Five Minutes With Jekyll x James

How did you come up with the title of your new show, Cactus Blastus?

A beam of energy came to us in the night and suggested the title. Was it God? An alien? A shroom dream? None of the above. It was destiny.

The show is pitched as a mash-up of different genres – what should the audience expect?

Beatboxing. Dirty guitars. High-energy music and comedy, side by side. In Melbourne, we were described as “Mighty Boosh meets Flight Of The Conchords”, which is flattering. To them.

What’s the strangest gig you’ve ever played?

We’ve played in crowded bars, in libraries, in parks in the afternoon for parents and kids. But in March this year, we did our hour show in a tent at a Fringe Festival. Keith Urban was playing a few hundred metres to the right, a brass band to the left, and our audience was drunk after a day of watching V8 cars race. It was insane. The only way to describe it is to say, it was like doing comedy in a tent to drunken V8 fans between Keith Urban and a brass band.

If Jared Jekyll is ‘Jekyll’, does that make Cameron James ‘Hyde’? Who’s the more evil?

Jared is both Jekyll and Hyde. Cameron is the potion that turns him from one to the other (That’s actually quite beautiful, if you think about it…).

What is it about working in a duo that makes you more comfortable than going it alone?

Busted! You haven’t done your research! We’re actually both solo performers who enjoy collaborating with each other. How dare you not Google our individual names. Shame on you. Shame on the BRAG. Shame on Australia. Now come watch our fucking show, please.