What’s On: Oracle – Turn up the Bass Fam
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Bass G Fam, the incredible talent behind Bass Fam Creative and creative director behind the jaw-dropping spectacle that is his new show, Oracle, took some time out to chat with the 17c起草社区 about wagging science, diversity and how proud his mum is!
Bass, (rhymes with sass), had people recognise his gifts early on, saying 鈥淎t school, our chemistry teacher was Mr Price and his wife, Mrs Price was the Drama teacher and I always used to skip his class to go and help Mrs Price set up the stage sets, or make costumes or spray and style wigs with her and I never got into trouble because she would always send me back to her husband for the last ten minutes, just to make sure that I got the assignment and when I鈥檇 walk in he鈥檇 say, 鈥渨here have you been?鈥� and I鈥檇 say, 鈥渨ith your wife! She said it was ok!鈥澛�
The style of show that Bass will soon be known worldwide for lends itself to fantastic opportunities for diversity in casting and it鈥檚 something that Bass feels passionately about,聽
鈥淵eah, 100%. It鈥檚 what Bass Fam creative鈥檚 all about. All we want is to make sure that we鈥檝e got the diversity, the versatility, we want to make sure that we鈥檝e got representation in our shows, that for me is so key.鈥�
鈥淚 am a person of colour, I am a proud gay man, so I want to make sure that I showcase that in my work, just so that the younger generation coming up can see what we鈥檇 wished that we鈥檇 seen growing up, if that makes sense.鈥� It definitely does!
Research for this interview uncovered behind-the-scenes pics of his mum at Oracle, looking proud as punch and it just happened that she was sitting in on the interview, so of course, I had to shout out to Mum!
鈥淪he is sitting right here, I think she鈥檚 proud on so many levels, not just obviously the whole fact I鈥檓 her son and I鈥檓 doing this but I think she鈥檚 proud to see our culture being celebrated on stage, on a mainstream stage, in Australia and people are clapping and cheering to our Egyptian ancestors with Arabic music and all of that so there鈥檚 a lot of levels where that pride comes from right now.鈥�
Catch ORACLE – the myth, at the Opera House, 3-14 August
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