CLENCHED BUTTOCKS

What the Press said about Clenched Buttocks

“Rapid-fire Berger in her theatre debut is likable and generous, and laugh-out-loud funny. Her writing is knockout, her stories wonderful...the bottom line, clenched or unclenched, is taut.”
Herald Sun

“Clenched Buttocks is a potent combination of the personal, intimate and political. It is brave, funny, clever and best of all, human.”
The Age

“It is when Berger is freaking that she manages to pull off her best work. For those of us observing her, those freak-outs pay off.”
The Age, 48 Hours

“Berger squeezes tears from an audience perhaps more used to hearing her bring them to laughter.”
The Age Metro Arts

“The gags are still there, but there is less reliance on them..Berger enacts her shift from stand-up to a more theatrical form in front of our eyes... from this you will take away an enduring image.”
The Sunday Age.

“A slick well acted show... we are drawn into Berger’s life not knowing whether to laugh or cry.”
The Australian Jewish News

“From big belly laughs to the welling of tears and everything between... sophisticated, smart, funny, poignant, honest, affecting, captivating.”
Beat Magazine


Please read STANDING UP FOR OTHERS The Age - September 14, 2005