POINT & SHOOT: A NEW MUSICAL
festival
SUREN JAYEMANNE: EAT PRALINE, DIE
Answered by: Tyler Jacob-Jones Describe your show in a tweet? Four actors. 50 characters. 16 musical instruments. Several explosions, and a dog. A biting musical satire of Hollywood blockbusters #twists #turns #michaelbayhem
THE CYPHER Answered by: Karyn Scottney-Turbill Briefly describe your show: A fresh new Oz hip hop line-up, mixed with a fusion of music genres a full night of MCs, DJs and performances. What was the inspiration behind your show? As an artist manager and promoter I was on the look out for new undiscovered talents and found some amazing artists who had entered the Search 4 Pearls contest. Now we are hitting the road to showcase the talents of these artists and other musicians. Briefly describe the development process of your show? Hosting the Search 4 Pearls unsigned artist competition was the beginning of the process. Then with the selection of a few amazing, fresh talents I have been set on showing the industry and Oz who they are and what they are made of. What was the biggest challenge you encountered in this show? Fusing together music genres. The concept and the involvement of so many great talents was the biggest challenge, followed by the logistics of getting such a big group up from Melbourne to Sydney.
In a fantasy world who would you be the love child of and why? Stephen Sondheim and Ashley Judd – because he’s a musical theatre genius, and because she was in Double Jeopardy, and how cool would it be to say that your mum was the mum from Double Jeopardy? Why did you decide to do Fringe 2014? Point & Shoot was a big award-winner at Perth’s Fringe World Festival earlier this year, taking home the Artrage Award for Best Theatre Production and the Martin Sims Award for Best New WA Work. We are keen to continue developing the show in front of new audiences, at new venues around the country, which brings us to Fringe 2014! Tell us a bit about the creative team working on this project? This is the second musical penned by myself and Robert Woods, a Perth-based composer and filmmaker. We also perform in the show alongside two striking and talented women, opera singer Erin Hutchinson and former Miss Burlesque WA Tamara Woolrych. The show is a full-scale musical reduced to four people, so each of us is required to sing, dance and rotate frantically between characters and instruments throughout the piece! It’s challenging but fun. Website: facebook.com/ pointandshootmusical
What makes a good Fringe show? A fresh concept, performers with that certain ‘star’ quality and the ability to ‘wow’ audiences.
Describe your show in a tweet? My first solo stand-up show. All my best jokes from three years of performing, some puns, and a bit of first generation Sri Lankan Aussie perspective.
VOICES ON MY HEAD Answered by: Stephen Zappia Briefly describe your show: Five hats are imbued with five peculiar personas, among them Mickey Mouse’s understudy, a hip hop poet and a Russian taxi driver with a penchant for long-stitch. Watch as one man wears each headpiece, unleashing its character on the world. What was the inspiration behind your show? For as long as I can remember I’ve been making a complete fool of myself doing silly voices. One morning in a taxi I came up with this concept of each character being symbolised by some sort of hat. By the time I arrived, I had character concepts, and a name for the show – Voices On My Head was born. What makes a good Fringe show? Something a little different, something I haven’t seen before. I go in there with absolutely zero expectations. I’ve seen my fair share of Fringe shows, one last year was so good it ruined Game Of Thrones for me. I can’t take it seriously anymore. What do you love about Fringe Festival besides all the shows? All us kooky people that are usually confined to the dingy corners of an unknown pub come out to play, we bring an energy that isn’t usually experienced by a mainstream audience.
Why did you decide to do Fringe 2014? For a stand-up, Sydney Fringe is great ‘cause it has its own Comedy Hub out at the Factory Theatre. It’s always buzzing there, and it’s just a good opportunity to run the show a few times before taking it on the Festival circuit in 2015. I’d love to go to Melbourne for the MICF, so this is a great way to see if I’m ready. Tell us a bit about the creative team working on this project? Team? It’s just me. I’m a standup comedian who’s originally from Melbourne but now calls Sydney home. Until recently, I was an accountant by day but I gave that up to focus on comedy for a while. You know the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea? I refer to my period of unemployment as the demoneterised zone, ‘cause I’m between two careers. I love comedy and performing, so it’s been a really fun year. In a fantasy world who would you be the love child of and why? To take your question literally, the most famous love child from a fantasy world is obviously Jon Snow, the bastard son of Ned Stark. The ladies really seem to swoon over him, so, I’m gonna say him. Website: twitter.com/JayEManne
In a fantasy world who would you be the love child of? Robin Williams and Stephen Merchant.
What do you love about Fringe Festival besides all the shows? I am from Adelaide so the Fringe has always been a huge part of my life. I love every aspect of it!!
Website: facebook.com/ voicesonmyheadshow
WHEN & WHERE:
WHEN & WHERE:
WHERE AND WHEN?
WHEN & WHERE:
26 & 27 Sep,
23 – 25 Sep, The Imperial
17, 18, 19 & 21 Sep,
24 & 26 Sep,
Factory Theatre
Hotel – Cabaret Room
Chippendale Hotel – The Den
Factory Theatre
42 • THE MUSIC • 3RD SEPTEMBER 2014