Returning for her second year, Kelly McCaughan performs her comedy solo show about growing up in Catholicism and the challenges of puberty in a religion that feeds off of guilt.
McCaughan leads the audience through her life from baptism, up until her time in college, where she was still attending church on Sunday’s, but getting plastered by Monday.
McCaughan’s performance in a Catholic school girls uniform satirises the often sexist measures enforced about skirt length. McCaughan explains that at her school, girls were to line up in the hallway and kneel down, if their skirt didn’t graze the floor they were sent to the principals office. McCaughan takes the time to show you that the difference between a seven year old wearing a uniform, versus her now are not the same.
From masturbating to having sex for the first time, McCaughan becomes consumed with guilt about every little thing, terrified that God won’t forgive her.
She also details the absurdity of confession and being left alone with a priest at a young age. At the end of her show, McCaughan collects donations for a charity that helps sexual abuse victims of the church, so be sure to bring cash.
Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt, 22:00, Underbelly George Square – Clover, Aug 8-11, 13-25
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