 At Lawler's suggestion, Mrs Everage made her first appearance in a Melbourne University's UTRC revue at the end of 1955, as the city prepared for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games.The sketch involved a houseproud "average housewife" offering her Moonee Ponds home as an Olympic billet.Humphries left for London in his early 20s and enjoyed success on stage, including in Lionel Bart's musical, "Oliver!