Podcasts about Midsumma Festival

Jack, Jake and Thorne Harbour Health Events Coordinator Chiron Hooson walk through a whirlwind 2025. We revisit events from Midsumma Festival, murder‑mystery parties and regional pride pop‑ups, to a record‑breaking World AIDS Day Red Ribbon Run and the revival of Northside Bazaar. Gus from Thorne Harbour’s family violence counselling team adds a quick roundup of the work their team does, 657 client contacts, new funding streams and the award‑winning Refuge to Recovery project. Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing at joy.org.au/wellwellwell. 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 and South Australia at thorneharbour.org and samesh.org.au.

The Sunday Arts Magazine team chats with Pietta Farrell, the Head of Programming for Midsumma Festival! The post Sunday Arts Magazine: Pietta Farrell- November 30, 2025 appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

It's a beautiful day for the final event of the 2025 Midsumma Festival, Victoria's Pride, and Katie celebrates with an all-Australian playlist of gorgeous songs by artists from Narrm/Melbourne, the... LEARN MORE The post Doing my time – Show #340 (part 1), 9 February 2025 appeared first on Miss Chatelaine.

Israel continues a major military operation in the occupied West Bank, Victoria Police say they will not be participating in Victoria's Midsumma Festival pride march, Aussie Alex De Minaur falls to Jannik Sinner in Australian Open quarterfinals...

Midsumma Festival is back in 2025 with an explosion of queer events that centre around hidden and mainstream queer culture, involving local, interstate, and international artists including a fantastic range... LEARN MORE The post Spotlight on the 2025 Midsumma Movie Program appeared first on Out Takes.

Madison Moffat & Sasja Sydek introducing their new collective, Trans Justice Alliance Victoria, and their urgent public letter of demand to VicPol to stop attending Midsumma Festival.You can listen to Madison and Sasja on Queering The Air on 3CR every Sunday from 3-4pm, or head to 3cr.org.au/queeringtheair for all their previous episodes. Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker & Samantha Floreani on Digital Rights under Surveillance Capitalism: We listen to an episode of Women on the Line that was first aired in 2022 named Digital Rights under Surveillance Capitalism which was conducted by Priya Kunjan . This episode is ever relevant in the era of chat gpt. Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker is a Nyungar technologist and digital rights activist who serves on the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia. Samantha Floreani is a digital rights activist and writer living on unceded Wurundjeri land.  You can listen to the full talk here: https://www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline/episode/digital-rights-under-surveillance-capitalism   Bree Ahrens from Environmental Centre NT speaking about the effects of Fracking in the Betaloo Basin. You can learn more about ECNT's work here : https://www.ecnt.org.au/  Songs:Gotta be strong by Warumpi BandPrembeshwa by Trio MioRedfern Girl by Glen Skuthorpe

Join Richard Watts for his penultimate episode before he closes out 2024 with his 20th anniversary next week! Details for the live event happening on Thursday 19th can be found here: https://www.rrr.org.au/events/smartarts-20th-anniversary-special Whether you're a Midsumma Festival veteran or you're wanting to go for the first time, Chief Executive and Creative Director, Karen Bryant, is here to give us a 2025 program overview. The theme for 2025 is Collective Identities, and the festival runs from 19 January - 9 February at various locations around the city and the regions. Full program here: https://www.midsumma.org.au/info/program-guides/We've been showcasing the 2025 programs of theatres around Melbourne for a few weeks and now it is time to hear from Red Stitch!! Artistic director, Ella Caldwell, tells us all about what to expect (perhaps the unexpected) next year and a bit about their fundraising campaign, Long Live Big Little Theatre - which you can donate to now to help them get to their multi-year goal of $2 million. TarraWarra Museum of Art Curator, Anthony Fitzpatrick, tells us about the current exhibition, Intimate Imaginaries. Get along to the picturesque gallery in Healesville from now until March 10 to see contemporary and lively art from a collection of 13 artists. Tickets available here.Australian soprano, musical theatre royalty and actress, Marina Prior AM, joins Richard to talk about her latest project with Victorian Opera, Follies. They talk about her character (Phyllis Rogers Stone), what it's like to be a legend among legends, and performing at The Palais! You can catch Follies from February 1-6 at The Palais Theatre in St Kilda.Was ACCA's new CEO and Artistic Director Myles Russell Cook always destined for the job? Myles joins Richard to talk about taking on the role, and The Art of Lazy – an evening with Lady Susan, showing Saturday December 14th, plus gives us some highlights for the year to come at ACCA.

Launched during the Midsumma Festival, a new campaign in the city of Yarra shines a light on members of Yarra's LGBTIQA+ communities, celebrating their diversity, joy and strength. With posters... LEARN MORE The post Yarra's ‘Queer Is …' campaign with Mayor Edward Crossland appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

Queer PHOTO: Ground-breaking LGBTQIA+ showcase taking over Melbourne's West 27 January 2024 – 24 March 2024Sasja and Delsi Moleta, Public Program Producer at Queer PHOTO discussed the upcoming collaboration between Midsumma and PHOTO 2024. This unique event, in partnership with Creative Victoria's Go West program, will feature artist commissions for large-scale outdoor artworks, gallery exhibitions, and an interactive public performance program. The program, titled Queer PHOTO, will highlight both local and international artists and will be held in Footscray, Newport, and Werribee from January 27 to March 24, 2024. As part of both the Midsumma Festival and PHOTO 2024 International Festival of Photography, Queer PHOTO will showcase the works of 17 artists through 14 exhibitions and 30 interactive events at 7 locations. This initiative aims to turn iconic venues and streets in the West into a gallery of accessible visual artworks created by LGBTQIA+ artists.More Details: https://www.midsumma.org.au/info/queer-photo/ ----------------------- In this episode, our co-host Sasja engaged in an insightful conversation with the members of Queer Arabs Australia about their participation in the upcoming march for Midsumma Festival and Sydney Mardi Gras. This march holds significant importance as it marks the first time Queer Arabs Australia will be marching to showcase their visibility within these celebrated events. Bas, the founder of Queer Arabs Australia, along with Boudi, Yasser, and Michael, joined this discussion, embodying a sense of historical significance as they shared their motivations for participating in the march. Throughout the episode, they articulated their reasons for choosing not to remain silent, instead opting to assert their visibility, pride, and loud presence within the community. This promises to be a conversation that resonates deeply and offers unique perspectives, making it an episode not to be missed.Queer Arabs Australia (Picnic) Saturday 3rd February 13:00 - 18:00Fitzroy Gardens    

It's a special Midsumma Festival edition of Talking Vision this week as we share a highlight package of the interviews from Carnival Day on Sunday 21 January. We start off with Sam and Tess speaking with Karan Nagrani, blindness and low vision ambassador for Midsumma. Later on in the show Sam and Tess are back again with Nilgun Guven from Vitae Vertias who joined them to speak about the latest audio description services available for the festival. And finally to wrap up, Sam and Yvette catch up with Lena Molnar from Women with Disabilities Victoria, who are committed to providing a more safe and inclusive state for women with a disability.Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As part of this year's Midsumma Festival, a production of the award-winning play, written by the iconic Harvey Fierstein  is taking to the stage thanks to Taylor Made Productions. ‘Torch... LEARN MORE The post Torch Song comes to Chapel Off Chapel this Midsumma appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, Midsumma Festival 2024 opens on Sunday 21 January and runs to Sunday... LEARN MORE The post QNN – News and Sport Bulletin No 3, 2024 appeared first on QNN.

Unions for Palestine Zim Melb Picket II We go to the ppleton docks Footscray just before Christmas where Unions for Palestine were gathered to set up a picket to stop the arrrival of a Zim Ship the Sparrow. The Sparrow had been diverted but the rally continued and we here from a number of people at the rallly here and a speech by Gem Walsh, from the Loud Jew Collective, here.Midsumma 2024 here II Brendan Cooney, Program Manager for Midsumma, spoke to me about the unbelievable and exciting program of events this Midsumma Festival starting on Sunday Jan 21 and going to Sunday 11th February. Housing Australia's Brief here II  Mr. Nathan Dal Bon, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Australia explains how the Federal Government is hoping private investment is going to solve the housing crisis in a speech he gave at the 2023 Economic & Social Outlook Conference. Public Housing Tenants Speak Up here II Now lets turn to part of a chat I had with two long term public housing tenants Lynne and John, both have been active in fighting for a voice for public tenants.

‘A Beat To Hold Back The Dawn' is an interactive exhibition as part of the Midsumma Festival using cutting-edge technology, this immersive exhibition recreates Melbourne's past and present queer nightclubs... LEARN MORE The post ‘A Beat To Hold Back The Dawn' with Logan Mucha appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

As Trans Awareness Week comes to an end, we prepare to observe the solemn Trans Day of Remembrance. At Queering The Air, we are committed to providing comprehensive coverage of stories and reflections pertaining to Trans Awareness Week. Our aim is to keep you informed and engaged, offering insights into the diverse experiences and challenges faced by the transgender community. Moreover, as we approach the Trans Day of Remembrance, this coverage will extend to updating you on the various events and initiatives taking place across Australia, ensuring that we honor and remember those who have lost their lives due to anti-transgender violence. Sasja hosted a discussion with Amao Leota Lu and Madison Moffat to recognise the importance of highlighting these issues and commemorating the lives of individuals who have faced discrimination and violence, as we strive to foster a more inclusive and supportive environment for the transgender community. The conversation will explore important topics surrounding gender diversity and advocacy.Amao Leota Lu, born in 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand, emigrated to Sydney with her Samoan diaspora family in the 1980s. She later returned to Australia and embraced her gender identity as a woman and a fa'afafine in her early twenties. Using her performances, she advocates for fa'afafine identity and challenges western LGBT categorizations. Leota Lu's work explores the intersection of gender identity, Pacific culture, and activism. Notably, she curated the first queer Pacific event at Midsumma Festival in 2020 and performed at the Immigration Museum with an event titled Pacific Essence: Tales of a Migrant Plantation. She also participated in Gender Euphoria as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival in 2019. Leota Lu is vocal about the discrimination faced by gender diverse members of Pacific Islander communities and has previously worked as a community support worker.Madison Moffat (She/Her) is a trans woman, Board Secretary for Transgender Victoria, consumer advisor to Monash Gender Clinic, co-facilitator of the TransCreative Network and Managing Editor of the zine on TGDNB culture community, ‘The Trans-creator'. Professionally, she is a risk and operational integrity professional. Having previously reviewed shows for TheatrePress, her critical attentions will soon focus on queer theatre via a new Tran-creator page on substack.TDOR.ORG.AUTrans Day of Remembrance Vigil Narrm - 20th NovTickets Giveaway to LGBTQIAP+ Holiday Picnic by Euphoria Social LGBTIQA+ Multicultural Fair Day Supported by Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council - Saturday, November 25, 2023Music:T4T by Bobby SanchezRespect by Aretha Franklin 

This week David and Neil interviewed Ashlee Hints, Community Engagement Manager for Victoria's Midsumma Festival. Ashlee is an experienced Producer, Tour and Event Manager, with an extensive history of over... LEARN MORE The post Sunday Arts Magazine: Interview with Ashlee Hints appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Karen Bryant is the Chief Executive and Creative Director for Midsumma Festival which is held in VIC, Australia. In this Creative Connectors episode, Karen sheds light on the unique approach to Midsumma which provides an opportunity to choose your own festival adventure across 22 days and their ongoing work in mentorship and community development. She shares her journey from theatre directing and how this took her into the world of festivals and working specifically on a festival that spoke to LGBTQIA+ communities and beyond. We delve into her role in helping Midsumma become a credible arts organisation that has grown its attendance by 66% and its focus on connecting to new communities. We discuss the honest challenges of bringing diverse communities together and the power of giving unheard voices a safe platform to be represented along with the transformation this has offered individuals. Sit back and enjoy the chat and discover the many facets and opportunities that Midsumma offers Victorian communities and beyond. 

Hello everyone, This is Mirko Guerrini, and I welcome you to the Jazz Transcription Clinic, a monthly interviews podcast where we talk with accomplished jazz doctors about their lives, careers and personal transcription secrets.  On this episode of the Jazz Transcription Clinic Podcast, Mirko Guerrini interviews the guest jazz doctor: CHERYL DURONGPISITKUL Leave a comment if you like. Listen to Cheryl''s answers to the questions below:  00:00 Introduction 09:50 Why do you transcribe? 11:06 How do you choose the solos you transcribe? 24:20 What do you expect to bring home with a transcription? 32:30 What is your methodology? 41:34 Do you write it down? 45:50 How do you practice your transcriptions? 48:42 How do you incorporate ideas into your solos? 53:32 Who was the most difficult player you transcribed? 56:20 Which transcription you've done is your favourite? Cheryl is a talented composer and saxophonist known for her innovative style and ability to weave captivating narratives through her work. Cheryl released her debut album, Follow Me Through The Red Ash, in 2017 to critical acclaim. She co-leads the JazzLab Orchestra and has released two albums, Menagerie (2018) and Pink Milk (2021) with collaborative trio Koi Kingdom. Cheryl is a dynamic artist in the Australian jazz landscape, dedicated to pushing boundaries in jazz and contemporary music performance and composition. She has attended the prestigious Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music and participated in masterclasses with New York-based record label New Amsterdam. She received the SIMA Young Composer Award in 2019 and premiered her work Critical Point at the Sydney Women's Jazz Festival and was nominated for the Freedman Jazz Fellowship in 2020. She has also received commissions from the Monash Art Ensemble (A Pinky Promise, 2022 premiere as part of Melbourne International Jazz Festival) and Homophonic (In Full Splendour, 2023 premiere as part of Midsumma Festival). Cheryl says of her role as MIJF's 2023 Take Note Jazz Leader: “I am incredibly grateful and humbled to be named the Take Note leader in 2023. Being awarded Take Note will give me the opportunity to compose my next large-scale work – a deeply personal project that has been percolating over the last 3 years. “Cultivating diverse spaces within our community is a passion of mine and I am excited to be working with the Melbourne International Jazz Festival to carve out more opportunities for those that may not fit the status quo. I look forward to working with and empowering students to create music in safe and inclusive spaces in the hope of developing a place where they all feel they can belong within their own communities.” Leave a comment if you wish. You can check Cheryl Durongpisitkul's music here: https://cheryldurongpisitkul.bandcamp.com/album/follow-me-through-the-red-ash

  This podcast was recorded during the 2023 Midsumma Festival and explores stories of LGBTQ+ service.  Chaired by Midsumma Chief Executive Karen Bryant, listen as current and ex-service members share their experiences in the ADF.  Content warning: Parental guidance is recommended: this audio program contains adult themes and concepts and occasional coarse language. Support: If this program raises any issues for you, feel free to call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Qlife on 1800 184 527. Or please scroll down for additional support services. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of individual contributors and not necessarily the views of the Shrine of Remembrance. Speakers: Midsumma Chief Executive Karen Bryant, Yvonne Sillett, Felix, DEFGLIS Vice President Flight Lieutenant Nathan Howarth, Professor Noah Riseman, Defending with Pride curator Kate Spinks-Colas. Recording: McLean Sound Music: Across the Line - Lone Canyon  Support: If this podcast raises any issues for you, support is available from the following services: QLife Australia's first nationally-oriented counselling and referral service for LGBTI people. Phone: 1800 184 527 Defence Gay and Lesbian Information Service Defence Gay and Lesbian Information Service provides policy and community information to gay, lesbian and bisexual, transgender, intersex and non-binary serving and ex-serving members of Defence and their families. Discharged LGBTI Veterans' Association (DVLA) A support and advocacy association for Australian Defence Force personnel, their family and their friends who were adversely impacted by Defence's historic anti-LGBTI policies. Phone 0400 124 213. Thorne Harbour Health provides professional, affordable counselling for members of LGBTIQ+ communities and individuals or couples who are affected by or at risk of HIV. Open Arms Free and confidential, 24/7 national counselling service for Australian veterans and their families, provided through the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA). Phone: 1800 011 046 Lifeline Suicide and crisis support. Phone: 13 11 14    

Midsumma Festival 2023 which was held from 21 January to 12 February saw the increase of events. What drove this increase of popularity of the festival? - Midsumma Festival 2023 yang digelar mulai 21 Januari hingga 12 Februari mengalami peningkatan acara. Apa yang mendorong peningkatan popularitas festival ini?

Hello Cuties! The podcast is back with short snappy episodes with queer artists in celebration of Sydney World Pride!! First episode of season five is with Laneikka Denne and Ziggy Resnick where we chatted all things Feminazi, why queer stories are important, experiences being a queer creative and some fun rapid fire questions! So, grab a coffee and enjoy!! BIOS: Laneikka is a queer writer and actor from Western Sydney. At seventeen, Laneikka wrote DEAD SKIN which premiered at KXT to a sold-out season, published by Australian Plays and the winner of SA State Theatre Company's Young Playwrights Award. Laneikka's second play FEMINAZI premieres as part of Belvoir Theatre's Sydney World Pride Programming in 2023. Laneikka was the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play DEAD SKIN was performed in LA, to be developed into a feature film adaption of the play. Laneikka's short screenplay Oi was awarded Open Screenplay's Best Short Drama Award and is in pre-production in Sydney. Laneikka acted in the national tour of FOLLOW ME HOME with ATYP and is currently Sally in Netflix's ‘Wellmania'. Laneikka created THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE where teenagers write monologues for teenagers to perform for the HSC to sold-out seasons and was nominated for Best Production for Young People at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2023. Young, queer humans are at the heart of all of Laneikka's work.A queer, Jewish, Greek, first generation “Australian” clown, Ziggy graduated from NIDA with a BFA (Acting) in 2020. During this time she worked with Leticia Caceres on SIX, Priscilla Jackman on Ibsen's Ghosts and Jim Sharman on Twelfth Night, and debuted the role of Amélie in the first Australian stage adaptation of the film Amélie (dir. Miranda Middleton). After graduating from NIDA, Ziggy debuted the role of Shoshana in A is for Apple by Jessica Bellamy at Griffin Theatre Company, worked as a clown on Opera Australia's Ernani, starred in a new Australian show Trash Pop Butterflies Dance Dance Paradise as part of Midsumma Festival and directed Much Stuff at Kings Cross Theatre. She will perform her new play Pear-Shaped in 2023 at TheatreWorks Melbourne. Ziggy is proud to be a member of the 2022/23 SheWrites Collective at TheatreWorks and the RIPE Development Program at Fruit Box Theatre.

The story of Julie Peters is explored in the documentary The Accidental Archivist, which is screening at the upcoming Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney on Monday February 20th alongside the great short Trans Glamoré, about DJ Victoria Anthony. In The Accidental Archivist, Julie tells her story of how her extensive collection of trans-related media came into existence prior to her story of transitioning while working at the ABC in the 1990s. In the following interview, Julie talks about the years of working at the ABC, the way that change takes place in workplaces, as well as about her live show at the Midsumma Festival, Mutton is the New Lamb, between the 3rd of February and the 12th of February. In this interview, Julie also talks about her PhD, A feminist post-transsexual autoethnography on challenging normative gender coercion, which is available to read via Deakin University or can be purchased in book format via Routledge.com here. The Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival runs from February 15 through to March 2 2023 with both in person and online screenings. To purchase tickets and to view the rest of the festival, head over to the website here: https://queerscreen.org.au/. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of Julie Peters is explored in the documentary The Accidental Archivist, which is screening at the upcoming Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney on Monday February 20th alongside the great short Trans Glamoré, about DJ Victoria Anthony. In The Accidental Archivist, Julie tells her story of how her extensive collection of trans-related media came into existence prior to her story of transitioning while working at the ABC in the 1990s. In the following interview, Julie talks about the years of working at the ABC, the way that change takes place in workplaces, as well as about her live show at the Midsumma Festival, Mutton is the New Lamb, between the 3rd of February and the 12th of February. In this interview, Julie also talks about her PhD, A feminist post-transsexual autoethnography on challenging normative gender coercion, which is available to read via Deakin University or can be purchased in book format via Routledge.com here. The Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival runs from February 15 through to March 2 2023 with both in person and online screenings. To purchase tickets and to view the rest of the festival, head over to the website here: https://queerscreen.org.au/.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ο Σπύρος Σπύρου είναι φωτογράφος και συμμετέχει σε ομαδική έκθεση φωτογραφίας στο πλαίσιο του Φεστιβάλ Υπερηφάνειας Midsumma (Μιντσάμμα) Festival της Μελβούρνης. Ο γεννημένος στην Κύπρο και μεγαλωμένος στην Μελβούρνη φωτογράφος αποτυπώνει και αποθεώνει στο έργο του, το ανδρικό σώμα

Το έργο «A Worthy Rival» / «Μία Άξια Αντίπαλος» είναι ένα πρωτότυπο ηχητικό έργο σε σενάριο και σκηνοθεσία της Δήμητρας Γιαννακοπούλου που ανεβαίνει στο πλαίσιο του Midsumma Festival της Μελβούρνης. Συμμετέχει η Ελληνο-Αυστραλή ηθοποιός Χριστίνα Αραμπατζή

Melbourne is marking the 35th birthday of its annual Midsumma Festival, celebrating the LGBTIQ+ community in Victoria. - เทศกาล Midsumma งานเฉลิมฉลองของชุมชน LGBTQI+ ในรัฐวิกตอเรีย จัดขึ้นในเมลเบิร์นเป็นปีที่ 35 เป็นงานที่จัดทั่วรัฐและจะกินเวลาหลายสัปดาห์ งานนี้เป็นเครื่องเตือนใจให้เคารพและยอมรับในความแตกต่าง รวมถึงร่วมรณรงค์หยุดการกีดกัน

Melbourne is marking the 35th birthday of its annual Midsumma Festival, celebrating the LGBTIQ+ community in Victoria.

Cheyney Caddy and Issy Weiskopf talk about their work on Black Apple Theatre's production of ‘Thrive: Queer voices out loud' for the upcoming Midsumma Festival; Playwright Jo Clifford on another Midsummer highlight, ‘The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven', showing at fortyfivedownstairs; Photographer Jason Edwards discusses ‘Icebergs to Iguanas', his new nature photography book. With presenter Richard Watts.

Tim and Jon are joined by Benny and Ben to talk about sex in public, cruising on the beach, and the do's and don'ts of getting down and dirty at events. What kind of events allow public sex?   Learn about how Sunnyside Beach kept their clothing optional status at https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/michael-spearheaded-a-campaign-to-save-this-nudist-beach-now-its-future-has-been-revealed/tvo3vlj12 For a naked time, check out ADAM at https://adam.melbourne/ For Homo Erotica and LUST, check out https://buffevents.com/ Folsom Down Under and their 2023 events can be found at https://folsom.org.au/ Check out the Midsumma Festival at https://www.midsumma.org.au/   Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au Hide and Seek is produced on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples 

Experience, Create and Celebrate at the Victorian Pride Centre this summer with a huge Midsumma Festival program! Featuring cabaret, comedy, life drawing, science talks, spin classes and more. Festival dates:... LEARN MORE The post Midsumma Festival and the Victorian Pride Centre appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Macca and Misha are joined by Karen Bryant from Midsumma. Midsumma Festival's 2023 program has launched The 2023 Midsumma Festival program is now live, bringing a kaleidoscope of preeminent queer... LEARN MORE The post Saturday Magazine: 10th Dec 2022 Midsumma Festival 2023 appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

Brenda Cooney talks to David and Neil about Melbourne's Midsumma festival. The post Melbourne Midsumma Festival appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Hot on the heels of sell out performances at the 2021 Melbourne Fringe Festival and 2022 Midsumma Festival, “SEAMAN! THE SEA SHANTY SPECTACULAR” is back by popular demand! This multi-award-... LEARN MORE The post SEAMAN – The Sea Shanty Spectaclar appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Interviews with Racerage, Jonathan Homsey, Dan Hall.  Racerage discusses their newly released single Do The Labour and upcoming album Black Medusa that will be released 11 February.  Racerage (@raceragerhymes) • Instagram photos and videos  Jonathan Homsey chats about And She Would Stand Like This, a play at the Antipodes Theatre during Melbourne's Midsumma Festival.  Midsumma Festival - And She Would Stand Like This   Dan Hall joins us from London about his podcast In The Key of Q that features interviews and the music of queer musicians around the world.  In the Key of Q  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded. 

Nathan Maynard is one of Australia's funniest and most clear-sighted playwrights. The Palawa writer had a hit with The Season and now he's back with At What Cost? A play that explores the thorny issue of who decides who can claim Aboriginal heritage. Also, how are theatres coping with surging COVID cases? We check in with Belvoir, Opera Australia and Global Creatures (Moulin Rouge), and we hear a scene from And She Would Stand Like This, a play described as Greek tragedy meets Paris Is Burning.

Nathan Maynard is one of Australia's funniest and most clear-sighted playwrights. The Palawa writer had a hit with The Season and now he's back with At What Cost? A play that explores the thorny issue of who decides who can claim Aboriginal heritage.Also, how are theatres coping with surging COVID cases? We check in with Belvoir, Opera Australia and Global Creatures (Moulin Rouge), and we hear a scene from And She Would Stand Like This, a play described as Greek tragedy meets Paris Is Burning.

Nathan Maynard is one of Australia's funniest and most clear-sighted playwrights. The Palawa writer had a hit with The Season and now he's back with At What Cost? A play that explores the thorny issue of who decides who can claim Aboriginal heritage. Also, how are theatres coping with surging COVID cases? We check in with Belvoir, Opera Australia and Global Creatures (Moulin Rouge), and we hear a scene from And She Would Stand Like This, a play described as Greek tragedy meets Paris Is Burning.

Interviews with advocate Jason Masters & entertainer Dean Arcuri.   Jason Masters discusses the Religious Discrimination Bill. Jason is the co-convenor of Uniting Network Australia, the LGBTIQ+ Network within the Uniting Church in Australia. The Australian Parliament is currently running two inquiries into the Religious Discrimination Bill and Jason and other members of the Network recently spoke to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights during its hearings into the Bill. The other parliamentary inquiry is being conducted by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee. Both inquiries will report to Parliament on 4 February 2022.  Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and related bills – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au)  Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au)  Dean Arcuri aka Frock Hudson chats about Midsumma's Carnival on Sunday, the opening event of Melbourne's Midsumma Festival.    Dean discusses the many activities at Carnival and gives a great overview of the Midsumma Festival, which runs from January 23 to February 13. Check out the Festival's programme: Midsumma Festival - Midsumma Festival - Home  Entertainer | Dean Arcuri | Melbourne  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded.  QLife   

This week, the annual Midsumma Festival commences! We have 22 days of the best queer arts, culture, events, parties and Pride. It's a change for Victoria's rainbow community to show... LEARN MORE The post Samoa: Queer Pasifika appeared first on World Wide Wave.

Monday 17 January 2022 with Jacob7.15: Artist and writer Matt Chun joined Priya to speak about his new self-published picture book ‘Do You Ever Wonder?', and processes and politics of creating against colonisation in the literary sphere in so-called Australia. Check out his work at http://mattchun.com/stockroom/doyoueverwonder 7.30: Victoria's premier queer arts and culture festival, the Midsumma Festival is just around the corner with a sensational line up of queer events happening from January 23 to February 13. CEO of Midsumma Karen Bryant joined us to tell us all about it. 7.45:Refugees remain in indefinite detention after nine long years under Australia's infamously cruel immigration policies and the minister's indifference towards human rights. Spokesperson for the Refugee Action Collective Chris Breens spoke about the refugee rights movement and the recent Djokovic fiasco. 8.00: Protests over rising fuel prices and inequality in Kazakhstan earlier this month escalated into violence, as the movement sparked a harsh crackdown from the Kazakh government. Dr Kirill Nourzhanov from the Australian National University shared his insights into the national, regional, and international repercussions of the recent unrest.  SongsKat Edwards - Don't Call MeDawn Barrington - He's My BrotherJames Crothers - EverythingSlava Grigoryan, Sharon Grigoryan, Mark Summer - Julie-O

Join Luna and an incredible line up of artists, comedians and singers to celebrate her #1 Best Selling book Perfectly Imperfect. Out now on Amazon as well as signed copies and gift packs available. Get it now, www.moreconfidence.com.au/perfectlyimperfectbook Featuring: Roshani- From dirt poor beginnings in Sri Lanka to explosive multi-instrumental powerhouse, ROSHANI's music is as captivating and uplifting as her life story. Her father the village drummer, her mother the singer, impoverished and with no hope, had to give ROSHANI up for adoption. At 6 weeks old fate led her to the other side of the world, to a musical family living in music capital Tamworth. ROSHANI's music defies pigeonhole, timelessly crossing genre. Using loop pedals to lay down guitar, harmonica, keys, percussion and a voice that gives you goosebumps, ROSHANI developed her one-woman show while living in her van, busking on the streets and travelling wherever the wind took her. Fleassy Malay- Two times TEDx speaker and viral poet, Fleassy Malay is an Internationally renowned, evocative and powerful spoken word artist, speaker and coach. A global advocate for Women's rights, LGBTQI+ visibility, and a fierce voice for the power of authenticity and courage as a social change tool. Natalie Jeffreys- Natalie is a screen composer, singer-songwriter, and spoken word poet. She is particularly passionate about scoring female-led films. Her work includes collaborations with award-winning JMONK Vision on the online series Super Jenny (with La Mama Theatre), the short film River Hags, and sho Brigid Morgan- Brigid has been performing and teaching in the arts sector for over 20 years. Her passions include theatre, dance, circus, poetry and storytelling. She has presented original performance works at numerous festivals & seasons, including La Mama Explorations, Hillscene Live Artist Incubator, Sydney Fringe, Melbourne Fringe & Adelaide Fringe. Angel Faith- Performer, theatremaker and heartist from Melbourne. Quirky, irreverent and boldly authentic, Angela Faith is an actor, writer and improviser with a passion for comedy and spreading joy. Earlier this year she toured her first one woman show ‘Too Much' to Adelaide Fringe and Midsumma Festival and now, locked down in Melbourne, she spends most of her time training her boyfriend to bite her harder, and the rest processing all the feelings she used to party away. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/moreconfidence/message

Theatre First Episode 290Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Matador – Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Australia A fiery fusion of dance, burlesque & circusAfter a sold out National Tour in 2019, a world wide pandemic, and after a sold out encore season in Brisbane in 2021 and fresh off an award winning debut at Adelaide Fringe, MATADOR proudly comes back to Melbourne at Her Majesty's Theatre for a long awaited return season as part of Midsumma Festival! Inspired by a tale as old as time, MATADOR is a fiery fusion of burlesque, dance and jaw-dropping circus acts. Set across a fiery Spanish sunset, this is a thematic tale of forbidden love, carnal desires, passion and pain, a tale of a love torn bull & the seductive Matador! The show takes us on an emotionally charged journey through love and it's many faces; from the first moments you lay your eyes on that someone special, the butterflies, the flirting and sometimes, the doubt. A journey of self-discovery, identity and sexuality, of lust, sex and passion. The show also explores the trials and tribulations of love, from the pain of unrequited love to the effects of infidelity on a relationship. MATADOR is a celebration of love, friendship and the bonds that hold us together. Comprising a colourful cast of 14 incredible performers, MATADOR features non-stop entertainment from start to finish. High energy commercial dance pieces, beautiful, touching contemporary and ballet acts as well as steamy Latin numbers intertwine with saucy burlesque acts, pole dancing and hair raising aerial and circus acts.For more information: https://www.hmt.com.au/whats-on/matador/ Theatre First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/theatre-first For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Vyshnavee Wijekumar (FCAC Marketing Manager) catches up with Footscray based, Shanghainese writer and thinker Jinghua Qian before their Midsumma Festival appearance in SMUT: Queer Erotic Fan Fiction. Throughout the interview, they share their love of queer erotic fan fiction, interesting facts about Footscray and insights into their experiences of forging relationships online. Details for SMUT: Queer Erotic Fan Fiction: https://footscrayarts.com/event/smut-queer-erotic-fan-fiction-salon/ You can find out more about them, including their audio work Underfoot, on their website: https://jinghuaqian.com/

This month we celebrate Midsumma Festival, a chance to spotlight some of the wonderful LGBTQIA+ authors and stories that the library has to offer. Literature is a way to learn and understand different perspectives and it has been a pleasure to see the Rainbow Collection, stories about or written by LGBTQIA+ authors, expand over the past few years. Joining us for a chat this month is Dr Maria Pallotta Chiarolli, writer, researcher, lecturer and consultant on the issues of cultural, gender and sexual diversity and the editor of the wonderful collection Living and Loving in Diversity, An Anthology of Australian Multicultural Queer Adventures. In this 2018 compilation of true LGBTQIA+ stories, we explore the intersectionality of race and sexuality, the challenges and joys of finding safe spaces and communities here in Australia.  Tim also speaks with YA author Holden Sheppard, about his novel Invisible Boys a ground breaking Young Adult story that delves into the complexities of coming out as gay in a small regional Australian town. 

Queer performance is one space that queer identifying people will go to to be with their tribe, says Alyson Campbell, Associate Professor in Theatre (Directing and Dramaturgy) at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. “Theatre is a way of collectively thinking through the world. We're actually in a space together and something is in front of us and we're kind of working our way through it together. “It's actually trying to work in different ways from normative theatre. It's about the processes of making and that is largely around collaboration and who else is in that team and is this being driven by this kind of commitment to challenging normative forms and structures as well as perhaps, say, telling gay stories.” In 2021, Alyson and Steve Farrier will lead a hybrid digital/face-to-face version of their Feral Queer Camp, hosting activities about what makes performance queer, and how we might develop a network of queer thinkers, all stemming from the performances in the Midsumma Festival in Melbourne. “Performance can teach us things about queerness and that we can speak back or have a dialogue with theory. It's not that one has a hierarchical position above the others.” “I will just really strongly emphasise here that Steve and I might be facilitators, but we are learning as much from everybody who comes to the Feral Queer Camp as they are learning from us.” For more information, go to Feral Queer Camp. Episode recorded: March 22, 2021. Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath. Producer, audio engineer, editor: Chris Hatzis. Co-producers: Silvi Vann-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath. Banner: Getty Images.

Queer performance is one space that queer identifying people will go to to be with their tribe, says Alyson Campbell, Associate Professor in Theatre (Directing and Dramaturgy) at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. “Theatre is a way of collectively thinking through the world. We’re actually in a space together and something is in front of us and we’re kind of working our way through it together. “It’s actually trying to work in different ways from normative theatre. It’s about the processes of making and that is largely around collaboration and who else is in that team and is this being driven by this kind of commitment to challenging normative forms and structures as well as perhaps, say, telling gay stories.” In 2021, Alyson and Steve Farrier will lead a hybrid digital/face-to-face version of their Feral Queer Camp, hosting activities about what makes performance queer, and how we might develop a network of queer thinkers, all stemming from the performances in the Midsumma Festival in Melbourne. “Performance can teach us things about queerness and that we can speak back or have a dialogue with theory. It’s not that one has a hierarchical position above the others.” “I will just really strongly emphasise here that Steve and I might be facilitators, but we are learning as much from everybody who comes to the Feral Queer Camp as they are learning from us.” For more information, go to Feral Queer Camp. Episode recorded: March 22, 2021. Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath. Producer, audio engineer, editor: Chris Hatzis. Co-producers: Silvi Vann-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath. Banner: Getty Images.

News Headlines - Three Indigenous deaths in custody in a week, Sarah Everard vigil in the UK (and violence against the Black community in the UK), burqa ban in Sri Lanka, and #March4Justice // Alternative News - We discuss the radical history of International Women’s Day and look closely at Alexandra Kollontai’s 1913 article ‘Women’s Day’ //  March 4 Justice Rally - We hear interviews from 3CR’s live cross to yesterday’s march in Naarm (Melbourne). We hear from Sue Bolton (Moreland City Councillor) and Tilde Joy (3CR Programmer from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union) // 3CR ‘Out of the Pan’ - We play Sally Goldner’s interview with AP, creator of the documentary ‘Why Did She Have to Tell the World?’ The documentary is about Francesca Curtis and Phyllis Papps who came out as lesbians on national TV 50 years ago // Interview - Genevieve speaks to Sasja Sydek (from 3CR’s Behind Closed Doors) who discusses her upcoming spoken word performance ‘Let Me Get Something Off My Chest’ appearing at this year’s Midsumma Festival. // SongsMilyakburra - Emily Wurramara The Eyes - Ms Thandi

Gabriel Bergmoser is an award-winning Melbourne-based author, who grew up in a small rural town. In 2015 he won the prestigious Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award for his pilot Windmills, and his plays include Heroes, which was nominated for the 2017 Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing. His musical, Moonlite, about a gay bushranger, was performed as part of the 2018 Midsumma Festival to critical acclaim, and was later selected for the Homegrown Grassroots development initiative. A film adaptation of his latest novel The Hunted is being developed in a joint production between Stampede Ventures and Vertigo Entertainment in Los Angeles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We recorded a live episode in Melbourne for Midsumma Festival! We discuss the act of servitude as a sexual fetish, RuPaul's contestant policy and what it means for the future of Drag Race, and answer a listener question about unrequited love with a straight/curious boy! Our special guest is activist and academic Dennis Altman who chats to us about his writing and the future of identity.Our Patreon bonus episode, exclusive to our Patrons, is the live show's Q&A. Thanks for not asking about The Sydney Gays!Book tickets to our Sydney live show at mardigras.org.au.Subscribe (for free!), rate and review The Gays Are Revolting on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast. Follow The Gays Are Revolting on Twitter at @gaysrevolting, Facebook at The Gays Are Revolting & Instagram @gaysrevoltingpod.Send topic suggestions and other correspondence to gaysrevolting@lippmedia.com. The Gays Are Revolting records at Castaway Studios in Melbourne, Australia and is released weekly every Saturday. The Gays Are Revolting is produced by Dan Gregg at Lipp Media (hello@lippmedia.com). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

They're back! Sarah, Daniel and Geraldine kick off 2020 by summing up their holidays, with a highlight being swimming; The water theme continues as Gez explains her Jetty adventures in Busselton, WA; Daniel is getting very close to welcoming his long-awaited Chub-Fish to the world, so an update on the pre-labour situation is in order; Gez has been hanging out with dolphins, and shares her experience with five splashing and finger clicking kids; Singer-songwriter-comedian Selina Jenkins' solo show BOOBS is playing at Art Centre Melbourne's Midsumma Festival, and she comes by to chat about her returning show and her non-returning boobs; Feature Creatures this week sees a visit from marine biologist Ricky-Lee Erickson, who explores sea sponges; And lastly, Nat Harris talks about shenanigans on Melbourne trams in our Friday Funnybugger segment. With presenters Sarah Smith, Daniel Burt and Geraldine Hickey.