How a Koo Wee Rup-Ture Created the Legendary Aisha the Geisha

Aisha the Geisha in Koo Wee Rup with her favorite sheep, Baaabara.

Becoming a geisha, a practitioner of Japan’s arts in a rigidly controlled, hierarchical society with customs dating back centuries, takes a rare kind of inner strength, and doubly so as a foreigner in a world insular even for the generally inward-looking Japanese.
激しい縦社会の中、数百年の歴史を誇り日本独特な伝統文化を身につけるために厳しい訓練を受ける芸者になるには、相当内面的な強さが求められている。ある意味で「閉鎖的」と言われている花柳界は、一般に内向きと言われている日本人が溶け込むのが難しいが、そもそも島国根性が見せられている外人にとってなおさらそうだ。

Aisha adds some Japanese refinement to the ancient Australian tradition of smoko.

A Koo Wee Rup cutie displayed such power after being mercilessly dumped by her Nar Nar Goon goon as she wrenched herself away from the attractions of asparagus farming, booted the Blundstones, rammed the shears and shoved aside all the old cows’ bullshit to create the legend of Aisha the Geisha.
しかし、アスパラとじゃがいも栽培で有名なクーウィーラップからやってきたオージー農家おてんばが農家で泥・沼(そして、泥沼)・羊・牛などとの生活の魅力を破棄して、内面的な力を示し、振られたナーナーグーン住まいアスパラ農家である彼を勝ち取り戻せるために「エイシャ・ザ・芸者」の伝説を作った。
Aisha dedicated herself to embodying Japan’s tradition-seeped, delicate, refined arts where every move is executed with a deft touch, grace of movement and smidgen of coquettishness.
エイシャは、洗練されている伝統的繊細な日本独特の芸を見につけるため必死に勉強した。

Aisha the Geisha about the silence the lambs….

Yet, learning the ancient arts of seduction didn’t necessarily require Aisha to forget about her roots, or cast down her hoe. Indeed, while trying to woo back her errant asparaguser, Aisha remained ever-adept at cow-patting and spark plugging while using her new-found charms to bring elegance to a typical smoko and display her social conscience by campaigning for geisha cyclists’ rights.
しかし、そうでありながら、牛飼いや車修理などルーツも忘れずにがんばってきた。とともに、新たに身に付けた才能にによって豪州工事現場に「茶の湯」などの習慣も導入して、国際交流に大きく貢献した。
Memoirs of an Aisha tells the compelling tale of an Aussie farm girl’s troubles in Tokyo, providing a light-hearted look at a lass from Down Under’s jolly jaunt in Japan, a land where comedy is taken with earnest seriousness.
「メモアーズ・オブ・アン・エイシャ」は、メルボルン・フリンジ・フェスティバルのコメディショーであり、オージー農場おてんばの東京での波乱万丈の物語である。日豪ユーモアであり、コメディを真摯に受け止めている花柳界(?)と豪州クーウィーラップの泥と沼(と泥沼)を融合する。

Memoirs of an Aisha
VENUE
Rue Bebelons
267 Little Lonsdale Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
DATES: 26-30 Sept and 1 Oct
TIME: 7.00pm, Sun 8.30pm, Mon 6.30pm (50min)
TICKETS
Full: $15
TO BOOK visit melbournefringe.com.au or call (03) 9660 9666
SHOW PUBLICIST
Marc Corley
marccorley@yahoo.com
Melbourne Fringe Festival
Memoirs of an Aisha

Sept. 26 to Oct. 14, 2012
Memoirs of an Aisha Media Release
Melbourne Fringe Festival ’12

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