Jessi Ryan
Hot off the back of their Melbourne International Comedy Festival season is Jessi Ryan, returns to MELT for the first time since 2018.
A fusion of storytelling, performance art, filth, provocation and tears, Functional Bottom is a darkly humorous exploration of a year in the life of Jessi Ryan – artiste, journalist and hot f#%king mess.
How else to respond to an ‘anus horribilis’ in the era of the neo-Nazi, including nearly dying on the emergency room table, colon removal and the death of their scat-loving sugar daddy?
"Artistic firebrand" (The Age) Jessi Ryan turns to art, sex, truth-telling and maybe a cheeky nang to burn this mother-fucking trash pile to the ground. It’s time to take stock of their self-medication carnival, crawl back from the abyss and get to the bottom of it all.
Directed by Anna Piper Scott and likely the only comedy show to feature a colostomy bag as a supporting actress explores love, survival and the art of clinging on with exquisitely manicured fingernails.
Strap yourselves in, raw, unapologetic, messy and chaotic, nothing is off limits, and rubber gloves are optional.
Presented by SISSY! and Brisbane Powerhouse
"A shocking and entertaining debut."- ArtsHub
“Ryan is an artistic firebrand”- The Age
“An innovative, multitalented artist” Stage Whisper
