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Dame Edna Everage announces farewell UK tour Dame Edna Everage announces farewell UK tour
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With a telephone by her side – "it is in touch with the bedside of little Kate Middleton" – Dame Edna Everage on Monday announced details of what will be her farewell performances.With a telephone by her side – "it is in touch with the bedside of little Kate Middleton" – Dame Edna Everage on Monday announced details of what will be her farewell performances.
"I shall be saying farewell to my English possums," she said. "I cannot go on giving, giving, giving, giving. My gynaecologist looked up this morning and said why do you give as much as you do?""I shall be saying farewell to my English possums," she said. "I cannot go on giving, giving, giving, giving. My gynaecologist looked up this morning and said why do you give as much as you do?"
Everage is to perform across the UK from October to spring 2014 with nearly two months at the London Palladium between 13 November and 5 January.Everage is to perform across the UK from October to spring 2014 with nearly two months at the London Palladium between 13 November and 5 January.
She told the Guardian she did not want go beyond her prime. The real reason is that, remarkably, Everage's creator, Barry Humphries, is 79.She told the Guardian she did not want go beyond her prime. The real reason is that, remarkably, Everage's creator, Barry Humphries, is 79.
The show, Eat Pray Laugh!, has already been seen in Australia and New Zealand. "I'm not a vain woman," she said. "I'm truthful. And this is the best show I've ever, ever done. Unfortunately it's not just me, the Australian government have insisted that Les Patterson, who I'd hoped might have passed away, far from it, opens the show. Isn't that dreadful?"The show, Eat Pray Laugh!, has already been seen in Australia and New Zealand. "I'm not a vain woman," she said. "I'm truthful. And this is the best show I've ever, ever done. Unfortunately it's not just me, the Australian government have insisted that Les Patterson, who I'd hoped might have passed away, far from it, opens the show. Isn't that dreadful?"
Everage gave a press conference at the Palladium, telling reporters that the Duchess of Cambridge had postponed giving birth "so that my coverage is not obliterated".Everage gave a press conference at the Palladium, telling reporters that the Duchess of Cambridge had postponed giving birth "so that my coverage is not obliterated".
She added: "Dear little Katie said to me the other day, would you be the godmother? Could you be a nanny emeritus? Could you change a nappy? I said my late husband Norm always insisted that I change his."She added: "Dear little Katie said to me the other day, would you be the godmother? Could you be a nanny emeritus? Could you change a nappy? I said my late husband Norm always insisted that I change his."
She had also passed on her advice for the royal baby's name "but I can't tell you. They wanted Edna but I said no, it would look like favouritism."She had also passed on her advice for the royal baby's name "but I can't tell you. They wanted Edna but I said no, it would look like favouritism."
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