De er her alle sammen – den moderne kvindes stereotyper. Og én kvindelig skuespiller spiller dem alle sammen: Meryl Davenport: Den evigt stressede mor; Tiggy Entwhistle: En kvinde, der forsøger at rejse sig oven på et ødelagt forhold; Mary O’Donnell: En optimistisk teenagerpige, som deltager i en talentkonkurrence. Theresa McTerry: Den mere og mere desillusionerede brud på sin bryllupsdag; Winsome Webster: Enken med appetit på det uventede; Zoe Struthers: En amerikansk kabaretsangerinde med en pæn portion personlige problemer. Disse rørende og tragikomiske monologer har siden urpremieren i Melbourne i 2001 været tilløbsstykker i Edinburgh, Londons West End og i Canada.
Uddrag fra Edinburgh 2004 anmeldelserne: “A remarkable tour de force!” – The Age / “You must see this” – Sunday Herald Sun / “These […] unconnected monologues, each revealing a probable stage in the life of a modern woman, are most amazing […] The monologues themselves sparkle with truthful observations; the laugher of the audience indicating that many women were identiying whole-heartedly with the figure on stage, but also that the men ,too, understood.’ ***** – Fest / “I saw myself, my best friend, my mother and my grandmother, and laughed through every minute of it.’ **** – The Scotsman / “The story of the guilt-ridden woman who knows she can never be a good enough mother is beautifully judged in its mixture of comedy and depression. There is a similar balancing act in the tale of the elderly widow whose armour of loneliness is unexpectedly pierced. It’s enough to give you back your faith in the one-woman show.” **** – The Guardian / “This show has it all – a truly talented star plus an exquisitely crafted script. This show, like so many of life’s greatest experiences, peaks and climaxes in all the right places, and indeed, more than once.” – Three Weeks
