Holy Shift : A Comedic Storytelling Show by Kym Nelson (featuring Papo Rouge)
Saturday 14. March at 20:00 - 22:00
Doors open at 19.30. Show starts at 20.00
FAMEUS, Antwerpen
Critics have described Kym Nelson as a brilliant and relatable storyteller, and audiences have praised her performances as “excellent and thoroughly enjoyable”.
In her new solo show Holy Shift, Kym brings her 1990s teenage diary to the stage in a hilarious and heartfelt journey back to the decade of Madonna, melodrama and questionable teenage choices.
When her daughter suddenly decides rebellion means becoming a saint, Kym is baffled. Desperate to understand this unexpected holy phase, she opens the pages of her teenage diary - a chaotic time capsule of crushes, heartbreak, and dramatic self-discovery.
As she reads, she blasts the Madonna anthems that once saved her teenage soul-songs preaching empowerment, reinvention, and the attempt to survive adolescence by crafting a cone bra and trying to Vogue without spraining a wrist!
What starts as a bewildered quest to understand her daughter becomes an unexpected journey back to the messy, electric girl she used to be-and the parts of her she thought she’d grown out of!
About Kym Nelson (linktr.ee/KymNelsonComedy)
Kym's comedy is high-energy, blending storytelling, character work, and observational absurdity. Trained by legendary French master clown Philippe Gaulier, her debut solo show, Namaste Blisters, played the Edinburgh Festival and Camden Fringe, and she has performed alongside some of Europe's most celebrated comedians. One theatre critic called her "a great and relatable storyteller." She runs stand-up comedy workshops at Antwerp's Fameus Theatre and Brussels' Bridge Theatre, teaches professionals how to use humour at work, and hosts Antwerp's first all-female comedy night, The F-Word.
OPENING ACT: Papo Rouge
Papo Rouge is a burlesque comedian and self-proclaimed “Rich Housewife from Antwerp” who mixes Stand-up with Burlesque. Her work pokes fun at perfection and the pressure to perform, wrapped in humour, glitter and a generous dose of self-awareness. Theatrical but grounded, she laughs at privilege, womanhood and everything in between - because sometimes the punchline wears heels.
FAMEUS • Zirkstraat 36, 2000 Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, Belgium