1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda's. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: Dawn French's new live show is called thirty Million Minutes. 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 2: That's approximately the time she has been alive, and I've 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: given thanks for every minute that she's been here. She's 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 2: one of my favorites. Over the course of her two 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 2: hour show, she lets us in on what's made her 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: who she is. And I'm intrigued by this Dawn dialogue, 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: lip syncing and dancing. It sounds like quite the shark. Hello, hi, 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: and thank you for that. 10 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: Yeah it is. It contains all of those things. 11 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 3: I actually find it quite hard to categorize this show, 12 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 3: which is a good thing, I think, but difficult to 13 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 3: give you a kind of SoundBite of what it is. 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: I know all the things it isn't. 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 3: It isn't particularly stand up, it isn't a slide show, 16 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 3: it isn't a monologue, but is elements of all of that. 17 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 3: I just tried to write a unique show, something I 18 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 3: hadn't seen before and something I certainly hadn't performed before, 19 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: so that I could kind of connect with an audience 20 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 3: and tell them my own stories. And I knew I 21 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 3: was going to be on my own on stage, but 22 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 3: I wanted to bring my family onto the stage with me, 23 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 3: kind of people the stage with my family, and explain 24 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 3: who made me if you like, and so in a way, 25 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 3: although I'm talking about me and my life and all 26 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 3: the various different stories and things bad and good things 27 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 3: that have happened to me, I think I hope that 28 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 3: lots of people connect with it, because we've all had 29 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 3: quite similar But you don't get to be fifty eight, 30 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 3: which is what I am, without all sorts of stuff happening. 31 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 3: So people have said to me after it, yeah, I 32 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: had that or something like that happened to me too, 33 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 3: and I'm glad about that. Then it resonates with people. 34 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 3: Then it's got an authenticity that I'm delighted about it. 35 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 4: So you bring them all out on stage. So I 36 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 4: was imaging some sort of pain to mine horn. 37 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: Oh that's a good idea. No, I have photos of people. 38 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: I have a home film. 39 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: I recreate particular situations that have happened with my family. 40 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 3: I introduce you, for instance, to I have an evil 41 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 3: granny and a good granny, and I describe why they 42 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 3: are though names. And I introduce you to my mom 43 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: and my dad, both of who have passed on. But 44 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 3: I explain you know all the stuff about how you 45 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 3: know what they gave me in my life and what 46 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 3: I've learned. 47 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: How does your family deal with you going blue on today? 48 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 3: Well, I had to make sure that my daughter, especially 49 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 3: is twenty four. I had to make sure that she 50 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 3: was okay with being in the show, and to begin with, 51 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 3: she enjoyed withholding her permission as a sort of power. No, no, 52 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 3: I don't want to be involved with the show. Do 53 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 3: not mention me. I'm like, okay, it's a shame, because 54 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 3: I was going to let people hear you singing, and 55 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 3: I've got funny stories about when you were little. And 56 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: I certainly wouldn't be showing any pictures of her now 57 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 3: because you know, but pictures of her when she was 58 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 3: a baby and things like that. 59 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: I said, okay, that's fine. 60 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 3: However, of course I will be talking about my step 61 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 3: kids and that they're fine with that, and immediately then right, okay, Actually, 62 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 3: I think I do want to be involved in the 63 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 3: show now. 64 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 4: Actually, mamma, I could come and be a roadie for. 65 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: You before the stage instead of you. 66 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 4: And when you say cringe worthy stories, what is a 67 00:02:59,400 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 4: cringe word? 68 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: Well, it depends how much I can say really. 69 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 3: There were moments like I had a gynecological visit with 70 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 3: my own mother, which. 71 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: Was very interesting. 72 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 3: My mother had an accident and I had to help 73 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 3: her with something, and so yeah, there's something that stayed 74 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 3: with me for my life. 75 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 4: No Hall, there is no no. 76 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: It is cringey, but it is also hilarious. 77 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 2: I hope your show has had so many echoltes and 78 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 2: it's been so successful that there is actually a giant finally, 79 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: a final show at the Opera House. 80 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: I can't believe. I can't believe it. 81 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 3: I thought, how perfect to finish a visit to Australia 82 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 3: because I will have been away from home for three 83 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 3: months by then, and I thought, yeah, the Opera House. 84 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 3: I just would never have dreamed that I would do 85 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 3: a show at the operas on my own. 86 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: I'm so destraighted. 87 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 4: And you know, you can't suck at the Opera House, 88 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 4: you know, because the room everyone goes me. You could 89 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 4: get up there and it play pan flute? 90 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: Is that right? It's true, you. 91 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 4: Could get up there and do anything because people go 92 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 4: to the Opera House and it's it's already pretty funny. 93 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 4: It's already a big show. 94 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: Okay, pretty loved people think pre loved, you're pre loved, 95 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: and you're already pre loved. 96 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 3: Well, well, I would aim to do my best ever 97 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 3: show there. I would not want to go there and 98 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 3: do anything other than my best, and that would be 99 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 3: my very last night. 100 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: And I don't think I will ever do the show again. Tears, 101 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: I imagine there might be tears. And I've got my 102 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: pirates with me. 103 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 3: I bring a crew from England with me and I'm 104 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 3: from Cornwall in England, and we call them the Pirates. 105 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 3: And we've been working together for quite a long time 106 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 3: now because I wrote this show when I was fifty six. 107 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 3: I'm fifty eight now, but I wrote it when I 108 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 3: was fifty six, which is what thirty million minutes is. 109 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: In fact, it's a bit of a lie to. 110 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 3: Still be calling it thirty million minutes because I'm fifty 111 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,679 Speaker 3: eight now that I'm saying, you know, give or take 112 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 3: a few minutes because it's too nice, it's too nice 113 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 3: and round on the poster or the noughts. 114 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: I don't want to change it. 115 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 3: You've learned the woods, I've learned the words exactly, and 116 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 3: you've made this. 117 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 4: You've made the posters they cost. 118 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 1: A four made the posters exactly. 119 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 4: We won't tell IKEK that's our corruption watchdog, that you're lying. 120 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: I cack. 121 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 4: We won't tell IKEC. 122 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: We'll to say because we're terrible at bath. 123 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 3: So yeah, we're terrible at mass and I do say 124 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 3: all thereabouts. So I'm telling the truth. And you can 125 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 3: work out your own million minutes thing. There's the thing 126 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 3: in the program that enables you to work out your 127 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 3: own million minutes of how long you've been alive. But 128 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 3: when I found out that, you know, fifty six and 129 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 3: a half years, I think it was, it's thirty million minutes, 130 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 3: I thought, BlimE me, that's a lot of minutes. And 131 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 3: really part of the point of the show is not 132 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 3: to waste any of the minutes. And as you get old, 133 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 3: nohing like that. Just give in and enjoy it and 134 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 3: be cheerful. I've learned that as well. You know. I've 135 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 3: learned to not worry so much about the future all 136 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 3: the time, but to live right as you are today, 137 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 3: take it as it comes, Relax a bit, and cheer up. 138 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 2: I feel like weeping now. Haven't even seen the shop 139 00:05:58,440 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 2: I can handle. 140 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 4: If you need a pen of mine, horse, I tell 141 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 4: you I'm not going in the back end this time. 142 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: Okay, so have you two done this before? This is 143 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,119 Speaker 1: something I would pay to say. 144 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 4: Frankly, we can do that at the opera house and 145 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 4: people would say, oh bravo. 146 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: That is maybe it could be the warm up act 147 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: for me, so cutting edge. We'd love to all right, 148 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: it will be the one in the back end of 149 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: the 150 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 3: Horse Jonesy and Amanda's ga