The Queen Of Broken Hearts

Bold, quirky, slightly off balance and entirely personal, The Queen of Broken Hearts is an utterly raw one woman show. Taking the audience on a tour through the Queen’s struggles with love and mental illnesses, all presented through her obvious talent for witty lyrics and catchy keyboard tunes.

Rosie Roulette, a singer/songwriter and actor originally from New Zealand portrays at first a seemingly mad, slightly witty Queen of Broken Hearts. Interacting and preaching to the audience as if they are the peasants of her very own ‘queendom’ as she liked to put it.

Opening up in her fantasy world, she ruled proudly with her miniature crown perched on her head and drank tea to pass the time, boasting about how many times her heart had been broken.

From there the layers of her imagination were literally stripped back through her costume. And there stood a slightly vulnerable, obviously passionate woman in her frilly underwear.

An impromptu burlesque and circus act balanced the show between funny, light hearted entertainment and sometimes dark but thought provoking dialogue about the stigma associated with mental illness and the fantasy worlds to which some people escape.

‘The world can be a dark place,’ she reiterated multiple times.

Obviously speaking from experience, the intimate show progressed from a somewhat, dare I use the word, crazy rendition of Alice In Wonderland, The Queen Of Broken Hearts to a very real show about her experiences in love.

Venting her easily perceived want and need for the stigma towards mental illness to be broken down, the now half naked queen seemed to be back to reality. Expressing her brutally honest opinion about her heart breakers through her memorable songs, it was obvious that it was just Rosie now up there. No fancy costumes, no proper accents; just a bold woman singing and expressing her need for better understanding about mental illness.

‘We need to talk about it.’

‘We need to understand.’

The Queen of Broken Hearts exceeded all expectations. Hidden away in the perfect setting and the ever-so-quirky The Butterfly Club, this is a show worth finding a seat.

Rosie only has two performances remaining, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of February, so you must act straight away.

In Rosie’s words ‘this is where I’m meant to wrap it all up, give you some meaning to all of this. Well, as you say, haters gonna’ hate.’

The Queen Of Broken Hearts
The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne
Thursday February 11 - Sunday February 14
thebutterflyclub.com/show/the-queen-of-broken-hearts