Perfect Dead Girls is an hour-long drama produced by Audaciously Tenacious Theatre, being performed at the Bedlam Theatre.
Two unnamed girls (played by Elizabeth Robbins and Chelsea Grace) are trapped in limbo together – a place filled with graffiti, newspaper articles and luggage. They don’t know anything for sure, other than that there is something, or someone, watching them, deciding if or when they get to leave. Despite their wildly differing personalities, the two girls form an unlikely friendship and reflect on the events that brought them here.
Robbins plays their role in Perfect Dead Girls with a great deal of intensity, which keeps the audience utterly captivated and tense with anticipation of the character’s next move. Despite this, their performance never feels overdramatic, and their ability to maintain this balance throughout the production showcases their talent as a performer.
Grace is a similarly talented performer and balances their character’s moments of emotional intensity with more mellow reflections on their trauma. As a duo, Grace and Robbins share a great deal of chemistry, which will keep the audience rooting for them and believing in the unlikely friendship forming between the two.
Certain areas of the script feel somewhat rushed, meaning that the elements of humour don’t always land the way they are intended. This is because there are so many aspects of the show that are truly harrowing that it is hard to alleviate the heaviness of the show’s topic, especially in the limited time given to the performers. Despite the heaviness of the topics discussed, however, it is still an incredibly compelling production and well worth watching.
Perfect Dead Girls is a deeply thought-provoking and compelling piece of theatre, brought to life by two talented performers who share fantastic on-stage chemistry. It is a heartbreaking show, which covers dark topics related to girlhood and the experiences faced by young women.
