Podcasts about perth international arts festival

Lindy Hume, AM, is one of Australia's leading directors, acknowledged internationally for fresh interpretations of a wide variety of repertoire, and for progressive artistic leadership of a number of Australian arts organisations, including Opera Queensland (2012-2017), Sydney Festival (2010-2012) and Perth International Arts Festival (2004-2007). She was also the first Artistic Director of West Australian Opera (1992-96), Artistic Director of Victoria State Opera and then OzOpera (1996-2001). Lindy has most recently been Creative Director of the Four Winds Easter Festival, Bermagui and is currently Artistic Director of the 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania 2019-2023. In 2021 Lindy Hume was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the performing arts, particularly to opera. After a hugely successful year in 2021, during which Lindy directed The Marriage of Figaro for New Zealand Opera, Madama Butterfly for Welsh National Opera and The Barber of Seville for State Opera South Australia, 2022 saw her continuing in her roles as Creative Director of the Four Winds Easter Festival and Artistic Director of the 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania as well as developing a new staged presentation of Schubert's Die Winterreise for Musica Viva's national tour of the work with Alan Clayton, which was also seen at the Barbican, in London. Lindy's production of Rigoletto was also presented by Opera Philadelphia. As a director, Lindy has created more than 50 major productions across Australasia including Carmen, Don Giovanni, Fledermaus, La Périchole and Les pêcheurs de perles (Opera Australia), Orlando, Trouble in Tahiti and The Barber of Seville (OzOpera), Alcina and Orpheus in the Underworld (West Australian Opera), Carmina Burana (State Opera of South Australia/The Australian Ballet), Idomeneo (Pinchgut Opera), Rigoletto and Lucia di Lammermoor (NBR New Zealand Opera). European productions include La bohème (Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin, which was telecast live throughout Europe), Tolomeo (Musiektheater Transparant in Belgium), Radamisto (Handel Festspiele and Opernhaus Halle), A Streetcar Named Desire and Norma (Opera Theatre St Gallen in Switzerland), Così fan tutte (Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London), and Albert Herring and Phaedra (Aldeburgh Festival in the UK). She made her American debut in 2004 directing The Barber of Seville for Houston Grand Opera, returning in 2009 and 2013 to direct Rigoletto and Die Fledermaus respectively. Her production of “Cenerentola” was produced by NBR New Zealand Opera in 2015 and presented by Oper Leipzig and in San Diego in 2016. Lindy is recognised as a champion of new Australian work across a range of genres. As Artistic Director of OzOpera, she commissioned the MDTV project, award-winning screen operas with ABC TV, and major Australian works including Paul Grabowsky's Love in the Age of Therapy and Richard Mills' Batavia (with Opera Australia and the Melbourne Centenary of Federation Festival). In 2007, she commissioned and directed the world première of Richard Mills/Timberlake Wertenbaker's opera The Love of the Nightingale. New Australian work, a focus on contemporary Indigenous culture, the development of a distinctive regional identity and celebration of local communities have been fortes of her tenure as Artistic Director of the Perth International Arts Festival 2004-2007 and as Festival Director of the 2010-2012 Sydney Festival. Lindy has just directed a new production of Mozart's Idomeneo, in a co-production between Victorian Opera and Opera Australia. The production has just finished a season at the Palais theatre in Melbourne and will be seen in Sydney from February 20th to March 15th in 2024.It will be a part of the thrilling Summer season programmed by Lindy as Guest Creative Director. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts.

Lara is tasked with producing a party at a funeral home for work, but life ends up complicating the process.Lara Thoms is interested in socially engaged, site-specific and participatory possibilities in contemporary art and performance. She works as an artist in Field Theory and is a co-director of Aphids. For ten years she has also been a curator and producer for organistations including Dark Mofo, Supplefox, Next Wave and Performance Space. Her work has been presented with Perth International Arts Festival, Artshouse, Gertrude Contemporary, The Malthouse, Next Wave festival, the MCA, Performance Space, Radial System v Berlin, as well as multiple venues and institutions.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.

Leith Taylor is an experienced theatre practitioner having worked across a range of fields as an actor, director, producer, writer and drama educator. As an actor Leith worked extensively over two decades in film, television and radio as well as appearing in more than sixty theatre productions nationally and internationally. In Perth she is well remembered for her numerous appearances in leading roles at the Playhouse and Hole in the Wall theatres. After being awarded a Fellowship, she transitioned to directing and founded her own company, Theatre West, with a focus on shows by or about women. She subsequently directed numerous productions, some under the banner of her own company but also in collaboration with or for other theatre companies including Black Swan, W.A. and Perth Theatre Companies, deckchair and Melbourne's HIT Productions. Some of her productions toured nationally or were part of Arts Festival programming and include Oleanna, One Small Step, Woman in Mind, Speaking in Tongues, The Season at Sarsaparilla, Sixteen Words for Water and Blood Moon. Leith has long been involved with professional drama training having lectured and directed at numerous performing arts institutions in Australia and overseas including the Drama Studio (U.S. and U.K.), LaSalle College of the Arts (Singapore) and a long association with the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Early training in journalism enhanced her work as a dramaturg and scriptwriter, while her psychology qualifications resulted in work as a drama therapist with groups and individuals in this specialist field. She was able to bring these different perspectives to her doctoral research which focused on the role of emotions in actor training programmes, signalling the necessity for significant procedural changes in drama schools and in the profession. Leith is a graduate of the University of Western Australia, California State University L.A., the Drama Studio London and WAAPA @ ECU where she completed her PhD. She has won several awards for acting and directing and been a member of numerous boards and consultative panels including the Australia Council for the Arts, Perth International Arts Festival, Healthway Foundation and the W.A. Department for Culture and the Arts. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages). www.stagespodcast.com.au

How to Please a Woman writer and director Renée Webster joins the Cinema Australia Podcast. How to Please a Woman is a genuine gut-busting laugh-fest. As I tell Renée during this interview, I've seen it three times now, and I'm recommending it to everyone. The film follow Gina (played by Sally Philips), a 50-something woman who develops a business idea to launch an all-male house-cleaning service. However, when her business grows out of control, she must acknowledge her own appetite if she is to make a new life for herself. The film has had advance screenings around Australian, including here in Perth where it screened at the Perth International Arts Festival, The WA Made Film Festival, and it's own Gala Night at Luna Cinemas and people are loving it! How to Please a Woman is Renée Webster's first feature film. In this interview Renée tells us about developing the script and her process for writing comedy which I found fascinating. She also talks about working with her cast, shooting in Fremantle and much more. How to Please a Woman is in cinemas from May 19. Anyway… enjoy.

“While I've been involved in some big productions before, including the premieres of Cat Hope's opera Speechless in the 2019 Perth International Arts Festival and Gina Williams' and Guy G'house's new opera Koolbardi Wer Wardong last year, this opportunity with the MSO represents such a huge step forward, both for me as an individual and for Indigenous representation in Australian classical music.” - Aaron Wyatt

"There are different ways beauty can be expressed"Try on Wendy's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Wendy's story was produced by Meri Fatin and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit visited Perth International Arts Festival.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project:https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next:https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"When you are new in one country you feel like you have to catch up with everything"Try on Evelyn's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Evelyn's story is produced by Sinéad Mangan and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit visited Perth International Arts Festival.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“The day we went for the summit, sadly is not the happiest memory" Try on Adrian's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Adrian's story was produced by Sinéad Mangan and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit traveled to Australia for the Perth International Arts Festival in 2016. More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mariel Bildsten is a trombonist, based in New York City. Mariel currently works as a bandleader and side-woman, playing in jazz big bands and small groups, as well as Afro-Latin music, rock, funk, and R&B bands. She is the lead trombonist in Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and tours internationally with the rock band Brass Against. She has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, London's O2 Arena, Birdland Jazz Club, the Apollo Theater, the Chicago Jazz Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Caramoor Jazz Festival, Smalls Jazz Club, and Smoke Jazz Club, among other venues. Mariel has also performed alongside Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Hargrove, Wycliffe Gordon, Brian Lynch, Cyrus Chestnut, Lew Soloff, and Frank Lacy. Her own groups, ranging from duo to septet, have headlined jazz festivals, played around the country, and perform regularly in New York City.  Support this podcast

Throughout his childhood, Eamon felt like there was something "different" about him, something that he felt couldn't fully be explored or talked about. But once Eamon witnessed Bille Brown's rendition of Oscar Wilde in 'The Judas Kiss', his interest in the creative industry opened up a realm of possibility for him. Eamon has since worked as a director, actor, writer and dramaturg for Belvoir, Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Bell Shakespeare's Mind's Eye, Perth International Arts Festival, Darwin Festival, Playwriting Australia and various other companies. His production of 'Counting & Cracking' won seven Helpmann Awards in 2019, including Best New Australian Work, Best Production of a Play and Best Direction of a Play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Throughout his childhood, Eamon felt like there was something "different" about him, something that he felt couldn't fully be explored or talked about. But once Eamon witnessed Bille Brown's rendition of Oscar Wilde in 'The Judas Kiss', his interest in the creative industry opened up a realm of possibility for him. Eamon has since worked as a director, actor, writer and dramaturg for Belvoir, Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Bell Shakespeare’s Mind’s Eye, Perth International Arts Festival, Darwin Festival, Playwriting Australia and various other companies. His production of 'Counting & Cracking' won seven Helpmann Awards in 2019, including Best New Australian Work, Best Production of a Play and Best Direction of a Play.

Tania Chambers always loved the arts but never thought she’d have a career in them. She speaks with much enthusiasm and an intellect peppered with engaging humour and incredible insight of the local film industry.As the founder and Managing Director of Feisty Dame Productions Pty Ltd. she has produced the comedy feature A Few Less Men directed by Mark Lamprell and the comedic thriller Kill Me Three Times directed by Kriv StendersShe believes that each of us can strengthen our community and enrich our lives through our experience of the arts. “It is time that we truly valued creativity and the courageous people who inspire, entertain and challenge us. Our culture and economy benefit immensely from the creative industries.”Her list of credentials is extensive - chief executive of Screen NSW and ScreenWest, Screen Producers Australia councillor and board member of Perth International Arts Festival, AusFilm and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Impressive accomplishments for someone who almost didn’t have a career in the arts!She knows how the screen industry works from the inside, the deals and the deal-makers, and how to get ahead in the screen industry. Tania is well known for her mentoring and generosity with new and emerging filmmakers.She was very generous with Stages, offering her terrific knowledge of the film industry and drawing a vivid portrait of the art, of making art.The Stages podcast is available from iTunes, Spotify and Whooshkaa.

"The mountain has got, in my opinion, a spirit. It lets me reach the summit. I don't conquer the mountain; I ask the mountain to allow me to go there."Try on Margaret's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Margaret's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"The actions of our generation will determine the fate of humanity."Try on Simon's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Simon's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Being a young, Muslim woman dressed head-to-toe [in black, with a niqab] – look I get it, it is absolutely confronting."Try on Aisha's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware this episode contains adult themes. Aisha's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"The doctor said: make sure that boy never has children."Try on Jeremy's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Jeremy's story was produced by Marnie Richardson, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"I couldn't believe that somebody would kill Jess."Try on Karen's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes. Karen's story is produced by Marnie Richardson, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"To walk into a hairdressing salon or barber shop and be made a little bit of a fuss of is something that we take for granted."Try on Craig's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Craig's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Is having an affair bad? Is killing someone bad?"Try on Skye's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes. Skye's story was produced by Marnie Richardson, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"When babies aren't alive, their bodies deteriorate very quickly."Try on Carly's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes. Carly's story was produced by Sinéad Mangan, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"What was it about being a nun that became so important to me?"Try on Paddi's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Paddi's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Mum, I feel like I'm going to kill myself."Try on Christine's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes. Christine's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"I realised that they're human like everybody else."Try on John Gilmour's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes. John's story was produced by Sinéad Mangan, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"I'm the only one allowed to call Nick a girl"Try on Dianne's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Dianne's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"I prefer to call myself a sexual healer..."Try on Saige's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes.Saige's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this double interview episode, Andrew catches up with film producer and teacher Kenta McGrath about his work with young filmmakers for the Water Features project at the Perth International Arts Festival, as well as director Paul Damien Williams who directed the fantastic documentary Gurrumul.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders listeners are advised that the following episode contains voices of people who have died.Make sure to check out the Water Features program as it screens at the Fremantle Arts Centre from Wednesday the 7th of February through to Friday the 23rd of March.Keep an eye on Madman Films as to where Gurrumul will be screening around Australia.The Gurrumul song at the end of this episode is Djarimirri. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this double interview episode, Andrew catches up with film producer and teacher Kenta McGrath about his work with young filmmakers for the Water Features project at the Perth International Arts Festival, as well as director Paul Damien Williams who directed the fantastic documentary Gurrumul. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders listeners are advised that the following episode contains voices of people who have died. Make sure to check out the Water Features program as it screens at the Fremantle Arts Centre from Wednesday the 7th of February through to Friday the 23rd of March. Keep an eye on Madman Films as to where Gurrumul will be screening around Australia. The Gurrumul song at the end of this episode is Djarimirri.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What would you change?  Listen to children from Perth discuss what they would like to change in the world.Recorded at Perth International Arts Festival as part of Small Voices Louder.Created by Maybe (  ) TogetherProduced by Performing Lines WA

A fish has a three second memory. Listen to children from Perth tell her what is imporant to remember.Recorded at Perth International Arts Festival as part of Small Voices Louder.Created by Maybe (  ) TogetherProduced by Performing Lines WA

What is Love? Listen to children from Perth describe what love is.Recorded at Perth International Arts Festival as part of Small Voices Louder.Created by Maybe (  ) TogetherProduced by Performing Lines WAGet children's voices on your phone!Search "small voices louder" in you podcast app or follow this link: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/small-voices-louder/id1230331144

What will it be like in the Future? Listen to Perth children discuss the near and far future. Recorded at Perth International Arts Festival as part of Small Voices Louder.Created by Maybe (  ) TogetherProduced by Performing Lines WA

How would you describe Truth? and Belief? Listen to children from Perth grapple with this difficult question.Recorded at Perth International Arts Festival as part of Small Voices Louder.Created by Maybe (  ) TogetherProduced by Performing Lines WA

What's the difference? Listen to Perth kids explain the difference between adults and children.Recorded at Perth International Arts Festival as part of Small Voices Louder.Created by Maybe (  ) TogetherProduced by Performing Lines WA

Perth children describe their hometown to an Alien.Recorded at Perth International Arts Festival as part of Small Voices Louder.Created by Maybe (  ) TogetherProduced by Performing Lines WA

How would you describe Fear? Listen to children from Perth articulate this feeling.Recorded at Perth International Arts Festival as part of Small Voices Louder.Created by Maybe (  ) TogetherProduced by Performing Lines WA

I first came across the incredible Noel Tovey in 2009 a friend and I saw Little Black Bastard, his solo show. It was such a brave performance and Noel exuded such grace and humility. But what we were blown away by was his story of survival. His life started in neglect and poverty, he endured frightening amounts of sexual abuse and now had an incredibly successful career as a dancer, choreographer, actor and director. Noel Tovey’s life has been utterly extraordinary. Living as a street kid and rent boy in Melbourne during the 1940 and 50s, he was sent to Pentridge Gaol in 1951, when he was 17, after pleading not guilty to the crime of buggery. It was only in 2016 that the Victoria State Government apologised to men like Noel, men who were incarcerated and persecuted as a result of unjust laws that marked homosexuality as criminal. Noel was an important advocate in the campaign that lead to the apology, and he was present for the apology. Noel’s interest and passion in the performing arts took him from Melbourne to London and across Europe to New York. He started ballet classes with the famous Madame Borovansky, where he cleaned the studios in exchange for classes. He started his professional dance career in 1954 with Paint Your Wagon at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne. Replacing a boy who broke his leg in rehearsal, Noel become the first Indigenous male ballet dancer in Australia. After several years working in Australia, Noel left for the footlights of London. Noel made his acting debut in the West End production Oh Dad Poor Dad with legendary American actress Stella Adler in 1961. He became a principal dancer with The Sadler’s Wells Company. His choreographic career started in 1966 with a production of Sandy Wilson’s The Boyfriend. During the premier season of Oh! Calcutta, Noel met his long term partner David (Dave) Sarel. Together they opened L’Odeon, an art gallery specialising in 20th century decorative art. Noel lost Dave to AIDS in February 1986. After which time Noel devoted himself to fighting against the myths related to HIV/AIDS and to helping increase education about the disease by working with AIDS Trust in London. Noel moved back to Australia in 1991and continued working in the performing arts including directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream with an all Indigenous cast for the first Olympic Festival at Sydney Theatre Company; Spirit Time and Place, Adelaide Festival; Sky Light, Darwin Festival; The Aboriginal Protesters, Sydney, Munich and The Weimar festivals; The Stars Come Out, Sydney Mardi Gras Festival. His one man play Little Black Bastard based on his autobiography of the same title, has been performed around the world including La Mama Melbourne, Darwin Arts Festival, Belvoir Street Sydney, Perth International Arts Festival, The Herald Theatre Auckland, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Origins Festival London. In 2010, Noel received the ALSO Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, he was awarded the Uncle Bob Maza Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to Victorian Indigenous theatre. And in 2015, he was made a member of the Order of Australia. Noel has set up scholarships for two recipients from socially disadvantaged backgrounds to attend the Flying Fruit Fly Circus School. Noel is a man of many talents and I can strongly recommended his two books, Little Black Bastard, published in 2004 & And Then I Found Me, published in March 2017. This interviews covers a look at Melbourne in 1940 and 50s, Noel’s professional career, his latest book, the AIDS epidemic and his being at the Stonewall Riots. This wide-ranging conversation contains adult content, listener discretion advised. If you enjoyed this interview, please share Noel’s incredible story on social media. Stay tuned for another stimulating episode, hitting the web in two weeks. Check out previous interviews from Deborah Jowett, Gideon Obarzanek, Rafael Bonachela, Lucy Guerin & Anouk van Dijk. You can now find Delving into Dance on Facebook, as well as Twitter and iTunes.

In this first episode of season two, we get acquainted with Anouk van Dijk, the Artistic Director of Melbourne based Chunky Move. Anouk originates from Holland, where she started to seriously pursue dance in her late teens, after watching a dancer called Ian- a man she has never met or seen since. Watching Ian move across the space was captivating: “I will never forget…Ian filled the room. He filled the room with energy, with his passion, with his power. That was it. I was sold […] I wanted to be a dancer”. As a dancer, Anouk danced for Werkcentrum Dans, the Nieuwe Dansgroep, the Rotterdance Dance Company and Amanda Miller’s Pretty Ugly Dance Company. In 1998, Anouk formed her own company, anoukvandijk dc, based in Amsterdam. The company toured extensively including performing at Festival d’Avignon, MASS MoCA, Dance Triennale Tokyo, American Dance Festival and Festival TransAmériques. It also toured to Australia, performing at Adelaide Festival, Sydney Opera House and Perth International Arts Festival, but never to Melbourne, a place Anouk would later call home. After Chunky Move founder Gideon Obarzanek (interviewed in season one) stepped down in 2012, Anouk was offered the job of taking Chunky Move into their next chapter. Anouk certainly had no small task ahead of her, replacing someone held in such high regard. However, since her appointment, Anouk has done just that, creating her own diverse range of works for the company, with themes around identity and place and has solidified her place in landscape of Australian dance. Australia has become home! Works Anouk has created for Chunky Move • An Act of Now • 247 Days • Embodiment 1:1:1 • gentle is the power • Complexity of Belonging • Depth of Field • Rule of Thirds • L U C I D Anouk was rehearsing for the upcoming show ANTI—GRAVITY when we recorded this interview. ANTI—GRAVITY is an Asia TOPA Commission that will be premiered as part of Dance Massive 2017. A collaboration with multimedia artist Ho Tzu Nyen, ANTI—GRAVITY is an exploration of clouds: “the yearning for this lightness….not being earth bound, completely”. The conversation covered everything from: the process of making a work, collaborations, clouds, home, inspiration and Countertechnique (a system that helps dancers throughout their careers).

Recorded live in Perth on Saturday 18 February, this 90 minute practice is led by Lara Zilibowitz and features musicians from the Perth Symphony Orchestra, Sophie Curtis and Adam Pinto, and the West Australian Young Voices. Find more episodes, photos and videos at abc.net.au/classicflow Follow Classic Flow on Instagram @classicflow_yoga

Recorded live in Perth on Saturday 18 February, this 90 minute practice is led by Lara Zilibowitz and features musicians from the Perth Symphony Orchestra, Sophie Curtis and Adam Pinto, and the West Australian Young Voices. Find more episodes, photos and videos at abc.net.au/classicflow Follow Classic Flow on Instagram @classicflow_yoga

comes to town and it was a great chance to interview a range of talented authors taking part in the festivities. My interviews are with: Ben Rawlence - his book City of Thorns is about Northern Kenya - the home of the world’s largest refugee camp, with half a million people. Opening Night speaker at the Perth International Arts Festival. Candice Fox - her first novel, Hades, won the Ned Kelly Award for best debut in 2014 from the Australian Crime Writers Association; she has since gone onto numerous books on crime and punishment. Hannah Kent - is the best-selling author of Burial Rites and the newly released The Good People - stories of culture, crime and history. Garth Nix -  is an award-winning sci-fi fantasy author with several series of fantasy and fiction; I asked him about his new book "Frogkisser" ahead of his appearances at the festival. Amy Stewart - an author of nonfiction books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including New York Times bestsellers with The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants. However, her range has extended to the tales of a trio of turn-of-the-century sisters turned detectives, with the latest being Lady Cop Makes Trouble - the second book in an ongoing series. Chinelo Okparanta - this Nigerian-American author  writes stories of women and children, family life, migration, war and love; she first started with short stories, with the collection Happiness, Like Water and then her most recent novel Under the Udula Trees. Inua Ellams - London-based playwright and poet Inua Ellams' work explores the themes of identity, displacement and destiny – areas of life he’s intimately familiar with. Dan Box - the National Crime Reporter for The Australian and creator of crime podcast Bowraville. Marwa Al-Sabouni - Syrian architect Marwa al-Sabouni is battling to heal her home city of Homs, having remained there as bombs destroyed much of what she knew and loved. Her ideas to mend the city are now laid out in a visionary memoir, The Battle For Home. She is presenting the closing night address. Clementine Ford - Australian feminist columnist and author of the best selling book Fight Like A Girl. Lindy West - is a Seattle-based writer, editor and performer who’s work has appeared in a number of well-known publications - and the author of Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman. Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa - a Perth performance poet, she’s a workshop facilitator, actor, artist and humanitarian. Her questions about notions of Australian national identity, got her to the finals of the national Australia poetry slam. Nathan Hill - short story author and author of The Nix; a tale of estrangement and displacement in both families and national politics. Adrian Todd Zuniga - creator of Literary Death Match -  touted as Def Poetry Jam meets American Idol, this competition sees four authors perform a short excerpt of their most electric work before a panel of judges. Omar Musa -  a Malaysian-Australian rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He is the winner of the Australian Poetry Slam and the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam and has released three hip-hop albums, two poetry books, and received a standing ovation at TEDx. ************ A quick note about supporting the podcasts! Check out  – and consider  Thanks to RTRFM for their support, especially producer Peter Barr. Theme songs “Cosgrove” by Pogo, from and “Leap Second” by Milton Mermikides, of  Additional ambient music from Jukedeck – create your own at .  – they include: Steven, Andrew, Dr T, Paul, Gerry, Josh, Kathy, Linley, Gold, Iggy, Lukas, Finch and Andrew. Thanks to everyone who contributes and please consider joining to help continue these shows at  Please leave positive comments and reviews on iTunes and consider supporting the show via visiting  – and I’d love to get your feedback via tokenskeptic@gmail.com.