Opening night of Strong Female Character was undeniably rough around the edges but also overwhelmingly genuine. Rowena Hutson tells the story of her life and sexuality with charming, reckless bravery, and the audience is taken through her struggle of loving Indiana Jones and Wolverines while developing into a proud feminist. Her years of experience in comedy and […]

The tone of Ghost Machine is set before the show even starts: as the audience trickles in Laura Davis stands proudly on a bare stage. She’s wearing a ghost costume (i.e. a sheet with eye holes cut out) and a curious backpack-type device that has a squeaky gyroscopic appendage with a light attached to the […]

Strong Female Character is Rowena Hutson’s third solo show for Melbourne Fringe (The Unstoppable, Unsung Story of Shaky M, and A Four-Eyed Guide to the Galaxy showing in previous years) and that’s a testament to her bankable, albeit dark, comic ability. Hutson says the best comedy is the kind that “walks the line between comedy […]