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Humpty Dumpty Daddy is going to Sydney
I’m super excited to share with you that my storytelling show about fatherhood and mental health, Humpty Dumpty Daddy, will be part of this year’s Sydney Fringe program. After great audience feedback in Melbourne and Adelaide, (and good pre-show buzz in Darwin for mid-July) I’m taking my story to more people in more places. Tickets aren’t…
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Dropping the pretence: I feel quite alone, but I’m ok
I’ve been putting a brave face on the past month or so. Part of pushing myself to try and ‘be happier’. In some ways, it’s worked quite well, and it’s become a bit of a conscious check on myself: “What can I focus on that might make me feel happier?”. But I think I might…
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Guest appearance on Tales From The Mind Boat podcast
The brilliant storyteller and genuinely wonderful person, Trav Nash, had me as a guest on his podcast Tales from the Mind Boat. Listen to Trav’s story about working for a removal company based inside a uni. And stay listening for my story about love, loss and understanding destiny. It was a treat to do this…
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Grateful for what happened before the end
Today would have been the tenth anniversary of my now-former marriage. Ten years. A whole decade. But we didn’t make it this far; we separated last year, two months after we marked our ninth anniversary. We ended our marriage because we no longer loved each other the way we once did, and were sadder together…
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19 years ago today, my father hanged himself
Today marks 19 years since my father hanged himself. For more than half of those years, I hated him. Intensely. Fiercely. But now, having been right to the same metaphorical ledge he stood on (but stepped back and resolved never to get there again), I feel desperately sad for him. I miss him. And I…
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Adelaide Fringe 2017. That happened.
As the cool kids say, O.M.G! Adelaide Fringe was something equally wonderful and terrifying. Nothing like I ever thought truly possible, but nearly everything I dared hope, at the same time. I was to do 5 shows of HUMPTY DUMPTY DADDY, my one-person storytelling show about fatherhood, mental health, and storytelling. It’s ultimately the story…
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Review: HUMPTY DUMPTY DADDY [Adelaide Fringe]
Review of HUMPTY DUMPTY DADDY in WeekendNotes during Adelaide Fringe 2017. “…has a charming way of engaging the audience in his tales. He takes dark subject matter and makes it light.”
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Review: HUMPTY DUMPTY DADDY [Adelaide Fringe]
Review of HUMPTY DUMPTY DADDY by Tom Bowden of The Advertiser, during Adelaide Fringe 2017. “We need more shows like this and more discussions about this subject. This is not a comedy. It’s much more important than that.”
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Before me, an open field
Before me, an open field. A grassy field. No clear tracks I should follow. I feel like I’ve been here once already, but the difference I feel now is that the absence of clear tracks excites me, rather than frightens me. I don’t mind the lack of a clear path; it means opportunity. To veer around…
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Humpty Dumpty Daddy in Adelaide & Melbourne