MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! is a bold, darkly comedic, and musically haunted new theatre work set between 1990s suburban Manila and contemporary Melbourne. It follows Diana, a trans Filipina woman juggling her wedding and her estranged father’s funeral—complicated by his return as a ghost singing Mr. Big’s “To Be With You” on endless loop. Blending absurdist humour, heart, and haunting melody, it dives into gender, grief, immigrant duty, and the ghosts that refuse to let go.

2026 Development

PLAYWRIGHT
Dax Carnay-Hanrahan

DIRECTOR
Beng Oh

PRODUCER

Sasha Leong

DRAMATURGY
Matt Bostock