Busker HoF - 122 Abi Collins

In this episode Magic Brian talks with the infectious bubble of energy that is Abi Collins. In their conversation, Abi talks about how she started as a dancer, got her masters in drama, but discovered her interest in street theater when she saw Stompy performing at her first Glastonbury then meeting David Cassel there the following year setting her off on her path to being a street performer. She credits David with teaching her everything she knows about street performing and how he convinced her to write her first show on a train ride from Poland to Belgium. She talks about getting a wake up call when she first started working the street in Melbourne, how she offended a crowd with gigantic fake boobs, the value of street theater, her novel, due out in March of 2021 called Everybody’s Doing It, and so much more. The conversation is also peppered with some of those great little stories from the pitch that happen when you push the envelope as Abi has done her whole career.