MINDY KWANTEN

I am happiest when … I am aligned with nature and all of my wants and desires. You wouldn’t know it but … I often blow into a cup or glass before I pour liquid into it to drink. My most embarrassing moment … I don’t know! As I get older I tend not to care about what other people think. The last time I cried was … two days ago over some perfect lyrics by Tom Waits. The last book I read was … Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis and I loved it. My favourite films are … thrillers. I know it’s a good movie when the fear has bled into my real life. I really want to … write and record more songs through my electro soul duo Bow and Arrow. My guilty pleasure is … no guilt, no regrets. Life has taught me … Everything is vibration. Thoughts become things. Where you focus and how you focus grows. Water the flowers of your mind and not the weeds. I’m about to … meet the love of my lifetimes and go for an afternoon walk along the beach with our black poodle Ziggy Stardust. My first job was … singing. I’m one of the lucky ones that hasn’t held down a “normal” job. My most memorable work-related moment is … singing in Yorta Yorta [Aboriginal] language during the show and also backstage for Uncle Archie Roach. What I enjoy most about my work is … the creativity and expression … and sharing that with hundreds of other people and delivering that connection straight into their hearts and minds.

See Mindy Kwanten perform as Cynthia in The Sapphires at Hobart’s Theatre Royal from October 10-12 at 7.30pm (theatreroyal.com.au), at Devonport Entertainment Centre on October 15 at 8pm (decc.net.au) and Launceston’s Princess Theatre on October 16 at 7.30pm theatrenorth.com.au). Tickets from $35.