A 75-YEAR-OLD woman is proving that “Ageing Is Amazing” in a show dedicated to the funny side of getting older.
With song themes ranging from the joys of Spandex and incontinence pads to the problem of going deaf, American Lynn Ruth Miller, pictured, says her show appeals to people of all ages.
The former journalist almost did not make it to Brighton Festival Fringe after she was stopped going through customs because of a visa dispute.
She was carrying a bag filled with everything from nipple tassels to incontinence pads.
She said: “I wasn’t happy with the way they treated me. I’m a 75- y e a r - o l d woman and they searched me and f i n g e r - printed me.
Luckily in the end I was able to stay in the country.”
Ageing Is Amazing will be at The Laughing Horse at The Quadrant off North Street, Brighton, until Sunday.
Although she is advertised as “Queenie the senile stripper”, Ms Miller said the show would not offend people.
She said: “I wrote the show to make fun of cabaret and the sexy girls who walk around, say a little something and sing a little song.
“I wrote a series of songs about being old, which starts off with a striptease, although it isn’t a real striptease.”
Ms Miller only took to the stage four years ago after signing up for comedy college in America.
She said: “I am living my dream. The point is that you are only as old as you feel. It’s such a cliché but it’s the truth.
“The show was not written with a message but people leave it crying because they are so touched.
“The big secret and the key to everything I do is that I am not amazing.
I’m just like you. Instead of saying ‘all my life I wanted to be a singer’, I got up there and sang.
“Now I’m not guaranteeing the quality of the singing but I know I am a good writer and good comedian and this show is so much more than what you think. When you walk out you are energised because you’ve just seen a 75-year-old woman do the Charleston.”
Ageing Is Amazing begins at 10.45pm and entrance is
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