Comedy Showroom: The Letdown

ABC’s Comedy Showroom unveils its second pilot tonight, The Letdown, the story of a struggling new mum and the local Mothers Group she thinks she doesn’t need.

It stars Alison Bell, Noni Hazlehurst, Lucy Durak, Sacha Horler, Leah Vandenberg, Celeste Barber, Taylor Ferguson, Ewen Leslie and Leon Ford with special guest appearances by Patrick Brammall and Brendan Cowell.

Audrey (Alison Bell) is a modern, first time mum for whom motherhood is proving a difficult transition. Determined not to be defined by her new role, she attempts to carry on as normal. Against her better judgment she attends the local Mothers Group.

Here, she meets an unsympathetic Maternal health nurse (Noni Hazlehurst) and five very different, very hormonal women (and one man) each with their own set of judgments and opinions – some naïve, some passive aggressive, others just plain aggressive. The group includes; Martha, a 39 year old, last chance, stoic single mum; Ester, the Mother in denial workaholic; Ruben, her enthusiastic stay at home Dad ; Sophie, the neglected trophy wife; Barbara, the straight talking, super relaxed, mother of three and Jenna, the sweet smiling, judgmental hippie.

Production Credits: A Giant Dwarf Production. Created by Sarah Scheller with Alison Bell. Directed by Trent O’Donnell, Producers Julian Morrow and Martin Robertson. ABC Executive Producers Rebecca Anderson and Head of Comedy Rick Kalowski.

9pm tonight on ABC.

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