Victoria Hotel, until April 22, 2012
Reviewed by Joe Calleri on March 30, 2012
Stars: **
Published online in Herald Sun on March 31, 2012
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/special-reports/review-sarah-kendall/story-fncv4qxa-1226315225311
Sarah Kendall shares the trials and tribulations of being the mother of a demanding toddler. Supplied
TALL, attractive, with a long mop of strawberry blond hair and resembling American actress Elizabeth Shue, 35-year old stand-up comic Sarah Kendall is very much a yummy mummy.
During her 55-minute routine Kendall, who lives in London, shares with us the trials and tribulations of being mother to a demanding two-year-old toddler, including the nightmare of air travel with such a child.
This aspect of Kendall’s routine was the strongest and most cohesive, and she would have been better served by focusing her routine on her life as a young mum.
Rather, she ventured off into less successful areas when she discussed the highly sexual content of modern music videos by rapper Pitbull, the empty, soul-destroying experience of auditioning for roles in advertisements, and the darker side of fairy stories including The Ugly Duckling.
Kendall’s reading from The Swan, her sequel to The Ugly Duckling, failed to elicit a favourable response from the audience.
Her routine - which included all-too-brief displays of her talent for impersonations - promised much, but due to the rambling, disjointed nature of her observations on her everyday life, failed to deliver any real comedic knock-out blows.
With tighter writing and a structured narrative or specific comedic theme (motherhood) to focus on, there is no reason why Kendall can’t be a genuine star.
By Joe Calleri
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