
From the moment he is carried onto stage, lolling in the arms of a masked gimp, you can see where the sense of humour for the night is going to be pitched. From the moment he lets loose his pipes on Do Re Mi’s Man Overboard, you know what a prodigious vocal talent he possesses.

Since premiering at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, this tongue-in-cheek homage to a dubious pop princess has already enjoyed several successful seasons in various cities.

Bryony Lavery’s script relies heavily on the narrative conventions used in any tale of a young battler trying to achieve sporting success.

The Doll is a wonderful piece of theatre, that isn't really about a moment in our past, but about the search for love and the disappointments, denial and heartbreak that can come to those who refuse to see the realities of the world around them.

A projector displays today’s date, 17 January 2012, and the seven cast members take us on a journey (as the show title implies) through The History of Everything. We start from the present time and work back to The Big Bang.
