Higgledy Piggledy Golden Goddesses @Subsonic

Duckie Blog, Burl-esque, Performance Art & Installations

Admittedly I have been a bit lax due to the usual end of year chaos! But I now promise you I shall be catching up with updates, pictures and videos from December’s antics. The festival season was well and truly upon us, with Geronimo and myself bring the epic doof, Subsonic Festival a healthy dose of higgledy piggledy burlesque. Why …

Bogan Yoga at Newtown Festival

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations

Want to meet women, get fit and learn some new sexual poses? Then bogan yoga is for you! Launching at Newtown Festival on Sunday 10 November, this is sure to be an instant hit. Try your hand at the lawnmower, bacon roll, or get your ‘ute serviced’ (for the more advanced practitioners). Toby’s brain child (and secret desire) is finally …

Burlesque with Christa and Vashti Hughes

Duckie Blog, Burl-esque

Wowzers! The Hughes family is certainly a formidable one, oozing with talent. For the last week of the Mystery Bus we teamed up with the good folks at Camelot Lounge for an extravaganza of cabaret, music and burlesque. The hot little venue was packed and the acts on stage were even hotter. The night was mc-ed by the hilarious Drew …

Mystery Bus 2012 Wrap Up

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog

Last week we wrapped up another successful season of Mystery Bus for the Sydney Fringe Festival. Once again sell-out crowds were wowed by a showcase of some of Sydney’s best underground artists and venues across eight themed nights. The bus arrived to greet unsuspecting punters outside the Enmore Theatre and took them to different secret locations each night for a …

Mystery bus promo video

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations

http://m.facebook.com/groups/336217626446623?view=permalink&id=383676488367403&ref=bookmark&__user=581146553#!http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150968915765404&ref=bookmark Check it out! The Mystery Bus 2012 promo video is now live! A special big shout out to our friends at Papermoose Productions for their help and studio. I can also confirm that the secret venues and line ups are going to be very cool this year. I’m excited! We also have a range of great new promo images …

Mystery Bus 2012

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations

So its clown car time again! Just spent about 5 hours shooting promotional photos and film for Mystery Bus 2012. Managed to shove a vintage globe, Swiss ball, animal masks, fake flowers, two old school suitcases, THREE mannequins, novelty golf clubs and a hula hoop into the back of the van. The shoot was excellent fun, with half of Claudi’s …

Burlesque birthday surprise

Duckie Blog, Burl-esque

Last Saturday night was a great gig at the fabulous Marrickville venue, the Red Rattler. The line up was pure quality, featuring live local dub step-cum-psychidelic rock group Svelt, Melbourne gypsy death core band Barons of Tang and a hilarious appearance by the newly formed hip hop comedy duo, Future of Blame. They surprised us all with a pants wettingly …

Umbrella Theatre does Subsonic Festival

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Puppetry

Miss Reese Geronimo and I braved the peak hour traffic recently to perform at Subsonic Festival in Barrington Tops, a beautiful site near the Hunter Valley. Under the tall trees and by a river skirted with weeping willows, we set up the Umbrella Theatre to the delight of passing ravers. I performed the new ‘Encounter with a Monster’, a puppetry …