Older women are cranky.

They’re tired. They’re tired of picking up your towel. They’re tired of making everyone food. They’re tired of unpacking the dishwasher. They’re tired of making tea. They’re tired of being responsible for making sure food is in the fridge. Or that there’s a meal on the table. Or that someone fed the dog. They’re tired of putting money in their kid’s accounts. They’re tired of being told they’re too fat, or too thin, or too wrinkly or too old. They’re tired of being judged. They’re tired of not being listened to. And according to a former comedy student of Mandy Nolan - they’re tired of turning up to a comedy room full of under 30 blokes and performing their life stories to a bunch of people who aren’t interested and don’t care.

Cranky women have so much to say. They’ve survived growing up in a patriarchy. They’ve survived childbirth and motherhood and marriage. They’ve also survived being judged for choosing none of those things!

Mandy Nolan is a Cranky Woman. She has 5 kids to 3 different blokes. That makes her a black belt in crank. She’s made a living out of it. So when another cranky woman complained that none of her cranky friends would come see her cranky show because it was in a room full of young blokes talking about their penis, it just made her...well cranky!

So she came up with a solution.

Gather the Cranky women. Teach them comedy. Then send them into the world as a kind of cranky women’s army. Tell other people who love listening to cranky women to come to the show and hear stories relevant and reflective of their life experience.

‘The Cranky Women’s Comedy Course is phenomenal - Its not just a comedy class, its a movement. Its incredible working with these wise, wicked and wondrous women!’ Sixteen cranky women will gather and learn the dark art of comedy just one week before their graduation show at Coorabell Hall on Friday 22 May hosted by the Cranky Queen - Mandy Nolan. The show is also a fundraiser for The SHIFT Project. Another thing women are cranky about...so many women being homeless!

Cranky women unite to raise money for a safe space!

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