Piano bar meets Sega Megadrive! Indulge your inner (or not-so-inner) nerd with this award-winning cabaret tribute to some of history’s brainiest ladies – from Marie Curie to Ada Lovelace, via that woman who invented Liquid Paper. Amazing true stories and intriguing real-life characters interface with quirky rants and inventive song arrangements – some old, some new, all in the key of nerd. LadyNerd sees Sydney-based performer and lifelong nerd Keira Daley join forces with musical director and piano nerd Mark Chamberlain in an unashamedly brainy celebration of women who’ve changed the world. Long, long ag the nerd emerged as a pop-cultural (and playground) punching bag. Now, with “geek chic”, it’s a marketing vehicle used to sell gadgets and copy paper. But a nerdy state of mind can be inventive, powerful, and a bit adorkable. And so, employing music and a dash of time-travel, LadyNerd sets out with one simple task: To reclaim nerd.
Venue: Tuxedo Cat, 17-23 Wills St, CBD
Dates: October 3 – 6
Times: 8.15pm) Sundays 7.15pm)
Tickets: $19 – $23 from the Fringe.
