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Legendary Australian theatrical performer Reg Livermore is the creator of, and one person performer in, 'The Widow Unplugged'.
An ageing performer, now resident in a home for the aged recalls earlier days of his career when he appeared in pantomimes and vaudeville entertainments. I sense a degree of autobiography in the work and a reflection of some of the characters, real and imagined, that Livermore encountered.
There is considerable energy in Livermore's performance and he handles the dialogue, dense with malapropisms, with aplomb but I found the play, itself, rather uneven. Act 1 lacked cohesion and didn't engage me. Sadly many audience members didn't return for Act 2 which I considered to be a noticeable improvement.
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