Elevan O'Clock #39 - Adam Fawcett - Become the One

In this episode I talk to playwright Adam Fawcett about the development of his play "Become the One".  The play looks at the burgeoning relationship become and Australian Rules Footballer and the young man who has captured his attention.  "Become the One" won the 2018 Midsumma Staged reading competition and this year returns to the Midsumma Festival with a fully staged production.  Adam, and the show's director Lyall, discuss the development of the show and what it takes to be an independent theatre company in Australia.

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Elevan O'Clock #36 Gavin Roach

Gavin Roach is a Melbourne based writer and performer.  He has two different shows in the Melbourne Midsumma 2019 festival.  Here we discuss the genesis for his shows as well as his performance practice and how to make it work as an independent artist.

Elevan O'Clock #29 Anna Piper Scott - the other Almost Lesbian

Anna is the second member of the Almost Lesbian comedy show.  Her and Sophie are at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.  In this episode we gender, transitioning and where she developed her quick wit.

Elevan O'Clock #28 Irene and Budi - AGMC

AGMC stands for - The Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council and is the peak body for individuals/groups from a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer multicultural background.

Here I talk to committee members Irene and Budi about the work of the organisation and about their upcoming conference.

Elevan O'Clock #27 Sophie Joske - Almost Lesbians MICF 2018

Sophie Joske is a (now) Melbourne-based comedian.  Her and her comedy partner Anna's latest show "Almost Lesbians" is playing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2018. 

"Sophie’s not completely gay. Anna's not completely a woman. Each of them is almost a gay woman, but not quite. Together, they’re Australia’s ninth-favourite queer comedy duo, Almost Lesbians and they’re on a mission to create the perfect Melbourne International Comedy Festival show."

Get in touch with the lesbian that's inside all of us.  

Get Tickets here Almost Lesbians MICF 2018

Elevan O'Clock #26 - Orla Howard, Deputy Chair of Ireland's Marriage Equality campaign

Orla Howard was the Deputy Chair of the Irish Marriage Equality campaign.  She was in Australia to introduce the documentary about the campaign called "The 34th". 

"The 34th’ tells the story of the driven and dedicated people who formed Marriage Equality in Ireland, and developed it into a highly effective grassroots force with one clear goal in mind - the extension of Civil Marriage to same-sex couples."

Hear about the love story that ignited the campaign and how successful the campaign was. 

Orla is a passionate fighter for making Ireland a better place for all and currently working on the campaign to amended the Irish constitution a second time.  This time to grant Irish women the access to legal abortions.

Rory O Neill with his dog, Penny, at the March for Marriage 2010

Amy Howard aged 7 (Orla's niece) holds up her Marriage Equality poster April 2015.

Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan during the Irish Yes Equality campaign May 2015

Members of the Marriage Equality Board celebrate the passing of the Civil Marriage legislation in November 2015

Elevan O'Clock #24 - Mikko Makela - A Moment in the Reeds

Mikko Makela is the writer/director of A Moment in the Reeds which is one of the first Finnish films with a queer narrative. 

It tells the story Leevi, a Finn returning home to help his father renovate the family lake house and Tareq, an asylum seeker from Syria hired to help work on the renovations. 

In the Queerscreen 25th Mardi Gras film Festival guide it was described as the sexiest film of the festival.






You can check out the trailer here

Elevan O'Clock #18 Derek and Will

Derek Dodge and Will C. Sullivan are filmmaking husbands.  They specialise in making "improv" films.  Their latest dramatic collaboration "The Ring Thing"  is showing at Queerscreen's 25th Mardi Gras Film Festival and at Melbourne Queer Film Festival in 2018.  Here we talk about filmmaking, creative and life partnerships.   My favourite piece of advice is "Don't wait for someone to give you permission" if you want to make a film  (or any creative pursuit).  

If you would like to watch their first feature film collaboration "That's Not Us"  you can watch it on SBS on Demand.

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Elevan O'Clock #14 Tim Chappel - Striving for Costume Perfection

Tim Chappel is a multi-award winning costume designer.  Most people know him for the Oscar-winning costumes for the movie "Priscilla - Queen of Desert"  but his career's work is far greater than just that one movie.  Learn more about Tim and the costumes he has created.

Elevan O'Clock #13 Phillip Lee Curtis - Putting on the Ego Jacket

Phillip Lee Curtis is an up and coming Melbourne cabaret performer.  In this episode we discussed how he got into performing, developing a show and how all artists need to put on a "ego jacket" while on stage.

Dr Catherine Barrett - LGBTI Elder Advocate

Dr Catherine Barrett is the driving force behind a project that advocates for LGBTI elders "Alice's Garage".  While she may be the driver,  the direction the project takes comes from the stakeholders.

Photo credit to Lisa White - The Social Photographer

Michael Dalton - Singer, Performer, Community Champion

Michael Dalton is a performer and the man who created the singing superstar artiste "Dolly Diamond".  His community work has been recognised for him (and her) by being awarded the Stonnington Council Citizen of the Year.  

Timothy Brown - The Ultimate Artistic Slashee

Timothy Brown is a dancer, choreographer, burlesque performer, disability arts worker and one of the nicest people you would ever meet.  Here Tim talks about his career and the path he has been following.

Elevan OClock Nick Henderson - Archiving and discovering our history.

Nick is an archivist  at the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archive.  Here we talk about why archives are important and how they not only ensure we preserve the stories of the past but also help us to discover the stories we don't know yet.

Will Kostakis - Life is better out of the closet.

Will is a Sydney (Australia) based author with three published young adult novels so far.  We chat about Will's process and how both your life in general and your creative life is more rewarding and productive when you are out of the closet.  

While Will's story doesn't ensure I will ever be a great writer,  I know I can be a great reader. 

You can also check out Will's own website

Will Kostakis

Lisa Rose ,Queer Screen and the importance of queer film festivals.

I am a little bit of a film nerd, and by little I really mean a quite large one.  

Here I chat to Lisa, who is the Vice-President of Sydney-based queer film festival, Queer Screen.  We chat about why a LGBTIQ film festival is still important and what films and tv shows we love.  




Lisa's Recommendations

Queer Screen Film Festival 

Wentworth

Carol

Boy meets Girl

The Celluloid Closet

Kiki

The Living End

Tangerine

Alexandra-Therese Keining  (IMBD page)
Girls Lost