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Sugartits: so wrong yet so right

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Fresh from a primary school tour of the American Deep South, Bourgeois & Maurice’s Australian debut sets out to prove that cabaret is pointless if it can’t change the world.

Deadpan glamourpuss Maurice Maurice (Liv Morris) and her limber, lamé-clad brother Georgeois Bourgeois (George Heyworth) confess they told a little fib to get this gig – they don’t really “do” cabaret. Despite this, they’re determined to give it a go because they really need the money.

Sugartits is a pre-apocalyptic romp that tramples through all the big issues. What’s so wrong about global warming? Change is good! Fed up with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? Social networks make you feel s**t sometimes when you’re on the outside looking in. Worried about the decline of Western civilisation? Wave bye-bye to Europe and call her a cab ’cause the party’s over and sitting slumped in the gutter’s not a good look.

The hysterical, high-energy, 100 per cent original numbers veer so far over the line of too much information you need a floodlight to find your way back again. Australia’s carbon levy inspires a sexy tax dance, love gets a thrashing in a celebration to emotional distance, and Maurice thinks she’s in with a chance with Rupert Murdoch now that Wendy Deng is off the scene. There’s even a stadium rock tribute to the Leveson inquiry – just face it, life is an open book – because phone tapping shouldn’t worry you if you have nothing to hide.

Helpful advice is plentiful and hilariously contradictory. There’s a mass audience singalong, frequent bursts of breathtakingly enthusiastic contemporary dance, languid pianistic stylings and a brief stab at stand-up comedy. Maurice’s single “joke” moves her sibling to point out she’s no Eddie Izzard.

Sharp and snortingly funny – Sugartits is so wrong and completely right. Things DO look better in retro and these superbly talented emo/neo/alt-cabaret lovelies will be dancing around in the garden of our imagination until they make it back here again. #FABULOUS!

Sugartits’ season at Artspace is now finished.

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<h1>Sugartits: so wrong yet so right</h1>

<address><a href="https://inreview.com.au/contributors/jo-vabolis/" class="author">Jo Vabolis</a></address>
											
							Fresh from a primary school tour of the American Deep South, Bourgeois & Maurice’s Australian debut sets out to prove that cabaret is pointless if it can’t change the world.
Deadpan glamourpuss Maurice Maurice (Liv Morris) and her limber, lamé-clad brother Georgeois Bourgeois (George Heyworth) confess they told a little fib to get this gig – they don’t really “do” cabaret. Despite this, they’re determined to give it a go because they really need the money.
Sugartits is a pre-apocalyptic romp that tramples through all the big issues. What’s so wrong about global warming? Change is good!  Fed up with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? Social networks make you feel s**t sometimes when you’re on the outside looking in. Worried about the decline of Western civilisation? Wave bye-bye to Europe and call her a cab ’cause the party’s over and sitting slumped in the gutter’s not a good look.
The hysterical, high-energy, 100 per cent original numbers veer so far over the line of too much information you need a floodlight to find your way back again. Australia’s carbon levy inspires a sexy tax dance, love gets a thrashing in a celebration to emotional distance, and Maurice thinks she’s in with a chance with Rupert Murdoch now that Wendy Deng is off the scene. There’s even a stadium rock tribute to the Leveson inquiry – just face it, life is an open book – because phone tapping shouldn’t worry you if you have nothing to hide.
Helpful advice is plentiful and hilariously contradictory. There’s a mass audience singalong, frequent bursts of breathtakingly enthusiastic contemporary dance, languid pianistic stylings and a brief stab at stand-up comedy. Maurice’s single “joke” moves her sibling to point out she’s no Eddie Izzard.
Sharp and snortingly funny – Sugartits is so wrong and completely right. Things DO look better in retro and these superbly talented emo/neo/alt-cabaret lovelies will be dancing around in the garden of our imagination until they make it back here again. #FABULOUS!
Sugartits’ season at Artspace is now finished.
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<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/17/meow-meow-paces-and-purrs/">Review: Meow Meow paces and purrs</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/14/the-cabaret-charisma-of-capsis/">Review: The cabaret charisma of Capsis</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/13/surrender-to-the-strangeness-of-rramp/">Review: Surrender to the Strangeness of Rramp</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/13/colourless-effort-from-jazz-star/">Review: Cassandra Wilson</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/13/chaplin-a-life-in-concert/">Review: Chaplin: A Life in Concert</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/13/tom-burlinsons-salute-to-swing/">Review: Tom Burlinson’s salute to swing</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/09/mojo-juju-casts-a-spell-on-adelaide/">Review: Mojo Juju</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/11/an-evening-with-molly-ringwald/">Review: Molly Ringwald</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/11/adelaide-cabaret-festival-variety-gala/">Review: Variety Gala</a>
<a href="http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2013/06/06/review-shane-warne-the-musical/">Review: Shane Warne the Musical</a>
 
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