david maney

‘Two black limousines headed East on Union Street’, and continued on even as I closed the cover on the opening line of Robert Mapplethorpe’s biography. This aforementioned thought occurred to me. I opened the book again, expecting the wheels of the limousines to be clattering across a wooden jetty, headed to a dire drop. Brakes lock up, tyres slide across the freshly cut guts of the fisherman’s catch. Perhaps the limousine balances on the end of the jetty, precariously waiting for justice to make her verdict: into the East River? Or rebalanced to safety by burly fisherman pushing down on the boot? Instead, after the opening line of the Robert Mapplethorpe biography — isn’t his name delicious... wouldn’t you order it for breakfast — the author looked inside the limousine, to find, surprise, surprise, our protagonist: Robert Mapplethorpe. (at Collingwood, Victoria, Australia)

Hi, my name is Dave. And I’m very stupid. Taught and played this game with @footscrayarts Art Life crew for the first time today. Sadly and happily confounded by the depths of my stupidity as a simple clown and human being. Still learning. text: Why is That So Funny? by John Wright (at Fitzroy, Victoria)

at California Redwoods

Closest I’ve ever come to a headshot, completely unaware the camera was on me. #oldheadshotday

at California Redwoods

at Incinerator Gallery

at Fitzroy, Victoria

at Fitzroy, Victoria

A somewhat intimidating shot of the hieroglyphics and our SOLD OUT sticker for the Auslan show last night. Our 10th FULL HOUSE in a row. Super proud of what we’ve been able to achieve with Nosfer-ARSE-tu and all the audiences who’ve made it possible. Don’t know what I’m going to do on Monday* when life is a little less pantomime-y. *go to work (at Melbourne International Comedy Festival)

Immense respect ✊ (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

Toy set skyline. (at North Melbourne railway station)

9 our of 10 doctors recommend fellating potassium for fame at #HAUSPARTY photo credit: JIM LEE PHOTO (at Max Watt's House of Music)

Thanks for the shout-out @writersvictoria (!) I think we’ll all know the Auslan sign for “frivolous homosexual adventure” by the end of Friday night. (at The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas)

Just some queers rocking out SOLD OUT shows in the Archive Room, for posterity. Every show this season has been a FULL HOUSE of the most generous audience, each with their own unique personality: savvy, oddball, rowdy AF. (Last night at the end of a particularly debaucherous scene we even got a romantic ‘aaaawww’ for the first time). The more we’ve played the more endless the panto interaction has been. Can’t thank you all enough. And today, a rest day. And tonight I get to see the Dalai Lama of endless play and anarchy, Neal Portenza. (at Melbourne International Comedy Festival)

Shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behaviour... #empirerecords #girlswithshavedheads #shavedheads #sineadorebellion (at Fitzroy, Victoria)