After slaying them in the aisles a few years back with their smash hit touring show Women Like Us - the girls are back to tickle everyone's wobbly bits.
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Women Like Us are middle aged mouthy mamas of mirth, Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs have just returned from Adelaide Fringe Festival where they performed two sold out shows and garnered two 5 star reviews. Festival Reviewers officially declared the 'Goddesses' by the Weekend Notes Writer that 'everything they say and do is the absolute word of sacred truth'
Glamadelaide declared the audience 'barely had time to draw breath between the hearty laughs' and 'it's not just women who love this hilarious crowd pleaser.'
With 7 children between them they're as adept at delivering laughs as they are babies. The two solo stand ups are renowned for their rapid fire stand up. It's not just relentless, its an ab work out.
Women Like Us, was born when the two women comics decided to step away from the male dominated comedy scene into venues where women's stories and experiences are centre stage.
The show is two hours of stand up. 'We want our comedy to demystify, a lot of the garbage that we're fed about being women' says Briggs. 'We tell everyday stories about our struggles, our failure to parent, the beauty industry, getting fatter, strange surgeries, obsessions, frustrations, and at the end of the day 'who unpacks the dishwasher'.
They call themselves 'the bogan woman's thinking woman and the thinking woman's bogan'.
'It's not a show just for women' says Ellen Briggs who appeared recently on Hughsey, We have A Problem. 'In the same way a comedy show by two men would never be seen as a bloke's only show. Women Like Us is about making our experiences universal rather than 'niche'.
"And as it turns out, there are a lot more Women Like Us out there then we ever realised. There's even a growing tribe of men who like us too,"
'Our show is stand up so there are much broader strokes, but in our book we go a little deeper. We really delve into the stories and experiences that have made us who we are', says Mandy.
Briggs and Nolan performed at the sold out Up Front showcase at Melbourne Comedy Festival at Melbourne Town Hall. One reviewer raved 'Two totally relatable ladies who hit the nail on the head of charismatic female comedy. It was perhaps the 27 year old reviewer from Adelaide Fringe who really got what Women Like Us was all about.
Women Like Us return to Armidale Ex Services on Friday August 23 Doors open at 7pm with the show starting at 8pm. $35 - at the club or online at armidaleservices.com.au
