Also known as The Girls, the group bare all to audiences in Canberra through cabaret.

Director and performer Nixon said The Girls was an expose of personality in which each character brought individual experiences, desires, strengths and memories to The Street Theatre stage.

With decades of acting experience behind them, The Girls celebrated and shouted, were frivolous and serious, uncovered secrets and masked the truth.

''It's not your standard cabaret,'' Nixon said.

''They are mad, sad, strong, angry, beautiful, raw, naive and utterly feminine.''

The characters revealed themselves to audiences through song, dance and monologues in a room styled by local visual artist Sarah Kaur.

''We reveal ourselves not only physically, but emotionally, by sharing things that are quite personal,'' Nixon said.

''That's always really risky, because why should anyone care?'' The group of four said many different aspects of themselves and their characters were exposed through tone, facial expression and movement.

For more, pick up a copy of today's Canberra Times

The Girls opens tonight at The Street Theatre in Childers Street, with shows at 7pm and 9pm, and runs until Saturday. Bookings on 62471223.