Your parents have married you off, her parents have done the same and she has known what colour the flowers are going to be since leaving the womb, but what do you have to do to become a groom? How do you react when the headlights are hurtling towards you? Common understanding tells us that it’s ‘her day’, but recent newlywed Michael Dermansky is having none of it.
This autobiographical show speaks of Dermansky’s upbringing and the usual rites of passage associated with ‘the big day’, and is packaged as the essential survival guide for the man about to be hitched. He reminds us “it’s your day too”, and that letting “Whatever you want dear” rule your life is a bad idea as it only sets a precedent for the rest of your relationship.
In many ways this is Girl Power in reverse and given the sly, knowing giggles of the female members of the audience it’s all too true.
Dermansky’s delivery is impeccable and the real highlight of the show comes in the lead up to “I do”, as the sense of anxiety mixed with a final registration of the magnitude of what he is about to do is communicated wonderfully and keeps the audience in extended fits of giggles.
This guide to a great wedding is undoubtedly unique and a must have for any prospective groom.
3/5
David Hodges
