This month Anthea Chats brilliant artists Amy Claire Mills about the joys of unsolicited advice and quilting. https://www.amyclairemills.com

Amy’s upcoming exhibitions:

This Will Only Hurt for a Second, Outer Space Gallery Brisbane https://www.outerspacebrisbane.org/program/this-will-only-hurt-for-a-second

Art Gallery of NSW – Art After Dark, yet to be announced but keep an I on their events page for January. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/art-after-hours/

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What’s on:

Telephone: Sans Souci Festival

https://sanssoucifestival.org/

Hear the Dance: Audio Description Comes of Age https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/arts/dance/dance-and-audio-description.html

Eliza Hull

Here They Come

https://elizahull.com/

https://elizahull.bandcamp.com/album/here-they-come-ep

Music Sample: Malaika Mfalme, Good Man https://open.spotify.com/artist/2rzuVVOUOqEDbq9I5CreTL?si=fd4Ai8JJT5euuN7h2icrtA&nd=1

Any feedback or requests for 2024 please contact Anthea at antheawilliamsnet@gmail.com

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Kiruna Stamell is an Australian actor and dancer. Sydney born she’s trained in both the UK and Australia and has appeared in films like Moulin Rouge, on TV in shows like Serpent Queen and on stage. She’s even been on Play School. Currently she’s playing Kirsty Millar on British Soap, Doctors.

This month Kiruna and Anthea discuss actor training and development, Kiruna’s international career and advice she has for emerging actors.

What’s on:

• Sheltered by Kathryn Hall https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/sheltered/
• DEAF ENOUGH by Nathan Borg https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/deaf-enough/
• Kinetic Light - Decent https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kineticlight
• Music Sample: The Psychotic Reactions https://thepsychoticreactions.bandcamp.com/

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Liz Martin is a powerhouse in Disability Arts. This month the musician and CEO of Accessible Arts NSW talks with Anthea about all things music, inclusion and how to use crip ideals to make great art.

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What’s on:

~~~~~ “...derelict in uncharted space...” An intrepid homage to a Star Trek fan club through intersensory movement and space-time translations. https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/derelict-in-uncharted-space/

Burranba-y

Fashion and art combined in a showcase of work from First Nations, and disabled, female creatives. https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/burranba-y/

Music Sample: Anthony from The Liz Martin Band

https://lizmartinband.bandcamp.com/

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This month Anthea talks all things access with Jo Simpson, the access coordinator at the Sydney Fringe.

https://sydneyfringe.com/

What’s on:

Limitless:

https://sydneyfringe.com/limitless/

The Hen House

https://pyt.com.au/the-hen-house/

Anti Festival – With This Body I Remember, With This Body I Re-wild

https://antifestival.com/en/programme/with-this-body-i-remember-with-this-body-i-re-wild-2/

Music Sample: I Don’t Care by Sweat https://sweatbandgals.bandcamp.com/

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This month Anthea talks with Michelle Ryan about disability on stage, being a dancer and acquiring disability mid-career and her work as the Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre, ahead of Restless’ tour to Sydney and Hobart

https://restlessdance.org/

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What’s on:

Telethon Kid: https://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/tickets/malthouse-theatre/telethon-kid/

One + One Makes Three: https://kineticlight.org/three

Music Sample: Honestly by Machine on a Break: https://www.machineonabreak.com/

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This month Anthea talks with Ella Glendining about her remarkable documentary Is Anybody Out There? which was part of this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Born with a disability so rare that no reliable statistics about it exist, Ella Glendining goes on a global search for answers and others who share her experience.

https://www.sff.org.au/program/browse/is-there-anybody-out-there

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What’s On:

Under My Tongue: https://tix.nextwave.org.au/Events/Under-My-Tongue-Belinda-Locke/Sun-Jul-23-2023-15-00

Making it in Moreland, Insights into Practice: Embedding Accessibility: https://nextwave.org.au/whats-on/embedding-accessibility

Radical Access at the Melbourne Fringe:

https://melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-sector-leadership/radical-access/

I Dance II: https://unchartedterritory.com.au/etn/i-dance-ii/

Pony at The Canberra Theatre Centre: https://canberratheatrecentre.com.au/show/pony-2023/

Music Sample: Sab, Synths in a Dark Room: https://linktr.ee/sabsagastume

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This month Anthea talks with Trans, Non-Binary and Crip writer Jasper Peach about their writing and new book, You’ll be a Wonderful Parent.

Jasper Peach: https://linktr.ee/jasperpeachsays

Instagram and Twitter @JasperPeachSays

You’ll be a Wonderful Parent: https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/you_ll-be-a-wonderful-parent-by-jasper-peach/9781743798614

A complete transcript of this episode is available here.

What’s on:

Screenability at Sydney Film Festival: https://www.sff.org.au/program/strands/screenability

Sensory Sanctuary Festival, Neurodivergent Arts Festival

http://www.sensorysanctuary.net.au/

The Dan Daw Show Rising Festival Melbourne: https://rising.melbourne/festival-program/the-dan-daw-show

Pony at Griffin and The Canberra Theatre Centre: https://griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/pony/?gclid=CjwKCAjwvdajBhBEEiwAeMh1Ux__0XQRMdXWaigQ6jTE0SqpCpLWixPhZ8KoJPcbGDcqgNoS3SGOQxoCBHsQAvD_BwE and https://canberratheatrecentre.com.au/show/pony-2023/

Music Sample: Super Ego by Kazra: https://www.kazramusic.com/

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This month Anthea talks with Artistic Director Jessica Olivieri about the Season of Care at UTP. View a transcript of this episode here.

https://utp.org.au/event/seasonofcare

Links

Care Work:

https://brownstargirl.org/care-work-dreaming-disability-justice/

A Manifesto for Radical Care or How to be a Human in the Arts

https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essay/a-manifesto-for-radical-care-or-how-to-be-a-human-in-the-arts/

What’s on

Ruth O’Brien’s Songs for Abby, EP Launch: https://www.thestreet.org.au/shows/ruth-o%E2%80%99brien-songs-abby-ep-launch

Burnt Out in Biscuit Land by Touretteshero: https://www.theoldcourts.com/discover/burnt-out-in-biscuit-land/

Pony at Griffin Theatre: https://griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/pony/

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