We Don't Have Husbands

The Kransky Sisters are an Australian girl band. Well that's not quite true. They are three dark haired spinster sisters in spotted blouses and dark skirts who play modern popular music that they have learned from the wireless.

Their chosen instruments of tuba, guitar, musical saw, tambourines, an amazing 1960s keyboard and various kitchen implements are probably not quite what you'd expect to hear Born to Be Wild played on. I must say though that their version of Simon and Garfunkle's Sound of Silence is the most heartfelt I've ever heard, which may have something to do with how much it reminds Mourne of being locked in a cupboard.

Mourne is the eldest sister, very protective of younger sister Eve (especially after Eve is kissed by an audience member). Eve could in fact be a bit of a goer but she does get so upset at the fates of small creatures - and fate doesn't seem kind to them around Mourne.

And as for Arva, poor tuba playing Arva, winner at the Alice Springs Eisteddfod, she does get a raw deal from the other two. This has rather a lot to do with having the same mother but a different father; in fact the two brothers never spoke to each other again.

Think the Addams Family, the painting American Gothic, add a touch of Psycho and you might sense a flavour of this deliciously deadpan trio. The musical arrangements are wittily naive. The stories of everyday life in Esk, Queensland are exquisitely dark.

Three ladies called Annie Lee, Christine Johnston and Michele Watt seem to have something to do with this show but since Mourne, Eve and Arva never mention them I obviously don't know exactly what.