Fuck, Marry, Kill, Comedy
Venue: Dicks, Monument Building
Next performance: 28 June 18:30
Review
By Thubelihle Mathonsi
Today was the first of Alice Viskat’s productions Fuck, Marry, Kill, and she delivered on her promise of honest, raunchy, brutal humour. Most of the stories were personal, yet incredibly relatable. The show centred around her dating experiences and all the complications that come with trying to find love in our modern world, navigating awkward moments, confusion, and unexpected situations. There was a strong balance between vulnerability and humour, especially when unpacking the not-so-pleasant parts of love and dating.
Viskat made great use of physical comedy and often used silence to let certain punchlines build up and land. The audience responded well to the humour. The way she told her stories made it clear that she’s well-travelled and a performer at heart. The person I watched the show with turned to me at one point and said, “This very thing has happened to me, and I thought I was the only one. I’ve never met someone else who went through that.”
After the show, another audience member said, “It speaks to the dating experience of a lot of 21st-century women. My sides were aching, and I felt seen.” When Viskat read out a message from an ex, people in the audience instinctively filled in some of the words because almost everyone had probably either sent or received a text like that in some form before.
From her experiences in South Africa and Namibia, all the way to France, her stories were raw, funny, and engaging. The production will continues for three more days, and if the first performance is anything to go by, it’s definitely worth catching.
