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How did a jury room, mushroom murders, and minty Mentos turn into one of the funniest, most unhinged nights of musical theatre I’ve had in ages?
Three razor-sharp South Aussie performers take one of Australia’s most unsettling true-crime stories and flip it into chaotic, brainy comedy — and they absolutely commit.
We were dropped into a jury room, where everyone is slowly unravelling, trying to reach a verdict while reality quietly slips out the door.
From the moment it begins, I felt off balance. I was laughing one second, then questioning myself for it the next.
The humour is bold, self-aware, and deliciously wrong at times. “Christians kill for God — but only sometimes” lands like a shock-laugh I didn’t see coming. Then the songs: “Buffalo Bill Wants Your Skin” and “Brown Shows Up on White Clothes,” which had the whole audience in stitches. The cast perform a live funk-rock soundtrack with sharply written lyrics that aren’t just funny — they drive the story.
The staging is deceptively simple but gloriously absurd. There’s blood, pregnancy plot twists, and a talking stick with authority issues.
Lines like “Ask the lady who had her baby adopted by the dingos” and someone genuinely believing “Transperth was a queer safe space” tipped it spiralling into surreal, off-the-rails absurdity.
The performers bounce off one another effortlessly, each bringing a distinct energy that keeps the momentum sharp and the audience captivated. This isn’t gentle theatre. It’s daring, strange, a bit wrong — and wildly entertaining because of it.
If you like theatre that challenges your comfort zone and still makes you laugh out loud, this one’s a must-see.