Renowned comedian and personality Mary Coustas will be bringing her Logie-winning alter ego Effie into Werribee town later this month.
As part of her UpYourselfNess tour, the ethnic Aussie icon will be challenging the social barriers that make it hard to say what you think– and in a way that will still have you in stitches.
Coustas, who has played the character for more than three decades, said Effie is enduring because she is honest about what she thinks.
“I just think she says what everyone feels, she is a mouthpiece for many types of people.
“Anyone who is passionate truth telling and feels marginalised by the majority, so by sheer spirit and circumstances and her heritage she represents the underdog a lot.”
Effie’s tendency to engage in debate, rather than shut it down, is something Coustas said the world needs more of.
“People don’t know how to flirt anymore, how to have a joke – it just seems there are major consequences in how we interact with each other and there is such hypocrisy around that.”
Effie will take the audience through the political and social landmines of isms –feminism, racism, sexism, wokeism, pronounism and goodlookingism – as we all grapple with the human condition and our place in the cosmos.
“I think that is the great thing about comedy, it points out the tension, evokes it and relieves it with laughter and insight,” Coustas said.
The show will be held at the Italian Sports Club in Werribee on Friday 31 October.
Tickets: https://iscw.com.au/product/effie-2025/
