Alzheimer’s the Musical: A Night to Remember is a three-woman show, performed by Lyn Shakespeare, Maureen Sherlock and Carole Yelland who were the team behind the award-winning Tragic at their Age.

Their latest Melbourne International Comedy Festival show combined sketch comedy with cleverly re-worked songs. For example, the Skyhooks hit ‘Living in the 70s’ was transformed into ‘Living in my 70s’. Alzheimers the Musical: A Night to Remember explores life from the perspective of a senior citizen.

With both charisma and panache, Shakespeare, Sherlock and Yelland delivered jokes, covering everything about getting older, losing your memory and dealing with society’s attitudes towards the elderly.

Unfortunately, one or two interludes did not gel with the bulk of Shakespeare, Sherlock and Yelland’s comic material.

These were usually attempts at poignancy. Another instance was the jarring appearance of a granddaughter character.

Nonetheless, I found Alzheimer’s the Musical: A Night to Remember to be a rich, warm and well-delivered show.