This past October, the New York City theatre scene was treated to a deeply moving and unforgettable debut performance of Enough, a one-woman show written and performed by the magnetic Liz Cooper. Set on a boutique rooftop venue in Manhattan — with the downtown skyline glowing behind and a picturesque set by Hayley Pace — the night felt like something plucked straight from a film. Romantic, electric, and utterly New York… if New York had a bit of Aussie bite.
Delivered in a cabaret-style format with seven powerful songs, Enough is part stand-up, part soul-bearing confessional. With her signature Aussie wit — dry as a drought and twice as cutting — Cooper takes the audience on a journey through the dizzying highs and soul-crushing lows of a seven-year relationship with a narcissist. One minute, you’re cackling at a perfectly timed jab about bizarrely awkward sexual encounters, and the next, you’re holding your breath as she recounts the quiet horror of psychological abuse.
Musically, Cooper stuns with six inventive arrangements from artists like Rihanna, Florence and the Machine, Alanis Morissette, and Eloïse — plus her first original song Compass — each one more emotionally loaded than the last. Accompanied by the exceptional Simeon W. Brown on guitar, their synchronicity is so tight you’d think they shared a brain. Or at least a Spotify playlist.
But what really hits home is how Liz uses humor as a scalpel — slicing through trauma with devastating clarity. She doesn’t serve the audience a tidy resolution. Instead, she offers the beginning of healing — the moment a woman reclaims her voice after years of living in someone else’s warped reality. It’s not a Hallmark ending, it’s real life. And Liz delivers it with the kind of charm and starkness that only an Aussie can get away with.
Enough received a standing ovation and left audiences buzzing. Raw, hilarious, and necessary — this show doesn’t just deserve to thrive in the New York theatre scene. It demands it.
