Lovely Lady Lump

Lovely Lady Lump

A theatrical romp through one comedian’s Breast Cancer adventure.

After successfully not-dying last year, award winning comic performer Lana Schwarcz refuses to die on-stage when she presents her new show, Lovely Lady Lump, at NZ Fringe. In an unmissable show that is vibrant, touching, real, raw and hilarious, Lana skilfully makes mutated cells the butt of the joke. Cos Cancer seriously deserves to be laughed out of town.

Lovely Lady Lump: Because F**k Cancer, featuring Lana Schwarcz, plays as part of NZ Fringe at The Gryphon from 23 - 26 February.

There is a story about Lana’s diagnosis from last year that features a dog, a strange woman in the dog park, and a mammogram that she had purely because she was depressed (because, you know, a mammogram is something to DO, isn’t it?). It’s a good luck story about an early detection that frames her quirky perspective of the fears and questions surrounding life, death, surgery, loss of identity through treatment, fertility preservation, and art therapy for cancer patients. Collage, anyone?

A show was not the outcome that Lana intended (after all, shows about Cancer seem to be the flavour of the month don’t they?) and really, the only outcome necessary was that she survived. But making sure that people knew what was going on suddenly seemed terribly important, so she wrote a blog to keep friends and family updated. But she’s a comic, so in making things funny and entertaining for her blog reading friends and family, she found ways to make things funny and entertaining for herself too, and suddenly the cancer experience didn’t seem so awful anymore.

“Hilariously honest hour” – Sometimes Melbourne

“Absolutely hilarious… Bubbly, wacky, and most of all, unique.” – Glamadelaide

“Utterly delicious, Schwarcz is like fizzy soda – an effervescent performer. Pure comedy with a serious edge” - Uptown Magazine

“So supremely talented, she makes the one woman show seem filled with life” 5 stars - The Sun, Winnipeg

“One of those performers who immediately commands a stage” - Edmonton Sun

“Brilliant and unusual” 5 stars - Winnipeg Free Press

www.twitter.com/lanaschwarcz

www.facebook.com/lanaschwarczpresents

www.lanaschwarcz.com

http://schwarczie.weebly.com - Her breast cancer blog on which the show was based.

Lovely Lady Lump

VENUE: Gryphon Theatre, 22 Ghuznee St, Te Aro, Wellington

DATES: 22 – 26 January

TIMES: 9.30pm (75min)

TO BOOK TICKETS visit www.fringe.co.nz

Full: $19 / Group (6+): $16 / Addict: $13 / Conc + student: $15

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