Tell us about your show. Fox Poncing gives you a taste of everything; music theatre, electro, triple j Unearthed indie new folk, post punk. Also – band. ‘Fox’ because ginger, feral pest and ‘poncing’ because glittering cabaret show pony.
When was the idea for the show born? I wanted to write songs– no big theme, no big idea – just songs. Then it morphed into a show with a heart about how my hero’s unexpected death prompted doubt about choosing a terribly unstable vocation – songwriting – in a teeny industry.
What inspires you about MICF? Every festival gives you a chance to see people doing new stuff, and new people coming through. It’s easy to get side-tracked by either the new or the huge. While I love seeing exciting newcomers, I also really love watching established artists being terrific.
What do you love about the Melbourne performing arts community? Their endurance.
What’s a fun fact about the show? It will leave you with a magnificently distasteful image involving Stephen Sondheim.
Can you describe the journey of creating a show? Pick a date, pay a registration fee, come up with name and panic for four months? Is that it?
Describe your show in three words. God damned amazing.
How have the events in your life turned into material? Songwriting’s a brilliant way to work through a lot of stuff. I haven’t written a song about trying to come up with answers to media questionnaires yet, but gimme a year.
Venue: The Malthouse – Bagging Room
Dates: Thursday March 30 – Saturday April 8 (bar Monday)
Duration: 60 minutes
Tickets: $20 – $28
