Not many singers can boast they set up the stage for their own show, and then pull a beer for the punters afterwards - but Mel Parsons isn't your typical diva.
The Kiwi songstress is about to tour the North Island with her comedic mates, Amelia Guild and Emma Newborn, who act out a dog's tale - The Bitches' Box.
Woolsheds the length of the North Island are the unlikely venues for the trio, who arrive with one roadie, two cars and and a couple of trailers.
"We turn up with 150 chairs, the backdrop, bar and everything we need to turn a woolshed into a great venue," Parsons says. "After the set-up we have a sound check and we are on stage. It was the only way to make the show viable.
"Amelia and I grew up on farms so there was a nostalgic pull towards taking it rural."
