Podcasts about melbourne fringe

 For this special Transgender Awareness Week episode of 3CR's Queering The Air, Madison Moffat presents a multitudinal celebration of Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary (TGDNB) culture and creativity:Where to go in order to remember trans folk who have died as a result of anti-trans violence, during next week's Transgender Day of Rememberance (TDOR). An interview with Joe Ball, our new Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities, about the importance of queer cultural and community events.The complexities of being trans while performing as trans, to tell a universal story to various audience types; with dancer and provocateur Alexander Powers.Samoan trans non-binary dancer Raven Afoa-Purcell about their experience performing at Melbourne Fringe for the dance and physical theatre production The Bloom.A chat with Jemima and Bertie, two Sistagirls from Tiwi Islands, including about their experience at the TGV Revel Gala.A sneaky playing of a previously recorded vox pop 'interview' with Jocelyn Bishop, who two months later won the Transgender Visibility Award for Trans Influencer of the Year (te he!).   Collaborating on script interpretation to enhance a queer story and introduce some of your own queer experience into the performance; with non-binary person Tomas Kantor, performer of SUGAR.Trans creative hopes for the present and the future, shared by Alex Lee.“As we are human, so we are creative.”In honor of Trans Awareness Month, we are reminded of the importance of elevating the voices and stories of the trans and gender-diverse communities. This November, Queering The Air will focus its programming on TGDNB (Trans, Gender Diverse, Non-Binary) topics, featuring a range of guests who will engage in essential discussions about identity, migration, and belonging.

This week on SmartArts with Richard Watts,As we all know, Melbourne is the most Irish city in Australia, and Dr Enda Murray, the Festival Director of the 2024 Irish Film Festival is here to tell us how we can embrace our Irish-ness through cinema. Showing from 24-27 October, find something on the program for yourself here: https://irishfilmfestival.com.au/ Academy Award winning filmmaker and artist, Adam Elliot has a new exhibition showing at Beinart Gallery. Opening on October 26th, All The Lonely People is a personal collection, resonating with the same melancholy and emotional depth characterising Elliot's film work. As we've been launching the various calendars for Melbourne's performing art scene, it is now time to launch next years Victorian Opera 2025 season with Artistic Director Stuart Maunder! Have a look at the full 2025 program here: https://www.victorianopera.com.au/victorian-opera-announces-season-2025/ Richard is joined by the world renowned, host, actor, writer, comedian, philosopher Stephen Fry to answer the big questions. What is art? How do you choose an acting role? And of course, what do we need to know about his upcoming Australian tour, An Evening with Stephen Fry? Hopefully all questions are answered but here's the link for tickets and more info if you need it: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=STEPHENF24&v=PLN Co-Artistic Directors Emma Valente and Kate Davis come on to discuss their project, THE RABBLE's Wake. It is showing 25/10 and 26/10 at Burrinja Cultural Centre in Upwey, tickets available here: https://thesubstation.org.au/program/wake Merlynn Tong, writer and co-star of Golden Blood, the story of a brother and sister left to fend for themselves in Singapore. Showing at Melbourne Theatre Company with a preview performance on the 25th and Opening Night on October 31st.Plus, Anne Marie Peard, wraps up Melbourne Fringe for another year!

Joss and Wayne talk with South Australian Drama Teacher, Abbey Dale about her one-woman Melbourne Fringe Festival show, Welcome to the Internet! The post Welcome to the Internet – Abbey Dale Melbourne Fringe appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

News headlines // 7:15AM // Replay of a speech from Judy McVey, from the Community and Public Sector Union for Palestine, at the Free Palestine Naarm rally on Sunday 13 October. Judy speaks about the importance of union power and reflects on moments in the past year when different unions have organised for Palestine such as the actions to stop ZIM ships and the student encampment at the University of Melbourne. Thanks to 3CR volunteer Tom for the recording. 7:30AM // Clare Hanson, a founding member of Save Public Housing Collective (SPHC) and public housing tenant, on why we need to save public housing and stand against privatisation and the demolition of the high rise towers in Naarm. You can follow SPHC @savepublichousingcollective and find out more about the upcoming rally this Saturday 19 October. 7:45AM // Part 1 of a conversation from Susie Russell, from the Save Bulga Forest campaign, on the  threats to the Greater Gliders and koalas living in the Bulga forest on Biripi country and the destruction caused by the NSW Forestry Corporation. You can find out more about the important work they're doing by going to savebulgaforest.org or following them on Instagram at @savebulgaforest. Tune in next Tuesday for Part 2 of the interview. 8:00AM // Hayley Edwards, a non-binary and chronically-ill actor, has put on their first solo show Shitbag, as producer and writer this year at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Hayley talks about the show and its exploration of Chron's disease, mania and casual sex. It was recently announced that there'll be two extra shows of Shitbag this Thursday 17 October and Friday 18 October at Trades Hall. You can get tickets from the Melbourne Fringe website. 8:15AM // Jennifer Kanis, Chair of the Queen Victoria Women's Centre (QVWC) Trust, on the Beyond the Bias festival taking place from 10-31 October at QVWC. The festival, co-organised with Women's Health Victoria, focuses on women's health and equity. To find out more, you can go to qvwc.org.au and events, or follow QVWC @qvwc_melbourne and Women's Health Victoria @womenshealthvictoria Songs //Burn It - RONA Cool Moderator - Gut Health

Richard starts off this week's show with a Malthouse Theatre 2025 season overview with Artistic Director Matt Lutton. Gunai/Kurnai woman and curator Amanda Haskard talks ACMI's major exhibition The Future and Other Fictions. And three interviews about Melbourne Fringe: performer and choreographer Alix Kuijpers tells Richard about Grim Grinning Ghosts, Mitch Jones (Oozing Future) discusses new alt-circus/theatre performance Apocrypha, and Oli Mathiesen talks about about the Aotearoa production The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave.

Nâng, lặn, tách và nhào lộn - đó là một số cảnh thú vị mà khán giả có thể mong đợi trong buổi biểu diễn xiếc mới của Người bản xứ đầu tiên sắp ra mắt tại Naarm, Melbourne. "In Place" của Rạp xiếc Na Djinang sẽ khai mạc vào tuần tới trong Lễ hội Fringe hiện đang diễn ra tại Melbourne.

Join host Ananya Sharma as she talks to Amy Bodossian about all things being an artist and performer living with OCD. This episode discusses Amy's love for performance and how she navaigates her OCD whilst being in the public eye. Amy's show 'In Bed with Amy and Friends' is part of Melbourne Fringe festival, and is a cabaret style-performance with a healthy serving of wackiness. The show will run October 8th at Wesley Anne in Northcote. Please purchase tickets here https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/in-bed-with-amy-and-friends/

News headlines // 7:15AM // Candice, a data analyst by profession, who is coordinator in a grassroots formation Support Network for International Students (SNIS), which advocates for international students rights, and Nishani, international student from Melbourne who is about to finish her Masters in Business Information System this year, on recent changes in the Australian Government 485 visa policy which are negatively impacting international students, and their experiences as both mothers and students in Australia. You can hear more about their actions and get involved by following the Support Network for International Students (SNIS) on Facebook. 7:30AM // Speeches from this Sunday's Free Palestine Rally Naarm: the first is from Mai Saif, rally MC, Palestinian woman, longtime activist for the local Palestinian Community and member of Free Palestine Melbourne. The second is from Louisa Bassini, Victorian Socialists candidate for Merri-Bek and Australian Services Union (ASU) delegate, who led the walkout for Palestine earlier this year, discussing union support and strike actions as key strategies for organising around justice for Palestine. Thanks to 3CR volunteer Tom for the recording. 7:45AM // Speeches from the first 2023 rally in Naarm in solidarity with Palestine that took place on the evening of Tues 10 Oct 2023: Dana, Palestinian woman, student and activist fighting for Palestinian rights, and Jordy Silverstein, of the Loud Jew Collective. Thanks Mercedes from Renegade Solidarity Audioforce for the recording. A reminder that you can find full recordings of the subsequent Sunday rallies at 3cr.org.au/palestinecoverage 8:00AM // Cynthia Honihui, Solomon Islands Lawyer and President for the Pacific Islands Fighting Climate Change, presented the 4th annual Talbot Oration on World Environment Day, 5 June at the Australia Institute. We play you an excerpt of the talk, first broadcast 23 September on the Climate Action Show (hosted by Vivien Langford), where Cynthia discusses her participation in the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion Campaign for climate justice and human rights, and next steps for climate justice in the ICJ. Listen back to 3cr.org.au/climateaction for the full talk.8:15AM // Bianka Ismailovski, who is not only Australia's no. 1 ethically non-monogamous sober bisexual divorcee comedian, she's also a sweker, tweker, and the person most likely to tell you to dump your situationship.  Known for her wit, sass, and empowering confidence, she is a force to be reckoned with and guaranteed to shock audiences with her outrageously funny and surprisingly true storytelling. Bianca is performing as part of Melbourne Fringe tonight until Saturday at the Chinese Museum, and joins us to talk about her show Working Girl. Head to the Melbourne Fringe website for tickets.

In the 1980s a young jazz pianist named David Bates ran away with a cabaret band to the other side of the world. A chance encounter with the now-iconic Spiegeltent gave him an idea — if he bought this unloved structure it had the potential to breathe new life into cabaret and variety acts for the 21st century. Bates is the creator of the legendary La Clique, which has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 20 years. Also Harley Mann, founder of Na Djinang Circus, reveals the power of the circus to shape the way we see the world in In Place, and ABC reporter Emily Bissland swaps the newsroom for the stage — as a cast member in her town's production of Mary Poppins — to find out what makes community theatre so special.

Join host Ananya Sharma as she talks to Amy Bodossian about all things being an artist and performer living with OCD. This episode is the first part of a two part series where we discuss Amy's love for performance and how she navaigates her OCD whilst being in the public eye. Amy's show 'In Bed with Amy and Friends' is part of Melbourne Fringe festival, and is a cabaret style-performance with a healthy serving of wackiness. The show will run October 8th at Wesley Anne in Northcote. Please purchase tickets here https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/in-bed-with-amy-and-friends/

Caz Dawes chats to Jof about a comedy theatre show/drinking game at this years Melbourne Fringe. For all the details visit https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/comedy-on-the-rocks/

Liên hoan nghệ thuật Melbourne Fringe từ ngày 1/10 đến 20/10 với những màn trình diễn đặc sắc của nhiều nghệ sĩ, diễn viên, vũ công, drag queen, nhạc sĩ và DJ nổi tiếng nhất và mới nổi của Úc. Sự kiện này cũng đánh dấu bước đầu tiên trong hành trình khôi phục tiếng Wergaia.

Performer Janice Florence from Weave Movement Theatre discusses their Melbourne Fringe production The Solos.  October 2 to 5 at Dancehouse, 150 Princes St, North Carlton. Starts 6 pm.  Weave Movement Theatre  Weave: The Solos | Melbourne Fringe

Mel chats about her upcoming Melbourne Fringe show 'Motorboat', which was nominated for the Golden Gibbo at this years Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Find out more at Mel's site www.melissamcglensey.com/motorboat For bookings: https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/mel-mcglensey-is-motorboat/ And be sure to use the special code word BOAT for a discount on your ticket purchase.

Apocrypha alt-circus director Mitch Jones joins us in the studio.  Melbourne Fringe, October 11 to 19 at Darebin Arts Centre.  Apocrypha | Melbourne Fringe

Suren talks to Jof about his show There's a World Where My Head Ought Be which will be at the Melbourne Fringe and also the Geelong Comedy Festival. Tickets and info for Melb Fringe https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/suren-jayemanne-theres-a-world-where-my-head-ought-be/ Tickets and info for Geelong Comedy Fest https://geelongcomedyfestival.com.au/theres-a-world-where-my-head-ought-be

Magician and comedian Tricksy Collins joins us in the studio to chat about her Melbourne Fringe show Assigned Magician At Birth.  Assigned Magician At Birth | Melbourne Fringe

Dee Mason is joined in studio by celebrity guest co-host – Australian Comedy Legend and survivor of the “rain situation” in Tasmania, Rachel Berger. We talk Melbourne Fringe with CEO... LEARN MORE The post Rachel Berger, Bossom Buddies, Bum Chums and the right way to say NO THANKS (oh…. and Melbourne Fringe) appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

SUGAR cabaret writer Ro Bright interview. Performed by Tomas Kantor, directed by Kitan Petkovski, presented by the Bullet Heart Club. Trades Hall, Commons Room, 16 to 20 October, Melbourne Fringe (world premiere).  SUGAR | Melbourne Fringe

Moira Finucane chats about Finucane & Smith's Global Smash Club at Melbourne Fringe, Trades Hall, ETU Ballroom, October 16 to 19.  Finucane & Smith's Global Smash Club | Melbourne Fringe

Will from The Huxleys discusses their extraordinary Melbourne Fringe extravaganza The Winner Takes It All.  A queer takeover of sports with dress-ups and photos and performances by a wondrous array of Melbourne's queer artists.   The Winner Takes It All happens at Malvern Cricket Ground, October 6 and Princes Gardens Tennis Courts and Prahran Aquatic Centre, October 12.  The Winner Takes It All | Melbourne Fringe 

Writer and performer Patrick Livesey discusses their Melbourne Fringe show I hope this means something, Chapel Off Chapel (The Loft), October 2 to 13.  One person drastically confronts the climate crisis.  Directed by Benjamin Nichol.  I hope this means something | Melbourne Fringe

This week on "Radio Architecture with Ilana Razbash", Ilana's special guest is Deborah Leiser-Moore - Performance Maker, Performer, Director, and Lecturer. Deborah was a core member of the physical performance company, Entr'acte Theatre (Sydney), and has trained in Japan with Tadashi Suzuki (and has taught the work for many years), in Rasaboxes with Richard Schechner, and in the Furan performance language as taught by ex La Fura dels Baus member, Younes Bachir (with whom she has collaborated many times). Deborah has created/written her own performance works as well as having worked within various companies. Her recent works include directing a contemporary version of Lorca's Blood Wedding for the JMC graduating acting ensemble at St Martins Theater and co-created/directed This is Me This is Us with the JMC Performance Ensemble, presented at 2023 Melbourne Fringe. She performed in/co-created the promenade performance work, Day After Terrible Day, with Danger Ensemble, directed by Stephen Mitchel-Wright and presented at Theatre Works. She directed/co-created unHOWsed, in which eight older ex-homeless women shared their experiences of homelessness, for Theatre Works St Kilda's main season. In September 2020 the filmed version played in competition at the 2020 Cairo International Festival of Experiment Theatre, in 2021 it was presented at Drum Theatre, Dandenong, in 2022 at ProAct Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine and in 2023 at the Alabama International Fringe Festival's digital program.

Frankie McNair is an up-and-coming Australian comedian who won best comedy award at Melbourne Fringe 2018 and best newcomer and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2022.   Her critically acclaimed one-woman show, ‘An Intimate Evening with Tabitha Booth' is coming to Q Theatre – starting tomorrow evening – and runs until July 6th.   She plays ‘medicated lounge singer', Tabitha Booth in an intimate evening of unhinged comedy.  McNair joined Tim Beveridge on Newstalk ZB's Holiday Breakfast.  “I won one of the biggest awards in Melbourne and I started panicking – thinking, I don't know how to follow this up!”  McNair describes her 50s, Munroe era character: “I do go for that Trans-Atlantic, old-school Hollywood accent.”  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Stella Prize CEO - Fiona SweetFiona is the former Artistic Director and CEO of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale responsible for the programming and curation of three Biennales. She founded the National Centre for Photography in Ballarat and was the inaugural director. Founder of Sweet Creative, and co-founder of Melbourne's Acland Street Projection Festival, she is a former Board Director of the Australian Graphic Design Association, the Melbourne Fringe.Fiona is the recipient of many prestigious design awards and has been identified as one of the top 25 women to have made a significant contribution to Australian graphic design. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBkBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

Hannah Malarski, Tasmania's hidden gem in the queer comedy scene, triumphantly returns following her sold-out stints at the 2023 Melbourne Fringe and the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. #comedy #lgbtq https://tinyurl.com/3nnb9y4dSupport the Show.Check out more content on www.lotl.com

Rachel and Jacinta sit down with poet Tuesday Atzinger ahead of the Wise Words event in February. We discuss Tuesday's writing and performance about themes of Afro-blackness, disability and queerness. Tuesday Atzinger is a poet and emerging writer. Their work explores and celebrates Afro-blackness, queerness, disability and feminism. They peddle in discomfort and their primary goal is to fling words together to make you squirm. They have performed spoken word with Quippings for the Melbourne Writers Festival and were a part of ACNH Fringe at Melbourne Fringe 2020. Resources For more information about Wise Words, visit Thorne Harbour Health's calendar    Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH. This episode was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.  

Today's Two Words: FUNNY BUSINESS In this episode, I'm joined by Janet McLeod, the Fairy Godmother of Melbourne Comedy. Janet runs Local Laughs, which at 20 years, is the longest running comedy room in Australia with a sole operator/programmer...and one of my fave spots to perform. We discuss comedy in all its glory — what is comedy, really? What makes a great comedian? How do you filter out the a**holes to make comedy rooms safe workplaces? Janet shares all her magical insights and wisdom, much to our audience's delight. A special note: this episode was recorded a week before beautiful and kind Cal Wilson suddenly passed away. Cal is one of my comedy heroines and she introduced me to Janet after we met through The Moth storytelling community in Melbourne. One of my favourite Cal memories is performing with her at Local Laughs in 2018 and she gave me the biggest hug after I got off the stage. So special! In this episode, Janet and I speak of Cal's kindness. I'm grateful to have met and worked with her and she'll always be one of my faves. ABOUT JANET MCLEOD With over 25 years' experience producing and programming live shows, Janet's curatorial skills are frequently called upon by organisations and arts festivals across Australia and in the UK including Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Glen Eira Storytelling Festival, Soho Theatre, Melbourne Fringe, and Fringe World in Perth. She has managed over 60 separate projects in her professional career, including long-standing weekly comedy events Planet Comedy and Local Laughs. (Image credit: Alan Moyle — Local Laugh's 20th birthday celebration, June 2023) An active champion of women in comedy, Janet was one of the originators of Upfront Comedy - now a hallmark event at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - and has since produced all-women comedy show like Miss (you) and Frockin' Hilarious in Melbourne. This Two Words with Taku live podcast event was recorded in October 2023 in Melbourne. Thanks to the crew: Jan, Oscar, and Ali from 24 Moons for hosting us. Join our community at twowordswithtaku.substack.com and follow Two Words with Taku at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwoWordswithTaku/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twowordswithtaku/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twowordswithtaku MY 2024 COMEDY SHOW Shine My Light is my debut one-woman solo comedy show, presented in the week of International Women's Day 2024. In my show, I'll tackle motherhood, entrepreneurship, societal norms, and everything in between. All are welcome to my unique celebration of womanhood. Dates: Mar 6 – Mar 10 AT La Mama Theatre, Melbourne Buy tickets: https://lamama.com.au/whats-on/summer-2024/shine-my-light/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on 'Radio Architecture with Ilana Razbash', Ilana's special guest is Savanna Wegman. Savanna is a stage designer, maker and writer working across theatre, opera and dance. She is New Zealand born, of Chinese Malaysian and Dutch descent and is now based on unceeded Wurundjeri land in Naarm (Melbourne). Recent performance design credits include: Set & Costume Designer ‘Biographica' (Lyric Opera, Theatreworks), Set & Costume Designer ‘Brittany and The Mannequins' (Fever103 Theatre, Green Room Award Nominated for Best Set/Costume Design 2022), Set & Costume Designer ‘Climbers' (Fever103 Theatre, fortyfivedownstairs), Set & Costume Designer 'STAUNCH ASF' (Amelia Jean O'Leary, Melbourne Fringe)Set Designer 'A Certain Mumble' (Amelia Jean O'Leary, Darebin Arts Speakeasy), Associate Designer ‘Far Away' (Patalog Theatre, fortyfivedownstairs), 'The Crocodile' (Spinning Plates Co. fortyfivedownstairs), ‘The Dream Laboratory' (Essential Theatre) and ‘The Mermaid' (La Mama), AudioVisual Designer ‘Kill Climate Deniers' (Monash Uni Student Theatre), AudioVisual Production Designer ‘WE ARE AIR' (Melbourne Fringe). She was the Co-founder of the STRANGEkit Performance Collective and completed her Bachelor of Arts at Monash University's Centre for Theatre and Performance alongside studies in literature and digital humanities.

Belinda Anderson-Hunt is NOT related to Tom Anderson, the neighbour from MTV's Beavis and Butthead.  See Bel's Melbourne Fringe show The Sun and the Hermit, from October 16th to 22nd. Now on sale.  Ross is MCing Shrub Comedy on October 18th, get your tickets now Ross is also doing free shows of Ross Purdy Is Your New God, October 16 8:30pm at UBQ. Reserve your spot

MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2023 Holly and Sasja came together to discuss Holly's event at the Melbourne Fringe Festival: MY QUEER SPIRITUAL ENTROP HOLLY ROWAN - MY QUEER SPIRITUAL ENTROPY TICKETDates 05 - 13 OctTime 7:30pm, 6:30pm (60 minutes)Venue TIC: SwanstonA spiritual antidote to dogma; for people who just want to be themselves.Sick of people telling you there's one way to live your life? Yeah, Holly too. Come and heal your soul and reclaim your right to be whoever you want to be with My Queer Spiritual Entropy. Full of originality, chaos and colour, this fresh-out-the-womb solo show from British non-binary performer Holly Rowan is a vibrant and daring mash-up of clown, Butoh, spoken word, physical theatre, dance and song... available as an in-person performance.About the artist: Instagram- @hollyrowanarts Holly is an emerging non-binary, multidisciplinary artist and performer whose work sits on the bridge of comedy and personal tragedy. Through a quirky combination of movement and voice, they share vulnerable and personal stories as a means to create conversation about difficult topics and connect people with the core of their humanity. This is their first Melbourne Fringe and debut performance in Australia. They have previously co-directed and performed in London Butoh Dance Company's ‘IRREVERSE' for Wandsworth Arts Fringe in 2022 and was Stage manager and Choreographer for Lancaster Offshoots productions at Edinburgh Fringe ‘Peter Rabbit & Other Tales' 2015 & ‘Hunchback' 2016. Holly is also a facilitator for Queer Space Youth at Drummond Street Services.  ------------------------------- Sasja joined by Sophie Strykowski & Haz Lugsdin, another artists from the Melbourne Fringe Festival, who shared a discussion of their live performance titled "TWIN FLAME/ DEAD SPIT".  TWIN FLAME/ DEAD SPIT TICKETDates 05 - 13 OctTime 7:00pm (60 minutes)Venue Mycelium StudiosTWIN FLAME/ DEAD SPIT is a live performance work investigating the ways in which we look at another to look at ourselves. With ten years of deep friendship and chosen kinship, performance makers Haz Lugsdin and Sophie Strykowski embark on an intergalactic voyage to understand their interlocking selves.We all have a gravitational pull. The sun, a chair, and you. I felt that tug. Who put me here? And why are you here too?Haz Lugsdin (They/He) is a trans performer who relishes in gusto, ego and innuendo. Sophie Strykowski (She/They) is an actor and performance maker whose work sparkles fearlessly with a joyous curiosity. Together, they pastiche comedy, performance art, and unbridled joy to glimpse the life practice of world-building together.  About the Artists: Haz Lugsdin / Sophie Strykowski    Instagram - @sp0repunk_ Haz Lugsdin (they/he) is a trans performer making on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people. Haz's experience is in devised and collaborative work, rooted in comedy, pastiched with drag, performance art, movement, wordplay and absolute buggery. Haz is invested in developing non-binary ways of making that refuse rigid performance structures; as explored in their three latest 45 minute works; Rising Damp: A Sporepunk unearthing of a queer utopia at La Mama HQ (2022), The (Sour Glitch) Two-Step Refusal at The Flying Nun by Brand X (2021) and 101101001: Dude Where's My Gender at The Giant Dwarf (2020). As a writer, Haz has received mentorship with ATYP as part of National Studio (2020) and Fresh Ink (2021). Haz's work relishes in the illegible and incoherent; centering play and pleasure. He uses performance to make sense of himself and non-sense of the rest. They have a distinct modus operandi of gusto, ego, and innuendo.  Sophie Strykowski (she/they) is a performance maker and actor from Gadigal, currently living on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people. Their devised work reflects their positionality as a queer person, with the intention to dismantle and reimagine perceived truths with earnestness and delight. Sophie has worked across a range of independent and professional stages in Gadigal, including Griffin Theatre and ATYP in Intersection: Arrival (2019), Q Theatre in Originate (2020), Kings Cross Theatre [KXT] in Natives (2022) and Rogue Projects in Taz v. The Pleb (2023). Her work plays with form, combining elements of movement, comedy and experimental theater to ask big questions about the self, love, sexuality and connection. Sophie brings these questions to an audience with sparkling fearlessness and joyful curiosity. ------------------------------- Charaf Tartoussi joined Queering The Air as our third and final guest artist for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. A discussion between Sasja and Charaf about their captivating live performance titled “Aza” Aza: Stories of Grief in Diaspora  TICKET Dates 18 - 22 OctTime 6:00pm, 5:00pm (50 minutes)Venue Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council ChambersA vulnerable exploration of migrant and diasporic grief through storytelling.Aza (Arabic colloq: wake) is a powerful, nuanced portrait of migrant loss. Spoken word theater meets mourning ritual, it takes us on the grieving journeys of four artists as they grapple with what it means to lose a loved one back home.Meet Charaf, Parminder, Thabani and Farah. They all live in Naarm, all write poetry and all have had to grieve a family member from a homeland someplace else. Together, they embark on an honest voyage through a grief as ancestral as it is foreign. From longing and guilt, to curiosity and pride, they will venture into the breadth of emotion in their migrant and diasporic mourning.Aza is where they come together to be witnessed in the diversity in their grief. It is where they come together to heal, and to be healed.In 50 minutes of vulnerable and sincere storytelling, they will move through the motions of their loss and attempt to answer the question: how does grief change when it is experienced in the immigrant diaspora, and how does it stay the same?  Music:Rehab by RihannaMusic by MadonnaYAMA LAYALI by David Vendetta feat Haifa Wehbe National Coming Out Day Event by Queerspace - Drummond Street Services(All LGBTQIA+ People Are Welcome)100 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053Wednesday 11 October4pm - 7pm

Flick speaks to Jen Atherton and Andrè Shannon from Garden Reflexxx  about Overshare, a free film festival for Melbourne Fringe. Then Flick and guest reviewer Thomas Caldwell discuss two new comedies: Kristoffer Borgli's SICK OF MYSELF and Kim Jee-Won's COBWEB.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Rao Morusupalli talks making a heckler takedown video and gives us his Top Five.  Rao's Melbourne Fringe show Fever Dream, from October 14th to 22nd at Theory Bar, is now on sale.  Late Night Party Boyz are hosting Ant Eye Comedy on October 5th, and performing free shows at UBQ on October 6, 7 and 13th at 8:30pm Ross is MCing Shrub Comedy on October 18th which is on sale now Ross is also doing free shows of "Ross Purdy Is Your New God", October 15th and 16th 8:30pm at UBQ. Reserve your spot!    

Stan Brady comes on the podcast to promote his show One Day I Will Own a Garbage Truck.  Come along to the next Ant Eye Comedy show on September 7th.  See Dan Brader's show Death Metal Boomer for Melbourne Fringe.

The things Ross learns about Dougie Baldwin (Mind How Y'Go MICF 2023) in this episode: 1)  He won't say a bad word about Warner Bros. 2) He'll be doing a split show with Ross' conscience at Melbourne Fringe. In Melbourne the last Saturday of the month? Check out Limbo Comedy Buy tickets to Dougie's Melbourne Fringe show now on sale. 

Jude resists her impulse to tell a sad a sad and traumatic story, instead finding happiness in the most unlikely of rubbish places: school.Jude Perl has been performing music and comedy for nearly a decade, touring, recording and winning 3 Green Room Awards for Best Original Songs, a Green Room Award for Best Cabaret Artiste and Best Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe. She's sold out seasons at Melbourne Comedy Festival, packed shows at The Hotel Cafe in LA and Ronnie Scott's in London and in 2012, Jude was one of 10 finalists in the prestigious National Jazz Awards at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival. Another time, she choked on a moth. Who knows what she'll do next.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit www.queerstories.com.au and follow Queerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia.To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Em cartaz no Melbourne Fringe, Michele da Costa diz que o humor salvou sua vida várias vezes e dá dicas para quem sonha em fazer comédia standup na Austrália.

Festival Producer Caitlin Ellen Moore and Performer Mary Angley join Jack and Michael to discuss their upcoming shows at Melbourne Fringe. You're All Invited To My Son Samuel's Fourth Birthday Party (AKA SAMUEL) is a shimmering, hyper-colour attempt at extinguishing the flames of the apocalypse, one birthday candle at a time. Part-theatre, part-standup, part-PowerPoint Presentation, Grief Lightning explores ideas of gender, pop culture, and obsession. SAMUEL runs 6-19 October, and Grief Lightning runs 15-23 October as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. We also discuss how artists and festivals responded and recovered to the pandemic. Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on HIV, COVID-19 and queer health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au

Van Badham and Ben Davison do the Week on Wednesday LIVE at Melbourne Fringe! Complete with audience participation our hosts talk about tax cuts, neo-liberalism, Putin, Musk and good news about plastics coming out of the oceans! Enjoy this very special episode of The Week on Wednesday.

This week on Loud & Queer we spoke to some fabulous artists, performers and musicians who will be putting on shows for Melbourne Fringe! (00:40) Starting with Miss Cairo (@prettymisscairo), who joined us to tell all about her solo cabaret show ‘Breasts Become Her.' Chatting themes, inspirations, some of the ideas behind the show, and the process of bringing it all together! Don't miss Breasts Become Her at the Festival Hub (Trades Hall) from the 15th - 23rd of October. (14:25) Plus intergalactic baddie Dirty Versachi (@dirtyversachi), talking creative approach, getting ready for Astronaughy and the space being created at their shows. You can catch Astronaughty at Pride of our Footscray on the 14th of October. (25:00) And finally, Dyan Tai (@dyan_tai) stops by to talk about their latest single We Can't Forget on top of the absolutely huge year they have had with music and beyond! And of course let us know about upcoming Fringe shows, including an appearance at Astronaughy, and bringing Dynasty to Naarm, a Worship Queer Collective mainstay. Dynasty: Drag and Dumplings will be at the festival hub (Trades Hall) on the 21st of October. Originally Broadcast: 09/10/2022 Make sure you listen to Loud & Queer live Sundays from 3-4pm, you'll hear more talks and great queer music. Tune in to SYN 90.7FM, listen online at syn.org.au or search for SYN on digital streaming platforms. Playlist: Samuel Gaskin & The Merindas - RĀIN Dirty Versachi - Rainbow Light Beam Dyan Tai & Mindy Meng Wang - We Can't Forget Jesswar - Caramel Bars Kai Cult - Get Wound Away Mykki Blanco - Steps Our Spotify playlist is regularly updated with songs played on the show, so you can hear every beat again, and again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Van Badham and Ben Davison open by looking at the sweeping reforms of paid family and domestic violence leave and enshrining an employers responsibility to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace that the union movement in Australia has won and how women leaders make societies, and social movements, better (you can join at australianunions.org.au/wow).  Our hosts contrast this democratic advancement with the repressive regime in Iran and the violence that oppression of women in Iran has created. The killing of Mahsa Amini and the weeks of violent clashes, government suppression, mass arrests and murders has some suggesting that the Iranian people have had enough of the theocratic regime.  Van and Ben explore what's been happening, why it is happening and what might be next. In Australia, disgraced former NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn has resigned as CEO of Essendon football club after 30 hours in the job.  Van and Ben unpack how this multi-millionaire with powerful political connections, who was slammed by the banking royal commission, was engaged to review the club, managed to become CEO and when told he had to choose between his role as chairman of the "City on a hill church" or his paid employment at Essendon football club he chose to quit his job. Warning: The rich, white, male, privileged whining that Thorburn has since embarked on gets thoroughly dismantled and his time as NAB CEO critically examined.  The good news is that Tanya Plibersek has announced the Albanese government's plan to prevent species extinction in Australia! Also The Week on Wednesday LIVE! at Melbourne Fringe is happening on the 12th of October at Victorian Trades Hall and you can get tickets at www.melbournefringe.com.au/event/the-week-on-wednesday-live Plus we give a shout out to all of our Cadre and Extend the Reach supporters.

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Ben Davison gives his view on Mark Dreyfus big week appointing the first female majority High Court in Australian history, introducing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to parliament and appearing on Insiders to explain why he thinks they've got the balance right on public hearings. Ben discusses the ups and downs of public hearings and how the union movement first passed a policy on a national anti-corruption Commission in 2015!  You can join your union at australianunions.org.au/wow The RBA is likely to raise rates this week and Ben looks at how the unfunded tax rebates to the wealthy in the UK have caused an economic meltdown and what signal that sends Australia on the stage three tax cuts due in three budgets time. The big news about COVID was national cabinet's decision to remove the five day isolation orders from mid-October.  Ben looks at the Insiders analysis of the decision as well as the BIG spike in UK hospital admissions and wonders what might happen next. Don't forget to get your tickets for the Week On Wednesday LIVE! at Melbourne Fringe on October 12th here: www.melbournefringe.com.au/event/the-week-on-wednesday-live 

Title by Craig Bothwell With special guest Martine Wengrow. See her at Melbourne Fringe in "The Very Model Of A Modern Major Musical" HERE 06-20 October at Trades Hall An age old opera about the follies of stealing handbags and stealing hearts. Will all be forgiven when crimes are confessed? Find out in song! Song List: "We're the Finest Fashion Store", "The Rich Get Richer," "Close the Door," "Surely You Can Find Before Dawn," "That's Sounds Like Love," "When You See the Sunrise," "Could This Be Love?/It's Definitely Love" Cast: Morgan Phillips, Alexia Brinsley, Teresa Ewan and special guest Martine Wendrow on keys Teched by Emmet Nichols Edited by Morgan Phillips

Van Badham and Ben Davison are relieved by the huge agenda of the Labor commonwealth government and do a deep dive on the National Press Club speech by ACTU Secretary Sally McManus.  Sally's speech explores how we came to the economic situation we are in, what we can do about it and why unions are naturally inclined to work with others to solve our shared problems.  Van and Ben discuss the historical context, the values that drive economic justice or inequality and just what might happen next for Australia.  You can join your union at australianunions.org.au/wow In Queensland the union movement has worked with the state Labor government to develop a ten year energy plan that includes a charter of worker's rights, moving to renewables and guarantees both jobs and lower carbon emissions!  Van and Ben discuss how environmental outcomes and social outcomes align. The Albanese government has introduced a federal ICAC, known as the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), with Peter Dutton having to accept that it will become law.  Van and Ben discuss why the NACC is important to democracy and what happens when we don't maintain our democratic institutions. Plus we shamelessly plug our Melbourne Fringe festival gig on October 12th, get your tickets here www.melbournefringe.com.au/event/the-week-on-wednesday-live  and praise our Cadre and Extend the Reach supporters who have become contributors at www.buymeacoffee.com/weekonwednesday 

"We don't have policies, we are in Opposition, not in Government" Jane Hume Coalition Finance spokesperson on Insiders.  That simple statement, which the plethora of anti-union policies on the Liberal website suggests in not true, sums up a lack of care, interest or genuine commitment to improving Australia from the Dutton led Coalition. Ben explores the Insider's interview, the Coalition policies that do exist, how the federal anti-worker approach has seeped into the NSW and Victorian Liberals and how it is putting them on the road to electoral oblivion. Ben dives into the abolition of the cashless debit card, which mostly impacts communities in Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory and explores Labor's new programs for those impacted. There will be a federal ICAC introduced to parliament this week and Ben discusses how that process is playing out, why Albo has an obligation to consult with the opposition and why instead of independants attacking Labor for doing so they should adopt Katherine Murphy's view of aiming for an ICAC "Everyone in parliament can support". Plus a shoutout to the Maritime Union of Australia's 150th anniversary celebration in Melbourne, workers taking action and a reminder to join your union at australianunions.org.au/wow and to come along to The Week on Wednesday LIVE! at Melbourne Fringe on October 12th tickets here: melbournefringe.com.au/event/the-week-on-wednesday-live

Jessie Ngaio from Birthday Loyalty Club is doing her debut solo show at the Melbourne Fringe called "Oh Yuck, It's Me" at the Butterfly Club October 10th to the 16th. 

There has been a stigma attached to skin conditions for centuries. Those who have skin conditions have not only to cope with the effects of their diagnosis but also the reaction of others to their condition. In this week's podcast episode, we will be talking about not just one, but three different dry skin conditions that affect millions of people's lives. Stephanie Shepherd of Cyapsoriasis: Stephanie is living with psoriasis for 14 years now. She runs an Instagram and a YouTube channel which both raise psoriasis awareness, through sharing her story and other people's too. She strongly believes in natural healing, through diet and lifestyle changes, because that's when she had seen the best results for her skin. Farah Khaleck is a motivational speaker and scleroderma ambassador. Farah was just 17 years old when she began experiencing symptoms and early signs of scleroderma. Since then, she has braved her situation to advocate and voice herself as a strong and empowered woman. Farah sees scleroderma as another challenge and has managed to live with it to her advantage. Carly Findlay OAM is an award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist living with Ichthyosis. She works part-time at Melbourne Fringe as their Access and Inclusion Coordinator. She writes on disability issues for publications including ABC, Daily Life and SBS . Carly has written her first book – a memoir called Say Hello, and is editing Growing Up Disabled in Australia. Georgia Harris of Meadows on my Skin is a 25-year-old aspiring actor from Yorkshire. She frequently posts raw, intimate and vulnerable posts about life with Psoriasis and how to handle the mental health struggles that may come alongside it. Don't miss this episode as Stephanie, Farah, Carly and Georgia talk about living life with their dry skin condition and more. Learn about them here: Instagram: @cyapsoriasis Instagram: @farahkhaleck Instagram: @carlyfindlay Instagram: @meadowsonmyskin This episode is brought to you by Dermal Therapy. Their products are available Nationwide. Get 25% off the Winter Essentials range (which includes Very Dry Skin) up until the end of July 2022 at Amazon. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast! And follow us on Instagram @dermhealth.co or visit us online at https://www.dermhealth.co/ This podcast was published by Digital Health Co. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dermhealthco/message

Recorded from Melbourne Fringe in 2017 with our good friend George Dimeralos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are joined by Bella Green (@bellagreenery) . Bella is a stand-up comedian, writer and sex worker living in Melbourne, Australia. She got her start in comedy by telling jokes in brothels to anyone who'd listen. Now she tells jokes in some of the best comedy rooms in the country.  Her debut stand-up hour “Bella Green is Charging For It” answers all the questions you'd never thought to ask about the adult industry. It won Best Comedy at Adelaide Fringe 2020 and was nominated for Best Comedy at Melbourne Fringe 2018.  Bella was a guest on the Wilosophy podcast in 2020, with Wil Anderson describing her as “a brilliant stand-up comedian” and her memoir 'Happy Endings' was released by Pan Macmillan in 2021. We chat with Bella about her experience writing her memoir “Happy Endings”; how her SW and comedy work overlap; share her weirdest stories from her SW career; discuss how working in the s3x industry has changed her; share her journey with addiction and rehab; and a ton more!  After reading (or listening - shoutout to audible) Bella's memoir and absolutely loving it, it was such a pleasure to sit down with her and have the opportunity to ask all our lingering questions (What happened to the meth time guy? Has she p00ped on anyone since her dungeon disaster?). Trust us when we say, you are going to adore Bella's humour and candidness … so once you're done this episode go buy her book and thank us later!