It’s reinvented – it’s a new show, in my mind.” “I think that I found more in it this time than I did the first time. “It’s one of those performances where going back and watching it again and revisiting everything physically, it just feels right,” she says of the new presentation. This is largely due to the fact that Cher is a political activist and avid tweeter, with McGowan saying she wanted the performance to reflect the issues with which the singer is currently engaging. The show premiered in the Space Theatre at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival last year, and McGowan says the remount (the result of a collaboration between Vitals and the AFC) comes at a pivotal time given the difficulties COVID-19 has created for her and other artists.Īs well as being presented in a new venue – the Festival Theatre Stage – it has also undergone some minor changes. “It may even feel a bit more musical at times, and it’s very theatrical.” “What’s fun about this work is that it literally is genre-busting because it pushes me to do everything from lip-synching through to contemporary dance through to certain styles that are more cabaret,” she says.

Instead, McGowan uses Cher as a lens to explore gender, power and popular culture – in particular, the way in which female artists constantly reinvent themselves. The solo show honours the iconic singer, incorporating music from different eras and other aspects of her career and life, but is far from a straight tribute. That’s how Vitalstatistix describes Larissa McGowan’s Cher, which it is presenting at the Adelaide Festival Centre this week. 'It's a challenge' – Larissa McGowan in 'Cher'.

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