A Fringe Quickie (#59) with ‘Daddy’

Questions answered by Joel Bray.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

Daddy is a kiss-and-tell, so I’m planning on wriggling into neon pink hot pants and setting up a kissing booth on the Royal Mile—BUY A TICKET, SCORE 1 KISS. I’ve done more for less! Plus I might meet my one. I do love a Scottish accent.

Q2: We all have weird pre-performance rituals. What is yours, and how confused would a normal person be if they walked in on you doing it?

I’m 46 but pretend I’m 23. In gayspeak, I’m a Daddy clutching at twinkhood like a guy with the last bottle of Poppers at the cruising ground. It takes TIME to crank this ageing body into gear so pre-show I’m rolling on a lacrosse ball, moaning like Conjugal Visit Day at HMP.

Q3: If you brought this show home for the holidays, how would your parents react to them?

If I brought Daddy home? (Mary, if I had a penny for every time I’d said that!) Well…my mother would put plastic sheets down; my father would assume it was all about him. (The show’s called Daddy, after all.)

Q4: If all the shows running right now were at a massive Fringe house party, what is your show doing?

Daddy would plonk himself on the sofa, in the middle of a group of strangers and regale anyone within earshot with tales of high jinks and debauchery. He also forgot to bring drinks so he’s scabbing off everyone – ‘scabbing’ being Aussie dialect for begging or scavenging!