In this multi-tasking, multi vitamin-taking, multi-media era, we find ourselves trying to be so in control that our lives turn to chaos.

Drawing on her own battles of balance and perfection, Brisbane's Belinda Raisin will soon take the stage in her hilarious cabaret, 'Confessions of a Control Freak'.  
 
A former ballerina, Belinda becomes Francis, whose attempt to trade the ‘now, now now’ for ‘namaste’, sees life rapidly slow as the virtues of procrastination and a mix of yoga and alcohol start taking over. Belinda says inspiration for the cabaret came from realising the way she was living her life was so ridiculous, it was actually hilarious.

“I started by looking at my own life and going, 'God, how is it still so chaotic, even though I'm trying to slow down?' I was like, 'How am I training for Bikram Yoga Championships?' That's one thing I could let go. Do something a little less hardcore.”

With time to reflect on her hectic life while writing the show, Belinda says change is a slow process, but she does try to “step back and laugh.

Joining Belinda will be Brisbane pianist and Nth Degree member Jamie Teh. “Our coming together is a great story about serendipity,” Belinda says. “I worked with [Jamie's wife] a number of years ago — in my first-ever musical. For 'Confessions of a Control Freak' I had a musical director and pianist lined up, but he moved to America to do a Broadway musical, so I had to look for someone else. I sent emails out to some friends including Jen. She called me straight away and was like, 'I've had a baby and I'm not working at the moment, so I've got a bit of time on my hands ... what about me?” And I was like, “'Yeah! Definitely'. Then Jen said, 'And my husband's an amazing pianist'. I was like, 'Score!'”

'Confessions of a Control Freak' will play at the Judith Wright Centre from August 15-17.