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=== 2010β2023 === [[File:Edna statue.jpg|thumb|upright|Bronze statue of Dame Edna at [[Docklands, Victoria|Waterfront City, Docklands]], Melbourne]] In 2010, Dame Edna collaborated with [[cabaret]] pianist and singer [[Michael Feinstein]] for a two-person revue in the United States, titled ''All About Me'', based on the premise that the pair were rivals who were forced to work together for the show's sake. The show opened as the second production for the newly refurbished [[Henry Miller's Theatre]] and was planned to run from 18 March through 18 July 2010 (with previews beginning on 22 February), but lukewarm reviews and low ticket sales led to the limited engagement being cut short and closing on 4 April 2010, after 27 previews and 20 regular performances.<ref>Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138257-Brief-Duet-Broadways-All-About-Me-with-Feinstein-and-Everage-to-Close-April-4 "Brief Duet: Broadway's All About Me, with Feinstein and Everage, to Close 4 April"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331191613/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138257-Brief-Duet-Broadways-All-About-Me-with-Feinstein-and-Everage-to-Close-April-4 |date=31 March 2010 }} playbill.com, 29 March 2010</ref> On 25 March 2010, she appeared on the television talk show ''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]'' as a guest host to promote the production.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} On 29 April 2011, she appeared on the [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]] broadcast ''William and Kate: The Royal Wedding'', with [[Karl Stefanovic]] and [[Lisa Wilkinson]], covering the [[wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton]] at [[Buckingham Palace]], along with [[Tracy Grimshaw]] and [[Kathy Lette]] at [[Westminster Abbey]]. On 18 March 2012, Humphries announced he would "retire" the Dame Edna character because he was "beginning to feel a bit senior".<ref name="ABC18Mar2012">{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-18/dame-edna-calls-it-a-day/3897072|title=Curtains for Humphries' Dame Edna Everage|publisher=ABC News/AFP|date=18 March 2012}}</ref> On 15 March 2013, Dame Edna Everage appeared on ''[[Red Nose Day 2013]]'' as a guest star and judge for the ''Comic Relief Does MasterChef'' competition between [[Jack Whitehall]] and [[Micky Flanagan]]. In June 2013, Dame Edna returned in a [[Sydney Opera House]] production of ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''. In 2013, Dame Edna announced her final tour of the United Kingdom. The show opened in November 2013 at the [[London Palladium]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/jul/15/dame-edna-everage-uk-tour |title=Dame Edna Everage announces farewell UK tour |work=The Guardian|date=15 July 2013|access-date=8 November 2013}}</ref> before beginning a UK tour in January 2014.<ref>{{cite news |first=John-Paul |last=Stephenson |title=Alreet, Possums? Edna Everage begins farewell tour in Newcastle |url=http://www.gigglebeats.co.uk/2014/01/alreet-possums-edna-everage-begins-farewell-tour-in-newcastle/ |work=Giggle Beats |date=21 January 2014 |access-date=21 January 2014}}</ref> On 11 February 2015, she appeared on ''[[The Great British Bake Off|The Great Comic Relief Bake Off]]'' in aid of [[Comic Relief]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052sjf9|title=BBC One β The Great Comic Relief Bake Off, Series 2, Episode 1|work=BBC|access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> Dame Edna's Glorious Goodbye β The Farewell Tour began in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] at The [[Moore Theatre]] (15β18 January 2015) and continued on to The [[Ahmanson Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]] (24 January 2015 through 15 March 2015) next traveling to [[San Francisco]]'s [[Orpheum Theatre (San Francisco)|Orpheum Theater]] (17β22 March 2015) then on to the [[McCallum Theatre]] in [[Palm Desert, California]] (30 March 2015 β 4 April 2015) then [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]]'s [[Princess of Wales Theatre]] (9β19 April 2015) and concluding in [[Washington, D.C.]] at the [[National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|National Theatre]] (21β26 April 2015.){{citation needed|date=September 2015}} Dame Edna was a guest on ''[[Michael McIntyre|Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show]]'', broadcast by BBC1 on Christmas Day 2015.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} Dame Edna appeared briefly in ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]'' (2016) in a non-speaking cameo, one of two characters played by Humphries in the film. On 19 September 2019, Dame Edna appeared on the [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'']] programme with [[John Humphrys]]. This was Humphry's final programme as presenter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49752274|title=Cameron, Blair and Dame Edna join Humphrys' final Today programme|work=BBC News|date=19 September 2019}}</ref> In what would become the final appearance of the character before Humphries' death, Dame Edna returned to the BBC for a one-off special, ''Dame Edna Rules The Waves'', in which she (belatedly) publicly acknowledged the death of Madge, first broadcast on BBC1 on 31 December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ctfn|title = BBC One - Dame Edna Rules the Waves}}</ref> During the show, Dame Edna attempts to dispose of Madge's ashes from the porthole of her luxury yacht, The Ocean Widow, but is prevented from doing so to protect the environment. Madge's last will and testament insisted that Dame Edna take on the care of her sister Mabel, who became Dame Edna's silent sidekick, sticking labels on her celebrity guests. Mabel is portrayed by British actress Anne Rason.
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