Kelly Mac, Wrong Side of 50, Bandbox Theatre, Kempsey

Join this rising star from regional NSW for a night to remember!

Boomer parents who refuse to die. Matching your lipstick to your prolapse. Zoom AA. Join Kel for a hilarious romp through middle-age in the world premiere of her first solo show.

Sure, ticking the ‘45-54 years old’ box has its perks, like flash rehab and dropping off handsy harassers’ radar. But divorce and homelessness loom large unless this Slacker Grandma rescinds her membership to Australia’s fastest growing club: alcoholic women over 50.

Kel cut her comedy chops on brekkie radio in Coffs Harbour. In her first year she was nominated for the Australian Commercial Radio Award for Best Newcomer (she lost) and Best On-Air Team (she won, with a little help from her co-host).

She entered rehab in 2019, stand-up in 2020, and independent producing in 2021. Her comedy troupe, Take 3, has performed in the Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

With the kids full-grown and relapse a chardy away, her parenting advice can be distilled down to “devon and white bread produce winners”.

For lovers of pinot noir and elasticised waists.

“Mac delivers. The laughs kept coming from the rapt audience” NOTA
"A fresh and honest perspective from a wise soul" The Story Chunder
“Mac’s confident set begs for its own full-length show" Theatre Now