As Audrey Hobert took the stage at The Wiltern in L.A.’s Koreatown on Tuesday night, she was met with cheers of excitement that grew louder when Hobert appeared onstage, decked out in a trench coat with a banjo in hand. Oh, did we mention she was on stilts?
It’s the sort of circus-like gambit perfect for an act currently in support of a debut album called Who’s The Clown, and not the only schtick Hobert pulls out during the night. One band member on the road with her has been tasked with handling her props.
Later in the show, she breaks out a trampoline for a rendition of her song “Sue Me.” She bounces along to the song’s opening notes and whips her legs up to hit several splits in a row — all while in a dress — before dismounting to begin singing. Hobert ends the show with a literal encore of the hit track, in which she instructs the audience to put their phone down for the second round. The crowd, screaming along with nearly every word, loves it, so clearly those ideas are working out.
“Nothing is as fun as having my own ideas and then trying it and seeing what works,” Hobert tells The Hollywood Reporter on a Zoom just before the tour’s kickoff. If there’s something her show makes clear, Audrey Hobert is firmly in the driver’s seat in every facet of her career.
