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Winner Cabaret & Variety Weekly Award 2020 FRINGE WORLD 

Daddy's back! Here's a quote, free of charge c*nts: Russell ‘Rusty’ Bell isn’t your typical tradie. Underneath his hi-vis exterior beats the heart of a Broadway star. Join Rusty on site as he tries to do a hard day's yakka, fanging out ballads, highkicking aliens and smashing tins while he's at it.

Writer and performer Todd Peydo grew up in a family of tradies in Armadale, Western Australia. After a brief stint in the Army Reserves and a handful of trade jobs, Todd made the seismic move to leave the WA Police and study the Musical Theatre course at the Western Australian Academy of Perfoming Arts. After noticing that none of the audiences that came to the theatre looked or sounded like his family or friends, Todd was inspired to write a show in the hope of encouraging a new crowd into the room. The result is an abstract and comedic reflection of what Todd's life could have been...

Reviews

'She'll Be Right: A Tradie Cabaret will be loved by musical theatre aficionados, tradies and a great deal of people in between… a vehicle for some awesome talent, and very, very funny.' Stage Whispers

'Peydo puts on an excellent performance that encapsulates the Australian spirit and leaves us thinking about gender and career expectations.' Beat Magazine