makes performing seem second nature and effortless.
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MUSICAL theatre performer, actor, cabaret artist: is there anything the extraordinarily talented, over-achieving Gillian Cosgriff can’t do?
In her comedy/cabaret show, So Far So Good, this impressive local talent highlights exquisite stand-up performance skills during a tight, hour-long set that also showcases her stunning singing chops, piano playing, and original song-writing prowess.
A high-energy, charismatic, engaging performer, with a beaming smile, Cosgriff makes performing seem second nature and effortless. During the evening’s performance, she is supported by Lucy on cello.
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She has been writing songs for 10 years and performing comedy for eight, and Cosgriff regales us with her favourite tunes from the past 10 years. A song, Cosgriff informs us, is like a time capsule of her life: in her early 20s, Cosgriff was a waitress. Cue Waitress/Actress, a number from her very first show.
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The evening’s set boasts umpteen musical highlights, including: the whimsical To My 16-Year-Old Self; the toe-tapping fantasy about a woman by the name of Felicia Coco; and Regular Lady, a thumping, yet ironic, rap/party anthem par excellence.
Despite confessing to being a procrastinator with a chronic fear of failure, this performer boasts she can write a song in an hour, and this evening, Cosgriff achieves that feat, writing and performing before our eyes, a salty sea shanty about Jack and Megan, two audience members, who are also competitive sailors.
Discerning musical theatre audiences will love this cracker-jack cabaret show, and will leave the theatre with smiles on their faces and humming that damned catchy last tune from Cosgriff’s set!
Gillian Cosgriff, So Far So Good
Melbourne Town Hall, Lunch Room, cnr Swanston and Collins sts, Melbourne, until April 22.
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