After a four and half star effort in 2022, Rosie Delaney (formerly Piper) of ABC's You Can't Ask That makes her return to Melbourne International Comedy Festival! New show, new surname, same great taste.

Ah, 2022. A year that started out with such hope for all of us. A year that promised better days. Quickly, at least for this show's protagonist, it realised that old adage: the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Try as Rosie might've to do the right thing, for her, things just kept going wrong. Like, really wrong. "What happened?" I hear you screaming into your phone. Well, obviously I'm not going to tell you so you'll come to the show and find out. Duh. But it's a bloody good story, so do pop by if you can.

Like Some Dreams examines the idea of resilience and how it's perhaps a little overrated as a concept. It explores how being a lesbian trans woman inexplicably seems a little harder than it did a few years ago. It's an ode to friendship, the pub, finding a good therapist and, in particular, a small footstool in Rosie's loungeroom. If you've ever been through a hard time, this show is for you.

Rosie Delaney is Australia’s premier transgender lesbian comedian*. A long-running favourite of Sydney’s comedy scene, you might’ve seen Rosie perform her stand-up at the Sydney Opera House, Enmore Theatre, on Tonightly, at Splendour in the Grass or just at gigs all around the country, supporting the likes of Wil Anderson and Zoe Coombs Marr. You also might’ve seen her on the 'Lesbians' episode of ABC’s You Can’t Ask That. More likely though, you’ve seen her at a KFC somewhere, shovelling popcorn chicken into her face with gay abandon.

*maybe 

"Rosie Delaney is f#%king amazing. I love her. I wish I had her jokes but she refuses to sell them to me so you’ll have to go see her." Rhys Nicholson

'Poignant, mirthful and captivating.' ★★★★½ The Age

‘Talented and hilarious. The highlight of the show.’ Adelaide Advertiser

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