If you had to pitch your show to a stranger, what would you say?
It’s a circus comedy about some shmuck’s first day working in an office and he has no idea what he’s supposed to be doing. It has live music, acrobatics, and tricks. It’s like Mr Bean meets Cirque du Soleil with a dash of randomness.
What does your show say about society today?
To be honest I thought by now we wouldn’t have to work at all… period. Like I thought this was why we had robots, but here we are, struggling away in little offices, pretending that we’re not on Facebook.
Who absolutely should not come to your show?
I will literally perform this to whoever buys a ticket. Preferably at the times advertised.
What’s the strangest thing that’s happened to you on stage?
I was in a 30-minute show once where just as the first act had started, a Rabbi interrupted me and politely asked if we could just put an interval into the show, as he knew some people that had missed the start and he didn’t want them to miss the rest.
Tell us five great shows to see at Melbourne Fringe.
So many! Yuck Circus was awesome this year in Perth, I saw Railed in Brighton and that was hilarious, and I really want to check out Anna Lumb’s brand new work Hard To Reach Places. I’m also keen to check out PHAT CAB CLUB, and Jofus and the Plank.
The Peter Principle comes to The Melba Spiegeltent from Thursday September 12 to Saturday September 14 (matinee show). Grab your tickets via the Fringe website.
