TERRI-FIC TALES: Terri Psiakis prepares for her Pending Nuptials.Image: Token Artists.
Hilariously Hymeneal by Linh
Following her highly successful and critically acclaimed comedy shows Available and Unavailable, Terri Psiakis returns to the Adelaide Fringe Festival with a work in progress.
Pending Nuptials may be still in its embryonic stages and is subject to audience scrutiny, yet Adelaideans are fortunate to be guinea pigs for Psiakis' latest swipes and gripes with comic brilliance. It's her sequel to the first two comedy shows; close to being finessed and polished for maximum laughability.
Upon entry, Psiakis presents friendly hospitality with a smile and a deliciously soft fruit chew, more out of gratitude for one's attendance than a bribe. After the niceties are complete, Psiakis launches into a laugh-out-loud series of anecdotes on the mayhem, frustrations and madness of preparing a wedding.
The performance includes audio presentations of Psiakis' telephone conversations when ordering flowers, the conflicting choices of wedding songs chosen by her and 'the bloke' (the groom prefers to remain anonymous) along with her sophisticated technique of relativity (where you laugh as you relate to everything she says).
Psiakis is one of the most engaging and down-to-earth performers who sees the laughter in daily life while finding the humour to support it. The jokes come thick and fast as the obvious sounds much funnier coming from her comedic perspective.
Pending Nuptials with Terri Psiakis is staged at the Bosco Theatre, in the Garden of Unearthly Delights until March 6.
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