Intolerant
Uma has a problem — everything she eats makes her sick, but don’t worry, it’s TOTALLY FINE! She can still eat your birthday cake if you pick out the nuts — you know how to use an EpiPen, right?!
After her diagnosis with Crohn’s disease, opera singer and theatre kid Uma is forced to confront her obsessions with chocolate and popcorn, the difficulties of explaining your allergies at dinner parties, and how to navigate the dating world without having an allergic reaction to semen (yes, really).
With original songs, musical theatre favourites and opera parodies, join Uma on a romp through denial and ultimate acceptance of her body’s allergies and intolerances, and learn how you too could become a little more tolerant.
Presented by: Uma Dobia
Uma Dobia is a coloratura soprano who refuses to be put in a box. With warm and eclectic storytelling, Uma takes her audience on a journey through operatic, cabaret and musical theatre repertoire, as well as her own original songs. Uma graduated from the Master of Music Performance (Opera Performance) at the University of Melbourne (2022), and is a current Resident Emerging Artist with Australian Contemporary Opera Company, as well as a scholar with Opera Scholars Australia. In 2020, under previous stage name Carmen Modjito, Uma released a climate action song, House Is On Fire, adding her voice to the climate fight. Uma is excited to be sharing her lifelong experiences of food allergies and Crohn’s through her original cabaret, Intolerant.
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