The Dilapidated Diva : Her ShowShe sashays the room, a marauding crowd pleaser, eyelashes flaring as the audience braces for a further onslaught of her long whittled wit. The Diva is a unique presence; astounding, vital, and particularly needed in the inclement times our culture is struggling with. The Diva cares for the forgotten, broken parts of the world - ourselves included. Neither will she spare herself, as she lets fly an untrammelled exhibition of talent and rearranged beauty. Within all her stagecraft, physical daring, and vocal brilliance, there is a unifying mission, a delightful quest even, to enrich her audience, whilst delivering an insistent demand that we care more. The Dilapidated Diva plays on stage with virtuoso pianist and performer Justin Holland The Diva sings the biggest number from Carmen with her frock off and a paper bag over her head, Then loses her nerve and croons about wiping her man's glasses and giving him a child every year. Hers is a cabaret that floods the stage with strange and obscure demands: environmental devastation or a global wedding of herself and the planet's inhabitatnts, including the tiny bits of rubber swept onto floors from office desks. The Dilapidated Diva is a sensational character formed with an abundance of commitment style and imagination… This is a terrific show - entertaining peculiar arousing stimulating…     |