Biography

My true strength as a performer is that I can switch in an instant from naivety to raunch and then into the pathos of the realisation that I "love everything about my husband - even the things I hate." The titles of the songs (written in partnership with UK musician Luke Jackson who provides live onstage accompaniment) give you an idea of my joyful irreverence. They include Put Your Finger In Your Vagina, I'm Breaking Up With Jesus, Fuck First and Monogamy.

For the last 15 years I have been creating and touring one woman comedy character shows such as Joe: The Perfect Man (Outstanding Comedy award~Ottawa Fringe) and Big Girls Don't Cry (Best in Fest~Winnipeg Fringe) to rave reviews. After years of marital distress, my obstetrician/gynaecologist husband and I managed to rescue our love from the cliffs edge, a recovery that inspired my own story.

I realised I knew more about love and relationships than Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna and Katy Perry could ever know. So six years ago I decided to strip away the characters, get on stage in stand up clubs and find my own voice, a decision that led to Shit I'm in Love With You Again.

The show is my life, including my time spent in Kenya where my husband worked in a hospital and I taught art to HIV positive adults shunned by society. Medical politics forced my husband to resign his post just as I, after making sacrifices and overcoming doubts to accompany him, found my niche and was making a real difference to people's lives.

The rest is history - a history laid bare for all to see on stage. Shit I'm in love With You Again is my first autobiographical show and this is me laying it all on the line. SIILWYA has been nominated for a JFL Comedy FRANKIE Award and Montreal Clown Festival Award at The Montreal St Amboise Fringe Festival.

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