DARBY JAMES

SPERM DONATION AND EXISTENTIAL STICKINESS

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Little Squirt (previously titled "Spunk Daddy") is the award winning comedy cabaret about the process of sperm donation featuring all original songs by Naarm-based musical comedian, Darby James. Kicking off this 60 minute tear-squirting journey, Darby decides to become a donor after seeing a Facebook ad. He sets sail across the seas of queer existential mayhem exploring the absurdities of clinical procreation and considering his own future as a potential gay parent someday. It's an unforgettable voyage through genetic questionnaires, medical screening and psychological evaluations resulting in sticky ethical musings about the reproduction of our species. At last, Darby finds himself as a sea man stranded in moral purgatory faced with the unanswerable question: should we be having children?

 

Winner of Best Cabaret and the Edinburgh Touring Award at Melbourne Fringe 2023, Spunk Daddy is written and performed by Darby James with direction and dramaturgy by Casey Gould (A Lovely Day To Be Online).

 

★★★★★

"James is a major talent on the ascent"

THEATRE MATTERS

 

★★★★★

"a moving experience that is not going to be forgotten by anyone who watches it"

LILITHIA REVIEWS

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"a brilliant piece of cabaret, offered with love"

THEATRE TRAVELS

 

“a deeply emotional show, even though you’re having a lot of fun”

SUBCULTURE

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“an engrossing story that makes you laugh, makes you think and makes you feel”

MY MELBOURNE ARTS

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"you will talk about the ideas in this show for days"

WHAT DID SHE THINK

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“refreshing and moving”

R. L. SMITH

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“a jewel, a beautiful, poetic deep work laced with wit”

FRINGE JUDGE