MICF: Interview, Bron Batten

MICF
Onstage Dating: Bron Batten
The Butterfly Club
26 March – 7 April
The Butterfly Club
comedyfestival.com.au

Bron Batten and date in "Onstage Dating". Photo by Theresa Harrison

MICF doesn't officially open until tomorrow, but some shows are getting an early start. You can already get a festival's worth of shows at the Butterfly Club – and a great cocktail to go with every one of them.

Bron Batten will hit date 100 during her festival season of Onstage Dating. It's one of my favourite shows for so many reasons.

Bron and I had an interview date for ArtsHub.

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL: 16 Lovers Lane

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL 2018
16 Lovers Lane
Lindy Morrison, Amanda Brown and too many more to name
6 October 2018
www.festival.melbourne

Cover shots from "16 Lovers Lane" The Go-Betweens

In 1988, my favourite album was 16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens. I played my cassette copy more than New Order's Substance. I also went to every Go-Betweens gig that I could get to; so many pub band rooms.

Thirty years later, I interviewed Lindy and Amanda about this album and what it's like to revisit it all these years later.

On Saturday night, I get to see some of them again in plush seats at the State Theatre.

Here's the interview on The Music.

PS. I also got to sneak in a bit of an interview I did with Grant in 2000.

And here's me in Brisbane in 1988.