Mary Coustas Gets Personal (P.S Effie is not Dead)

Mary Coustas sits down to talk with Dee Mason about her new show ‘This is Personal’. In this interview Mary is candid about who she is outside of ‘Effie’, but don’t you worry, Mary promises ‘Effie’ hasn’t had her last show. Catch Mary Coustas’ hilarious and poignant new show This is Personal at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025

 



This Is Personal – you gotta find the funny

 Laced with Mary Coustas’ comedic flair, This Is Personal is a kaleidoscopic exploration of love, loss, laughter and fear – and how all four come to define us.

Blurb:

After launching at the Sydney Opera House and a subsequent successful tour, Mary Coustas brings her critically acclaimed masterclass in storytelling This Is Personal to Melbourne International Comedy Festival. This candid and intimate one woman show combines the coarse tapestry of Mary’s migrant upbringing in Melbourne’s suburbs and her recent experience of motherhood.

Directed by Blazey Best (Well Behaved Women, Sensitive Guys, Kings for Pigs), Mary addresses questions from her inquisitive daughter, her answers forcing her to reflect on what she can offer from her own life experience… and more importantly what she can’t. To help, the audience meets the characters from Mary’s family who have shaped her life – including Mary’s younger self who created the suit of armour we’ve come to know as ‘Effie’.

Laced with Mary’s comedic flair, This Is Personal is a kaleidoscopic exploration of love, loss, laughter and fear, and how all four come to define us.