Name: MR BIG (World Premiere Season)
Start: 2026-06-25T09:30:00+10:00
End: 2026-06-25T11:30:00+10:00
Location: fortyfivedownstairs

MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune!
Presented by Tayo Tayo Collective in association with fortyfivedownstairs.
6,000 kilometres. One dead dad. Zero silence. A trans-continental ghost story about grief, rock ballads, and the tunes we can't get out of our heads.
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 power ballads... 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.
After a successful development reading at Midsumma, Tayo Tayo Collective is proud to bring the full world premiere production to the iconic fortyfivedownstairs.
Season Details:
Dates: Wednesday 24 June – Sunday 5 July 2026
Times: Tuesday - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 5:00pm
Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Creative Team:
Written & Created by: Dax Carnay
Directed by: Beng Oh
Producer: Sasha Leon
Composition, Musical Direction & Sound Design: Ben Keene
Dramaturgy: Matt Bostock
Credits:
Presented by: Tayo Tayo Collective in association with fortyfivedownstairs.
Project Support: Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.
Development Support: [The development of this project] was supported by Midsumma Festival Through the Midsumma presents program and Darebin Arts through the Darebin Arts Speakeasy Spare Room program.
Image Credit: Photo by George Jafford | Graphic Design by Jordan Hanrahan-Carnay