Reviewed by: Stage Whispers
Review by Barry Hill OAM | 13 March 2024

 

Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag Queen Accountant is a sixty-minute audience with Ethel Merman, Anne Miller, and Joan Crawford all in one woman!

Skye bustles in seemingly late to the performance. At seven foot tall and wearing a business-like pants suit with more than a touch of bling, flaming red hair and the widest shoulder pads I’ve seen since Mommie Dearest, she is certainly eye catching!

She is the quintessential storyteller which she personalises with her audience. She has a razor-sharp wit. Nothing feels rehearsed, it is a cosy chat which you feel is just for you. She has a retort for everything thrown at her from the audience and the technician who is ‘driving ‘ the production.

There is a serious message here too, one of being authentic person and not follow society’s expectations. This is cleverly linked with the last number – ‘Rose’s Turn’ from the musical Gypsy.

Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag Queen Accountant is an hour of joyous humour, music, and one of the best pair of legs you will see, but most of all a chance to experience a true talent that will have you laughing and thinking long after you leave the tent!