{"id":6336,"date":"2025-04-09T19:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/this-is-personal-is-back-at-the-melbourne-international-comedy-festival-for-a-limited-run-at-the-capitol-theatre-april-10-13\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T19:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:30:37","slug":"this-is-personal-is-back-at-the-melbourne-international-comedy-festival-for-a-limited-run-at-the-capitol-theatre-april-10-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/this-is-personal-is-back-at-the-melbourne-international-comedy-festival-for-a-limited-run-at-the-capitol-theatre-april-10-13\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This Is Personal\u2019 Is Back At The Melbourne International Comedy Festival For A Limited Run At The Capitol Theatre, April 10-13!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"R\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raw, hilarious, and deeply moving, Mary Coustas invites you into her world with <em>This Is Personal<\/em>\u2014her most intimate and candid performance yet. This powerful one-woman show, brilliantly directed by Blazey Best (<em>Well Behaved Women<\/em>, <em>Sensitive Guys<\/em>, <em>Kings for Pigs<\/em>), weaves together the rough-edged tapestry of Coustas\u2019 migrant upbringing in Melbourne\u2019s suburbs with her recent journey through motherhood.<\/h2>\n<p>In this heartfelt exploration, Mary responds to her inquisitive daughter\u2019s big questions, reflecting on the lessons her life has taught her\u2014and the gaps it can\u2019t fill. Along the way, you\u2019ll meet the vibrant characters who\u2019ve shaped her, including the iconic Effie, a beloved alter ego with an intergenerational following. From her starring roles in national tours to bringing Effie into Australian homes through <em>Acropolis Now<\/em> and <em>Greeks on the Roof<\/em>, Coustas has cemented her place as a celebrated comedian, actress, and writer. She\u2019s also the author of <em>Effie\u2019s Guide to Being Up Yourself<\/em> and the critically acclaimed memoir <em>All I Know<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mary Coustas: This Is Personal [Melbourne] \u2013 Auslan Stage Left<\/em> offers an unforgettable, kaleidoscopic ride through love, loss, laughter, and fear\u2014revealing how these forces shape who we are. Don\u2019t miss this masterful blend of comedy and reflection!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Tickets available at maryandeffie.com\/tour<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tAcropolis Now, auslan stage left, blazey best, capitol theatre, comedy, Effie, fear, greeks on the roof, laughter, loss, love, Mary Coustas, melbourne comedy festival, migrant experience, motherhood, one woman show, This is Personal\t<\/div>\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2025\/04\/10\/this-is-personal-is-back-at-the-melbourne-international-comedy-festival-for-a-limited-run-at-the-capitol-theatre-april-10-13\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raw, hilarious, and deeply moving, Mary Coustas invites you into her world with This Is Personal\u2014her most intimate and candid performance yet. This powerful one-woman show, brilliantly directed by Blazey Best (Well Behaved Women, Sensitive Guys, Kings for Pigs), weaves together the rough-edged tapestry of Coustas\u2019 migrant upbringing in Melbourne\u2019s suburbs with her recent journey &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"\u2018This Is Personal\u2019 Is Back At The Melbourne International Comedy Festival For A Limited Run At The Capitol Theatre, April 10-13!\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/this-is-personal-is-back-at-the-melbourne-international-comedy-festival-for-a-limited-run-at-the-capitol-theatre-april-10-13\/#more-6336\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018This Is Personal\u2019 Is Back At The Melbourne International Comedy Festival For A Limited Run At The Capitol Theatre, April 10-13!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Event-page-hero-2800-x-3200-1-scaled-e1681189918523-1024x696-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}