Is it a ghost story? A musical? A therapy session with a dead parent? Yes.

MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! is a dark comedy tracking a Filipina trans woman caught between Melbourne and Manila. It explores the voice in your head that sounds suspiciously like your dad singing Sinatra... badly.

Haunted by childhood songs and family ghosts, our protagonist navigates the messy intersection of grief, love, and identity. It is a story about the love that was crooked, the silence that shaped us, and the versions of ourselves our families never met.

It’s loud. It’s tender. It’s unapologetically Filipino.

• Written & Created by: Dax Carnay

• Directed by: Beng Oh

• Producer: Sasha Leon

• Associate Stage Management: India Worsnop

• Composition, Musical Direction & Sound Design: Ben Keene

• DRAMATURGY: Matt Bostock

• Graphic Design: Jordan Hanrahan-Carnay

• Promotional Photography: George Jafford

• Development and staged reading cast: Trevor Santos, Ken Paolo, Miles Paras, Aiden Miranda, Marlon Dance-Hooi, Dax Carnay