What I liked
Her costume, her slapstick comedy, casting characters the script guides to find exactly the tone and voice needed from them, the shock of some of what occurs coming from this adorable ballerina, the rawness in her Australian accent, the various vignettes and characters and journey embarked upon, the cellist and his costume and great musical accompaniment.
What I didn't like
Nothing, maybe a little more than a 30 minute time frame to complete the show.
My overall impression
Caroline is truly a genius. This show had me crying laughing during the performance, again when I got home and was eating, and again in a flashback the next day to a couple of parts. Her little girl persona as a tough orphan yet centuries old and inexplicably immortal ballet dancer from the school of hard-knocks, her costume and pig-tailed buns, the characters she magically casts out of the audience the theatre Gods seem to help her choose exactly the right person for, and dark themes of the female psyche and experience explored are something I have never seen. That said, come in with zero expectations and knowing you may be a little shocked, and you may wanna eat cake. I deeply appreciate this show and can’t wait to see an extended version.
