The perfect couple, but

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The perfect couple, but ...

Yellow Roses
Written and directed by Roxy Bent
Presented by Vitalstatistix in conjunction with the Festival Centre Trust, Adelaide
September 17-19 and 22-26, 8.15 pm. Matinee September 24, 11 a.m.
Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg

"Yellow Roses is a unique insight into gay reality and will appeal to everyone, no matter what their sexuality", Margie Fischer, project coordinator, told Green Left Weekly.

Yellow Roses is the love story of Hilary and Gloria, who everyone considers the perfect couple — after all, they've been together for years. They have the lot: a solid relationship, an ideologically sound recycling business, loving friends and family. So why isn't everything coming up roses?

Yellow Roses takes us on a hilarious, wild and surprising journey into the lives of two extraordinary women amidst the demands of a plethora of unexpected guests for Hilary's 40th birthday. These include Gloria's gay brother and Hilary's over-enthusiastic mother.

Yellow Roses follows a sell-out season for Vitalstatistix with Miracle at the company's venue in Port Adelaide. With only nine shows in the present season, it's a production not to be missed.

"We all have family, whether biological, married into or chosen. They can be frustrating, smothering, tragic or wonderful and, if seen at a distance, very funny", says Roxy Bent, describing this gender bent sitcom about identity and personal freedom.

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