Little Squirt

Name: Little Squirt
Start: 2026-07-16T19:00:00+10:00
End: 2026-07-18T20:00:00+10:00

Bondi Pavilion, Seagull Cabaret Hall

Thu 16 Jul '26 – Sat 18 Jul '26

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A man in a striped shirt appears to be sitting in a container of milk, with milk splashing around

Overview

Darby clicks on a Facebook ad for sperm donation and sets sail across the seas of queer existential mayhem, discovering the absurdities of clinical procreation and considering his own future as a potential gay parent. Join musical comedian Darby James for his multi-award-winning cabaret about the process of sperm donation. As he navigates questionnaires, psychological evaluations and questions of parenthood, Darby finds himself stranded as a…

Join musical comedian Darby James for his multi-award-winning cabaret about the process of sperm donation. As he navigates questionnaires, psychological evaluations and questions of parenthood, Darby finds himself stranded as a seaman in moral purgatory, facing the question: should we be having children?

Darby James is an award-winning storyteller, songwriter and musical comedian born in Manchester UK, raised in Canberra (Ngunnawal country) and based in Naarm/Melbourne (Boonwurrung country). His theatre writing includes Post: A New Musical (Something Blue Productions, 2019), Songs of the Northern River (The MC Showroom Hatchery Sponsorship 2019), Protein (Autonomous Inventions 2021-2023), and Little Squirt (Autonomous Inventions 2023, Quiet RIOT 2024-present). Darby hosts occasional musical comedy nights as a testing ground for new material.