Name: Effie in UpYourselfness
Start: 2024-07-05T18:30:00+10:00
Location: Centro CBD Wollongong

In March 2024 Effie (aka Mary Coustas) will be kicking off a national tour of her new hilarious show UpYourselfness at
Adelaide Fringe Festival – inviting her audience to tackle the hard questions and to find a means to define ourselves
through humanity’s ongoing identity crisis...
the Greek way – with healthy debate.
'The Ancient Greeks have celebrated the art of arguing since the beginning of time. And, no I’m not talking about my mismatched
dysfunctional ageing Greek parents. I’m talking about The Great Thinkers and Debaters. Yes, I speak of Socrates, Aristotle and
me Effie, The Other Greek Philosopher. We know that if there’s one thing we all have in common, it is that we’re all different.
And because of that we’re going to have a difference of opinion. It’s time we got some stretch marks on our thinking, people'.
In 2021 Effie gave Australians a safe place to vent, commiserate and laugh at the torture of lockdowns and the Covid
crisis with her critically acclaimed show Better Out