By Elyce Phillips 
Do you like science? Do you like facts? Do you like facts about science? Well, Victoria Healy has got the show for you. In an attempt to overcome her squeamish discomfort with the human body and all its doings, Healy has learned all about our anatomy and shares her findings with you in ways comedic and informative.
Anatomy explores various parts of…well, the anatomy, through stories about Healy’s relationship with her own body, interspersed with a variety of entirely scientific facts. You’ll learn about hands, feet, even knees – if that’s the sort of thing you are into. There’s a lot of ground covered in this show. ‘Anatomy’ is jam-packed with all kinds of information about the body, but it’s presented in such an amusing, conversational way that it’s never overwhelming. The experience is like having a chat with a friend who has just started taking a new class that is so excited about all the new stuff that they’ve learned that they’re just busting to tell somebody all about it. You can’t help but immediately get on board with the subject matter.
Healy is a quick-witted and talented comedic performer, who is only getting better and better at her craft. Her new show not so much celebrates the human body as examines it with equal parts awe and disgust. Healy has a knack for instilling her own fascination for the subject of the human body into her material. An extensive analogy about gang life has certainly given me a whole new level of respect for the immune system. The show is most assuredly a crowd pleaser. On opening night, Healy performed to a packed house, all of whom seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves.
One word of warning for the incredibly squeamish among us – Healy does not dance about the fact that our bodies are at times downright disgusting, and while I took perverse glee in moments such as her truly vivid description of a lobotomy procedure, it may not be for everyone. But for those who are game, Victoria Healy’s Anatomy is thoroughly entertaining and you might even learn a thing or two.
Victoria Healy‘s Anatomy is on at the Locker Room at The Portland Hotel until October 8th
For Further info visit the Melbourne Fringe website http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/victoria-healy-s-anatomy/.