CABARET PREVIEW: Ghostboy — We Love You!

We Love You! (As Much As Everybody Else Does)

THE HOLY GHOSTBOY and his collaborator, soundwizard SIR LADY GRANTHAM, cannibalise Under the Radar with their “one beast, one bitch” neo-cabaret comedy at Metro Arts this September. Limiting himself to a few choice ingredients, Ghostboy sets the record straight for ZENOBIA FROST on his relationship with Grantham, poetry, breasts and lunch.

ZENOBIA FROST: How did you and Sir Lady Grantham meet?
GHOSTBOY: In a pen factory. eating cheese. together.

ZF: How many dates did you wait before first killing your bitch on stage with The Golden Virtues?
GB: 1st date: cheese. 2nd: pens. 3rd: kill.

ZF: What does love taste like when cannibalised?
GB: Like long pig. Or bones with crackers.

ZF: Where’s your favourite place to touch your audience?
GB: Their letter box.

ZF: How do you keep cool in a three-piece suit during a hot, hot set of poems?
GB: I rehydrate courtesy of the third row.

ZF: You’ve toured this show to the Adelaide Fringe and National Folk Fest; what kind of reactions did you get?
GB: “Rye with too much ham” — Failed Actor.

ZF: What pen do you use when you autograph breasts?
GB: Breasts are better for short hand.

ZF: And, finally, what are mouths made for?
GB: Cheese. Ham. Breasts. Pens. Iceblocks. Never words.

We Love You! (As Much As Everybody Else Does) runs at the Sue Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, from 20 to 22 Sep, 2012. www.brisbanefestival.com.au