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Dr Hubble, Australia’s Favourite Bubbleman is back with more of his Brilliant Bubbles.
Dr Hubble manipulates simple soap bubbles to create miraculous moments of wonder.
You will see bubbles you have never seen before, the square bubble, the octagon bubble, the chimney and the explode-a-bubble.
This is a fun, funny and slightly educational show with a subtle message of sustainability woven through it. You’ll have to see it to believe it.
Read on for Dr Hubble’s take on show, comedy and, of course, bubbles
How would you describe your show to someone who knows very little about it?
Dr Hubble’s Brilliant Bubbles is a show filled with joy and wonder and bubbles, thousands of bubbles.
Dr Hubble really loves bubbles and he can make them do amazing things.
Anyone of any age will be blown away when they see all the different bubbles Dr Hubble creates like the square, the octagon, the exploding bubble and the biggest bubbles you will ever see.
At the end of the show he even puts one lucky child inside a bubble.
What makes it stand out and why should people see it?
Dr Hubble is Australia’s favourite bubbleman. You should come and find out why.
He has performed the show to over a million people!
His enthusiasm is infectious. He’s entertaining without ever being patronising and he has been doing his show for more than ten years all over the country.
It’s full of insane bubble tricks that amaze and inspire.
Families talk about the show in the car all the way and then for days after the event.
Dr Hubble encourages kids to be curious and experiment with things the find around the house.
It’s almost impossible not to have a brilliant time.
How long was the process from idea to writing to stage? Any challenges along the way?
I have been a showman all my adult life. I have made a lot of shows. Creating shows is joy for me. Once I had decided to make a show with bubbles the structure came fairly quickly. At the time there were no other bubble shows in Australia so there were no props available. The thing that took the longest was finding, sourcing and making all the props.
The challenge now is that the atmosphere is different every day, every theatre is different and no two shows are exactly the same.
That’s the nature of bubbles; they are very unpredicta-bubble!
I think that’s why I still love it as much as the day I started
What attracts you to comedy?
The only joy greater than making people laugh is the joy on the face of a child when they see a bubble
It makes me think I have the greatest job in the world.
How would you describe your relationship with the audience and what do you love the most about live performance?
Ah, this is interesting to me. I have a very long and loving relationship with the audience, we get on really well together.
We have been together longer than most marriages, and the secrets to longevity are the same.
I never treat them like idiots, I am always honest, I give them genuine compliments, I trust them and they trust me
What I love most about performing is that for that one hour a day I become the best version of myself that I can be.
So much preparation and planning go into it and when it goes right Its joyous for everyone
Who would you say have been your biggest inspirations?
Nelson Mandela for his strength of character and mental fortitude
Billy Tisdal for his eternal optimism
Neal Cassady for his commitment to the counterculture
My wife Simi for her tenacity, persistence, patience and endless love.
What are three things that would surprise people to learn about you?
I used to be a juggler and a street performer and I was on the cover of the first issue of the Australian Big Issue magazine
I used to be a sideshow performer, I once lay on a bed of nails while a Harley Davidson motor bike rode over me.
I love collecting weird things- I have an electroplated giant stick insect and a preserved giant seahorse.
What do you love most about performing at MICF?
I do a lot of shows each year in a lot of different places but I live in Melbourne. What I love most about performing at MICF is going home to my family each night.
What comes after the MICF for you?
May is traditionally a slow month for variety entertainers, The festival season has finished in Aus and not yet started in Europe. I look forward to a couple of weeks of downtime peppered with a couple of smaller gigs, then it’s off to NZ for a 20 show National tour in big theatres like The Wellington Opera House!
March 28 – April 19
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