Podcast appearances and mentions of nikki viveca

In this episode of Spoken Word, Nikki Viveca performs her poem, "Welcome to Womanhood" (aka the "Thou shalt..." poem!) and chats about her art and memories in Melbourne, before heading up to Sydney to perform at the famous Griffin Theatre. We also hear her collaborative work with musicians Meta Cohen, Coady Green, and the Divisi Chamber Singers.

Actress, comedienne, writer, poet Nikki Viveca chats with James McKenzie in the studio before she heads to Sydney to perform in The Lewis Trilogy at the Griffin Theatre.  Nikki Viveca | Facebook  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.

This week's guest is Nikki Vivicca, poet, actor, comedian, burlesque and improv performer, among many other talents!Nikki's work was recently performed in an online theatre show, Body Uncertain, she was a performer in the green room award nominated show, Gender Euphoria, and winner of both the Midsumma Poetry Slam and Trans Poetry Slam, as well as being a runner up for the 2019 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize.Nikki will be a co-feature with Lish Skec, at Girls on Key on 6 October. 

Life, death, healing, hydrating, water is all these things - symbolically and literally - and so much more. In this final episode of our Autumn Season of Vignettes, we have invited Natalie Cromb, Hineani Roberts, Nikki Viveca to share with us their thoughts on waves and whirlpools and waterways. Let's dive in...

Guest Jacci Pillar and Nikki Viveca as we lead into Ace Week 

Memorial is an audio drama vignette. In Memorial, we meet two characters who are reuniting for the first time in unusual circumstances. Originally, this script was written for the RØDE Podcast Competition in early 2019, which meant that it had a two minute time limit. I took that as a challenge, and asked myself "Can I make an audience love and feel for two people they only just met, in only two minutes?"The music and sound design for Memorial was made by the amazing Maize Wallin, who I very much hope to work with again some time. Find out more about Maize's work at https://www.maizewallin.com/Written and Produced by Erin KyanSound Design and Music by Maize WallinJess voiced by Nikki Viveca.Alan voiced by Erin KyanComputer voiced by Vick HardenWorks on Passer Vulpes Presents are produced by Passer Vulpes Productions. To find out more about us and our shows, visit passervulpes.com.If you enjoyed this piece, consider backing us via our Patreon! Patrons get access to secret Discord channels, monthly livestreams, behind-the-scenes sneak peaks and more! To become a Patron, visit patreon.com/passervulpes, or to find out other ways of supporting us, visit passervulpes.com/support!

Sally with performer Nikki Viveca

As we head towards Midsumma, let's get our artist clobber on! Here's a chat with Nikki Viveca about, among many aspects, performance and authenticity

Interview with Nikki Viveca who has been a performer for many years, and moved into improv about 6 years ago, then officially began stand-up comedy with a solo show in 2016. She is also well-versed in acting, burlesque and other arts. Nikki has recently completed a season of her show Wasp Movie (to great success!) at Melbourne Fringe. Nikki has some exciting new shows coming up, including Cake Bride which is a look at marriage from a queer perspective, and ACEtravaganza which is a variety act show with asexual artists at Midsumma Festival. We discuss: Coming out as asexual in her first comedy show (Asexual Healing), representing 2 letters in the LGBTQIA alphabet, becoming a comedy critic to justify her comedy habit, gaining insight into other people’s brains via comedy, the Wasp Situation and Nikki’s emotional responses, reflections on the difficulty of coming out as transsexual, exploring the varied definitions of asexuality and what it means to Nikki, admiration of the Spice Girls, Nikki’s super power, the sad ending to the wasp story, and Nikki’s message about the importance of authenticity and humans taking a lesson from wasps about sticking together in solidarity through tough times.

Being asexual means you don't really experience sexual desire or attraction. But for a lot of people on the ace spectrum, it's not such an either/or scenario. For some, it can be, well, grey. You might feel sexual attraction from time to time, you might feel romantic attraction, or you might never feel that at all. Nat breaks down the spectrum of asexuality with a few ace people.

Being asexual means you don't really experience sexual desire or attraction. But for a lot of people on the ace spectrum, it's not such an either/or scenario. For some, it can be, well, grey. You might feel sexual attraction from time to time, you might feel romantic attraction, or you might never feel that at all. Nat breaks down the spectrum of asexuality with a few ace people.

We are joined by Nikki Viveca, a Melbourne-based performer who brings a touch of theatre to stand-up. Nikki has performed solo shows, such as Asexual Healing, was most recently performing in the Comedy Festival improv show Completely Improvised Potter (which is great!) and won the 2019 Midsumma Poetry Slam.Nikki will tell us about her new fringe show Wasp Movie. When Nikki moved into her cute new house, she was looking forward to turning it into the home of her dreams. She wasn’t counting on the wasps who also wanted to make it their dream home as well. In Wasp Movie, Nikki pools her creative talents to pay homage to one of the world’s least loved animals - the Wasp.You can find out more details about the show and buy tickets at the Melbourne Fringe website - Wasp Movie.Another show about animals that you might want to check out is Creatures Lost

Nikki talks about her journeys as a multi-talented multi-faceted performer...and lots of bits of life.

Donna Confetti - in ode to April Fools Day, we speak to Donna Confetti, an artist, therapist and a self-proclaimed fool, about the role of the ‘fool’ in theatre and how this character can be seen upsetting the power balance across many cultures.Jeanette Nkrumah – speaks to 3CR about the ugly face of racial discrimination and goes into detail regarding the report the FCLC - Federation of Cummunity Legal Centres - is putting together on divisive political rhetoric, fear mongering and racial scapegoating in Victoria.Greg Denham from LEAP Australia – Law Enforcement Action Partnership – talks about the new conversations we must have on drug reform and policy, as well as, the outdated and harmful policies that exist today in Australia.Nicolas Pirsoul – lecturer in Middle Eastern politics at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, discusses how the Western media reports on Islam, and his views following the terror attack in Christchurch.Comedians Fiannah du Rue, Nikki Viveca, Elyce Phillips and Jackie Lime, discuss comedy, money at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and their own reasons for getting into the comedy biz.The original 855am and 3CR Digital versions of this program featured the following music tracks: Dee Dee Bridgewater – Hound DogWorld Party – Ship of Fools(Removed from the podcast due to license restrictions) 

Monday Breakfast 25 Feb 2019   7.00 am           Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am           Alternative News         7.25 am           Art and Artists at Footscray Community Arts Centre: Megan Hunter, Chelsea Michelle and Amy McMurtrie7.45 am           Chris Breen Refugee Action Collective (Victoria) on the Medivac Bill      8.00 am           Fiannah du Rue, Nikki Viveca, Elyce Phillips and Jackie Lime bounce the studio on comedy and the Melbourne Comedy Festival             MusicGo Straight to Hell Boy             The Clash Liar Liar                                    Captain SKA Whole Wide World                    Bahamas

Nikki Viveca is a Melbourne-based comedian. Her latest show, The Lazy Show, is on at The Butterfly Club Feb 11 - 16. But Nikki also has three different shows coming up at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Maybe her definition of "lazy" is different to mine, as that actually sounds like a lot of work.

Comedian Nikki Viveca (aka Nikki Spunde) chats with James in the studio about her production The Lazy Show.  Non-Binary and Gender Spectrum researcher Sav Zwickl talks about their research.  Director Angie Black discusses new queer film The Five Provocations.Broadcast 23 March 18. Podcast posted 28 August 19.