Mum's In

The first time I met Vashti Hughes was Saturday morning by El Alamein in Kings Cross and she was in character as the infamous Matilda 'Tilly' Devine. I was intrigued - like many of the other Organic Market shoppers - so I stopped to have a chat.

Vashti told me that she was inspired by Larry Writer’s seminal book “Razor” about inner city crime in the early 1900s that tells the stories of characters of the era like Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine.

Kate and Tilly were brothel owners, sly grog dealers and drug distributors who ruled the underbelly of Sydney from Surry Hills to Darlinghurst, Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo. By all accounts they were tough and they were mean. Plenty enough material there for some great yarns!

KATE & TILLY

So that's what Vashti has done - create a one-woman show called MUM'S IN: STORIES FROM RAZORHURST which is a warts and all cabaret romp through the age when cocaine, sly grog, prostitution and the keen edge of the razor ruled (oh how times have changed - no more razors!)

Vashti channels the molls and thugs who once ruled the streets and alleyways of the Cross in this dark comedy cabaret which continues to defy all current trends in Sydney theatre by extending its season time and again - yes its that good!

VASHTI AS TILLY

Check out Mum's In at the aptly named Bordello Theatre at the King Cross Hotel....

(go soon, as it won't last forever)

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Mum's In Promo......