In this performance piece Sandra Brown tells us all about her childhood. She starts by giving us an introduction to her grandmother, mother and finally her father. Sadly Sandra’s memories of her childhood are overshadowed by the fear of her father. As Sandra recalls these memories we find out that her father was a paedophile, something not recognised in society at the time and not really understood. Looking back Sandra thinks that her father may have been involved in the disappearance of a young girl from her town, Moira Anderson.

This is not a show to go to if you want to be entertained in the conventional sense, watching somebody relive painful memories is difficult. It has to be said however that our “host” for the evening as she calls herself does succeed at lightening the mood with her easier memories, “Camp Coffee”, trying to tune her radio, the comics she read and while she is sharing these happier moments she also involves the audience, asking them to recall the same and trying to coax memories from them.

Sandra’s performance is an exceptionally moving one, if real life theatre like this is something that appeals to you then I would thoroughly recommend this but take a pack of tissues and ideally your own 50’s memories to share.

Aug 9th-13th 16th-20th and 23rd-27th
Smirnoff Underbelly 19:10