What is your show about?
Him is about reaching your mid-twenties and realising how far behind you are, second-guessing everything you’ve been secure in, and fighting against your own laziness, your apathy, and the world that’s made you that way. It’s a series of loosely connected vignettes and rants, with a bit of politics, bitchiness and pop culture thrown in.
What was the process of putting your show together?
For my honours degree, I had no idea what I wanted to write, and thought I had nothing much to say. But the pressure of study forced me to put something together. So with a bottle of vodka I wrote until my keyboard broke and out it came. A dozen or so pieces of writing put together, ready to be a show.
What does your show say about contemporary society?
It’s part indictment, part defense of contemporary society. Simultaneously it protests the apathy and ill-deserved security of the modern world, the hesitation to take up a fight against injustice, or to confront prejudice like the marriage plebiscite and homophobia, but also a way to show that things can be approved if people just try, and to expose some darker issues people rarely speak of.
What aspect of your show are you proudest of?
I’m proud of the honesty. It’s not about characters or fiction – it’s nothing but me, and the true feelings of my life. And some of them are fairly brutal, and some of them leave me very exposed, and not all of them are flattering. It’s raw, and it’s me and I’m really kind of amazed that I could put it on stage.
What part of contemporary Australian culture does your show engage with?
Primarily, it explores issues affecting millenials and Gen Y, as well as the LGBT community. For Gen Y, it addresses the disconnect from what we were promised to what we experience now that we’re adults. For the LGBT, it’s everything – coming out, coming down, and some of the abuses beyond just homophobes on the news or in the streets.
Venue: Club Voltaire
Dates: September 15 – September 17
Time: 6.45pm
Tickets: $19 -$22
