Written by Amy Hetherington and Kel Balnaves. Performed by Amy Hetherington. Choreographer: Kristy Jayne Love. INPEX Sunset Stage, Festival Park, Darwin. 20 August 2021. Darwin Festival.
On another perfect Darwin night under the stars, the 37 weeks pregnant Ms Hetherington took to the stage, immediately winning our hearts with her megawatt smile and personality, before embracing our mask-wearing, COVID-anxious souls in the theatrical equivalent of a bear hug. And from that moment, we were all hers.
Baby Shower is a little gem of a show that races through its hour-long run time – maybe because, with her midwife standing by in the audience, the hilarity and activity may have become too much for her very soon to be with us baby.