From award-winning playwright Dax Carnay-Hanrahan, “MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune!” is a darkly comedic and musically haunted new theatre work about identity, grief, and Asian filial piety.
This ambitious play follows Diana, a Filipina trans woman, as she prepares for her wedding in Melbourne while trying to release her estranged father’s corpse from a morgue in Manila. To make things more complicated, his memory lingers and relentlessly croons Mr. Big's 1991 hit "To Be With You." Through biting wit and aching vulnerability, the play bends time and form as song, spirit, and psyche collide.
Two Auslan interpreters chatting and laughing.
A human with a red beard looks to their right.
A human addresses the audience.
The cast of Mr Big.
A human holds one hand to their chest, another to their stomach.
A human sings whilst playing guitar.
A human laughs and gesticulates with their hands.
Two humans, one raises their hands above their head.
One human cuddles another.
A human taking a knee and praying.
A human holds their hands to their chest.
Three humans, one holds onto another ones shoulder.
Two humans holding each other.
A human holding up two fingers.
The full cast of Mr Big.
A human hands a guitar over to another human.
A human places a guitar in its case.
The cast and crew of Mr Big taking questions.