Fruit, Sex and Nine Inch Nails

Lady Sings It Nine Inch Nails

This week, Lady Sings it Better launched our collaboration with ACON’s women’s project, Claude.  Our video, a playful cover of ‘Closer’ by the Nine Inch Nails, is a not-quite-safe-for-work reinvention of the ‘condom on the banana’ demonstration we all remember from high school. Its point is to spread awareness about same-sex attracted women’s health. Did you know […]

‘Crying’: a feminist musical parody

Crying Feminist Parody Lady

Using donations from our Patreon page, Lady Sings it Better has been able to release our first music video, a parody of men who complain on the internet about feminism. Typically, the comments on our YouTube are a who’s who of angry men complaining about feminism, so Lewis’ Law is at play whereby the comments […]

Please support my production company!

Earlier this year, I quit my full time job to pursue freelance writing, performing, producing and directing full time. It’s going well! But being able to support myself (which I do) and being able to pay my collaborators, take creative risks, go on tour and record an album? Different things! With this in mind, I’ve […]

5 years of musical mayhem: Gay News Network

I had a chat with Cec Busby of the Gay News Network, about Lady Sings it Better’s show this Saturday night. I am thrilled to say that seated tickets are nearly booked out so we’ve released cheap standing room tickets at $25. Here’s the interview with GNN: While her friends and family are celebrating milestones […]

Robin Thicke is a repeat offender, but he’s definitely not alone

I wrote this article about the #AskThicke twitter storm and my experiences singing misogynist pop, for the Women’s Agenda, 4 July 2014. I don’t know of many people who grow up dreaming of singing songs about aggressive sexual encounters to crowds of smiling people. It’s mainly just me… and Robin Thicke. As a cabaret singer […]

interview: maeve marsden, lady sings it better

This interview appeared on lipmag.com on 19 September 2013, in the lead up to Lady Sings it Better’s Melbourne Fringe season. Kicking off its run at the Melbourne Fringe Festival later this month, Lady Sings it Better is blackcat productions’ pièce de résistance. The performance sees a troupe of 4 women ‘take on the western world’s […]

Edinburgh…one week on

It’s hard to believe it’s only been a week since our closing night. Enough time to return to normal sleeping patterns, farewell most of the team (only Linda, Libby and I remain in London, while Phoebe’s is on her way to Paris as we speak) and squeeze in a Scottish highlands road trip and a […]

Maeve and Phoebe’s Edinburgh Fringe Picks #2

It’s been showpalooza for the past couple of weeks so we haven’t had time to blog. But here’s a selection of the best of some amazing stuff we’ve seen (in Maeve’s words, obviously, as will become evident as I gush about a variety of gorgeous women I’ve seen): Lady Rizo. Oh Lady Rizo. Stunning, hilarious, […]

One down, twenty-four to go

“Can we open the doors?” said the front-of-house girl. “There are forty-five people outside.” “Did you say four or five?” I said. “No. Forty-five” Our first preview. And we had an audience! Despite a brief microphone issue, our 15-minute changeover ran smoothly under the expert leadership of Phoebe, Linda and our venue tech, Emma. Up […]