It’s just gone 9 o’clock on a moody Autumn morning in the affluent Melbourne suburb of Kew, just east of the city. “I only moved here because I couldn’t afford Carlton,” says Celia Pacquola as if to explain herself when we meet outside the 1940s clinker brick apartment she shared with her best friend.
But when the pandemic descended and lockdowns were enforced six years ago – almost to the week – ...
The article highlights Celia Pacquola's life and career, with a focus on her new stand-up show, Gift Horse. The show centers around an unusual gift her partner gave her for her birthday last year: an inflatable kayak. This incident serves as the starting point for exploring themes of gift giving, relationships, and communication in the context of personal connections becoming increasingly valuable in a chaotic world. However, it's important to acknowledge that this narrative could potentially be...