Women all have a vulva. This is not to be shamed, but celebrated. This is the powerful message from the cast of Wet. A cabaret show with a difference. One that fuses education, comedy, monologues, cabaret and dance to create a special evening that takes us through the many different stages of being a woman. From contraception, menstruation, pregnancy and menopause and beyond, every single aspect of the vulva was covered in a way that was not only entertaining, but educational and inclusive to all sexes.
Not just a cabaret show. It's a hidden gem
Wet had the fusional flavour of The Rocky Horror Show (at the very beginning in particular as the iconic film scene of the lips speaking was referenced with purple lipstick instead of red and a powerful monologue instead of the song Science Fiction), Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and the cabaret outline with five female MC's smoothly linking every section together. With it being led by women specialising in many different genres of performance, the show had so many layers to experience. One of which was a saucy science lecture that explored Quantum Physics in relation to the female orgasm. This was a risky choice to make due to the possibility that the audience could have switched off at any given point. However, the lecture was not only intelligently portrayed, but it was naughty and suggestive without stepping out of line. Plus the ingenius usage of an abandoned cardboard box painted up to make it look like a machine that put science and pleasure together as their female volunteer stepped in to be experimented on with other saucy scientists exploring the scientific journey of what makes the vulva react the way it does. It not only gave the show a new dimention, but it felt like we experienced the journey with that willing volunteer, which lead to a more than satisfying payoff when it finished.
This and other well constructed sketches not only entertained, but Wet had many moving moments as well. Such as a dramatic dance sequence that explored the relationship with the female body using nothing except a thin mannequin as a companion. It dared to show how all of us as a human race actually wish to be a certain way because of how things like the media, fashion and more subtly suggest to us. So much so, that relationship can become negative and destroy all confidence in ourselves, rather than being authentic. Also, a mother in the audience got chosen to be read a letter to. It celebrated all mothers and how amazing they were and still are. Although she was chosen, the way it was written was an extremely clever universal tool that reached out to all mothers, grandmothers, mums to be and those who naturally nurture others.
Wet is not just a cabaret show. It's a hidden gem to stimulate us and experience feminine magic.
