Amelia Jane Hunter is Keith Flipp (the Girl from Belkondowns Flat) is a darkly comic show bordering on fringe theatre. Despite containing elements of character-based stand-up, the show and Hunter’s larger-than-life character were clearly confrontational for some audience members the night I saw it.

At first glance, Keith Flipp is a drag queen. We soon learn he’s not a man pretending to be a woman (Or, to be precise, a woman playing a man pretending to be a woman.); he really is a man, trapped in a woman’s body, his sister’s body.

Amelia was an eight pound baby girl who grew into a seven-year-old boy. In scientific terms, she’s a chimera’also known as vanishing twin syndrome’a person whose body contains two different sets of genetic material as a result of one fetus being absorbed into the other in utero. In this instance, though, the two personalities have survived in one body, with startling results.

Keith is only let out for one week every three months by his sister, during which time he takes drugs, fucks around, and moonlights as a drag queen. What happens, though, when Keith decides to no longer play by his conservative sister’s rules?

Hunter, a trained actor, brings real pathos to this Lynchian scenario, as well as confronting humour and some truly delightful and memorable scenes. Not a show for the easily offended, but definitely one to see if you’re interested in catching a remarkable performer in a complex and well-rounded production.