Bombshells

Synopsis

Bombshells is an intense and clever series of outrageous portraits of women barely coping with the stresses of modern life, written specifically for the awe-inspiring talents of Australian musical theatre star Caroline O'Connor.

Our Review:

7 September 2004

Bombshells comes to London - via this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and sell-out runs in Australia - trailing prizes and other accolades and it’s easy to see why.

The star of this show is Caroline O'Connor and a star is truly what she is, one capable of single-handedly filling the stage with more raw theatrical energy and pure chutzpah than any one person should rightfully possess.

And energy is what O’Connor needs to successfully detonate these Bombshells, six somewhat clichéd down-but-not-quite-out women of varying ages, nationalities and circumstances. Abridged for Edinburgh, the West End gets the full half-dozen (as opposed to four at the festival) monologues which Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith was commissioned to write especially for O’Connor.

In a programme note, Murray-Smith recalls how she relished the idea of Bombshells as “a wonderful opportunity for both Caroline and me to stretch in...

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82.43.34.3) - 13 January 2005:

I have seen this incredible tour de force performance on two continents, seen audiances jumping to their feet to applaud a briliant actress. I can not wait to see it in NYC where audiances can again enjoy a very special evening at the theatre....

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