Hey everyone! Welcome Elyse Maloway back to Broad-WHAT? again for Season 2. Elyse is truly one of my very best friends and it was so amazing to get to talk to her again here. We went pretty deep this time, and got to talking about how she finds ways to stay strong both in her personal and professional life whether that be through self care or finding ways to ask for help from others.

She is also such an amazing and varied artist, having now been seen on screen and stage in big roles such as Ariel in the Little Mermaid and in supporting roles as well, such as the upcoming TV series “Blue Book” starring Aidan Gillen of Game of Thrones fame! The Little Mermaid was actually her first foray back into musical theater after taking a long hiatus to pursue film and voiceover work instead, so of course we had to talk a bit about all of that.

Finally, I just want to plug her amazing poetry Instagram which we talk about towards the end of this episode. Check out original poems by Elyse @e.k.m_poetry on Instagram.

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P.S. Sorry for the minor stroke that I had at the end of the intro, haha...

Hi everyone! Say hello to the amazing actor/singer/dancer - the unbelievably talented Michelle Bardach!

She and I have spoken in the past and we run in the same circles, however, this is the first time that we have ever had as in depth a conversation as we did here. As a first nations actress whose indigenous heritage hails from the Coast Salish peoples of the Squamish Nation she has many interesting and challenging stories to tell about her life in the arts and in general.

I want to thank her for letting me come and speak to her about her life and experiences. I have learned so much this year so far speaking to so many beautiful and interesting people, and I can’t wait to keep on going!

Thank you all for listening to Broad-WHAT?! Like and subscribe as always and I’ll see you next week with another all new episode from another inspiring soul.

Surprise weekend episode coming at you! This one was a real treat because I got to meet a new friend and colleague - the lovely and talented Graham Coffeng!

I felt an immediate kinship with Graham, and I was so excited to talk to him about his amazing career. It’s not often that I am meeting someone for the first time when we have our interview, but this was such an amazing experience that I have a feeling I’m going to need to ask Graham to come back again after the Impromptu Cabaret Festival so that we can do a post-mortem and get to know each other even better!

Speaking of the Impromptu Cabaret Festival, Graham’s show is called “Gimme Gimme” and has performances tonight (June 30th) at 9:00pm and next Friday July 6th at 7:30pm. Tickets can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/graham-coffeng-impromptu-cabaret-festival-tickets-46727297605

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Hi everyone! This one really has been a long time coming, but I finally managed to convice Cecilly Day to be on the podcast!

She and I have known each other since way back in 2008, and even though we lost connection there in the middle for a bit, I still consider her one of my absolute closest friends in the world. On this podcast we talked about so many topics, from the University of Victoria and their great rabbit purge all the way through to systemic racism and its omnipresence in society and theatre today, and everything in between.

Needless to say, this one really hit me, especially on the heels of hosting the diversity panel a couple of weeks ago. We as a people still have a long way to go.

I don’t want to say too much more, so take a listen and don’t forget to go see Cecilly’s show “BLACK-ish?” at the Impromptu Cabaret Festival Friday which runs on June 29 @ 7:30pm and Saturday June 30 @ 6:00pm. Tickets can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cecilly-day-impromptu-cabaret-festival-tickets-46727256482

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the amazing Will Tippery! We recorded this just before we went to watch “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle! We were already feeling jazzed going into our chat, and left it feeling even better!

We’ve known each other for quite a while now, but we’ve never really had the time to just shoot the shit, so it was nice to finally have the chance. Will is actually a dual citizen with the USA having been born and raised there, which made me want to talk a bit about our respective faith systems and relationships with religion.

Let’s get to it gang! See you next week on Broad-WHAT?

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Hey everyone! Welcome back to Broad-WHAT? Thursday edition (aka we’re late but we’re making it seem on purpose).

This week we bring you the lovely and amazingly talented Jacob Woike! We had a really good talk about a variety of different topics, but my favourites were navigating professional work, balancing personal and professional life, and masculinity, among countless others. This is one to listen to for sure!

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This is a super special episode friends! This week I act as the moderator of a very important discussion on diversity in theatre featuring Ali Watson, Hal Wesley Rogers, and Synthia Yusuf. I’m not going to say much here other than that I think of all the episodes we’ve put out so far, this was by far the most interesting and relevant to the artistic environment in which we find ourselves. The world is changing folks! Let’s be part of the change for the better.

As always, please subscribe and like and tell your Mom to check us out. Broad-WHAT? OUT! (until next week).

Byyyeeeee!

Get ready you guys, this one was super fun because I got to talk to my very good friend Julian Legere (with special guest star Skimbleshanks the cat).

This one got down to a lot of very interesting and deep topics of conversation such as diversity in theatre, activism, sexuality, politics, and much more! Also, special shout out to a couple of lovely ladies: Katherine Alpen and Fairlith Harvey (#fairlith)! You’ll understand why once you listen.

I also want to take this opportunity to link to www.native-land.ca, which is an excellent resource for performers, theatre companies, and everyone else to be aware of the indigenous territory that you’re performing on.

Tune in next week for more Broad-WHAT? goodness, and in the meantime make sure to like, subscribe, and share! Bye!

Oh my God you guys -it’s Maddy Suddaby! I love this girl so, so, so much, and I’m very glad that we finally got to sit down together and shoot the shit. She really is one of the most talented people that I know, so of course we got to chatting about her career and the many shows that she’s done across the country. In fact, she’s actually off in Saskatchewan right now doing the Globe Theatre’s production of Shrek.

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Kurtis is such an amazing actor, singer, and dancer - a true triple threat! I was so happy to be able to chat with him this week about his unique theatre experience. Being a gay man and playing leading roles can be difficult, because we often find the need to butch it up in a variety of ways.

I hope that you all love listening to this talk as much as I loved recording it!

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