Godley truly is a one-woman show � she greets the audience on arrival bestowing all with a new identity in her fictional extended family, tears the tickets of latecomers, sources additional seats for those without, and ensures the venue is properly ventilated.
Star Rating: *****
Godley truly is a one-woman show - she greets the audience on arrival bestowing all with a new identity in her fictional extended family, tears the tickets of latecomers, sources additional seats for those without, and ensures the venue is properly ventilated.
She also turns bouncer (a role she also filled in The People Versus Jerry Sadowitz) when gatecrashers stumble in off the street half way through the show.
"We've got passes," they simper. "Not for my f***ing show, you haven't," she says, giving them the evil eye while staring them off the premises. Janey's reconciling her relationships with her murdered mother, her daughter Ashley and husband Ian but, more importantly, the life changes that slowly manifest themselves once we pass the age of 40.
Her mother's religious bigotry is another central theme, and the deployment of Dr Scholl sandals as the ultimate deterrent on Glasgow's mean streets. The observations on child rearing are razor sharp, wondering why they run a mile when confronted by green beans, but have an insatiable desire to quench a thirst with bleach. Wonderfully foul-mouthed family entertainment with a spiritually-charged denouement.
Until August 25.












