Company

Wow! Episode 10 already!!  Thanks for your listens and support so far, it means the world to us!

On the podcast this time we got to speak to the wonderful and generous Tarik Frimpong, who is the founder of the AOC Initiative.

Tarik Frimpong is an Ghanaian-Australian actor, singer and dancer from Melbourne. He made his feature film debut playing the role of Angus in Disney's 2018 film Mary Poppins. Tarik played the role of Young Simba in the Australian Production of The Lion King Musical. He also appeared in Bring It On: The Musical, playing the role of Twig in the Australian premiere. Tarik has appeared as Principal Standby in MADIBA: the Musical and he has appeared on the West End playing the role of Prince Abdullah in Disney's Aladdin the Musical. Tarik has danced for numerous recording artists including; Justin Bieber, FKA Twigs, Aston Merrygold, Missy Higgins, & Zhu.

In this episode we spoke about how to listen to your inner child, finding joy in artistry, and why Tarik came to found the AOC Initiative. (He also talks about his experience meeting Lin Manuel Miranda, Emily Blunt and MERYL STREEP on Mary Poppins Returns!)

We really enjoyed this episode and the open and generous energy Tarik brings, and we know you’ll love hearing what he has to say!

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Hosted and Created by Giorgia Kennedy and Tiana Catalano

Episode 9!!

We are super excited to release this episode with Abbie King- a financial coach for creatives. Originally a performer and writer, Abbie launched her company ‘Free the Artist’ to help creatives find financial freedom and leave that ‘starving artist life’ behind. Financial freedom= creative freedom.

In this episode we talk about the expenses that come with being a performer, how to find a side hustle that keeps you inspired and the small steps you can take now to help your future self.

If you would like to find out more about Abbie and her work or want to enquire about some coaching you can visit her Facebook ‘Free the Artist Coaching’, or jump on her insta @freetheartistcoaching.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode and open up discussion with you on our instagram @companypod, and our facebook Company Podcast. Please leave us a rate and review, and let us know what you’d love to hear in our upcoming episodes at [email protected]

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A very special episode eight coming at you!

On the podcast this week we were oh so lucky to be able to sit down and chat with the wonderful Eddie Perfect!

Eddie Perfect is one of Australia's most diverse, respected and prolific writer/composer/performers. He's won multiple awards for his work both as a performer and writer, and most recently wrote the music for Beetlejuice the musical on Broadway which was nominated for eight tony awards. Some of Eddie’s television credits include Offspring, Kath and Kim, Stingers, Blue Heelers and Spicks And Specks and theatre credits include Bat Boy , The Big Con, Keating! The Musical, Shane Warne The Musical , Misanthropology and TheThreepenny Opera.

Eddie has written and toured several shows including but not limited to Angry Eddie, Cliff Hanger: Catch A Falling Star, The Big Con with Max Gillies and Drink Pepsi Bitch. He has composed music for multiple Malthouse Theatre's productions and has also performed music for the Helpmann, Awgie, Inside Film Awards and for Network 10's Offspring.

This is a very condensed version of his credits, so be sure to check out Eddie’s website eddieperfect.com.au for more!

In this episode, we spoke about what it means to have artistic integrity and be constantly evolving, Eddie’s journey from drama school to Tony Award nominated writer, and the joy he finds in creating his own work.

If you liked this ep, please leave a rate and review wherever you listened to this podcast, and come and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @companypod.

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Hosted and Created by Giorgia Kennedy and Tiana Catalano

Happy Sunday! Episode 7 here we go!

Hey everyone! Thanks for clicking on to this episode!

Thanks for clicking onto episode 5! In this ep we’re talking with Sydney based vocal coach and singer/actor Jennifer Peers about what it means to train your voice holistically, theatre mishaps during My Fair Lady, and the journey of turning your passion into a business.

Jennifer Peers is a voice teacher, singer and actor based in Sydney, providing voice training to professional and aspiring professional musical theatre performers.

As well as working with many of Australia's premier musical theatre performers in my studio, Jennifer teaches vocal technique and musical theatre for the NIDA Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) and the Brent Street Diploma of Musical Theatre.

Jennifer Australian performing credits include:  A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, City of Angels, Nellie Melba in Melba for New Musicals Australia, Isabel in The Pirates Of Penzance for The Production Company, Miss Lark in the Australia/NZ tour of Disney’s Mary Poppins,, Peaches in Jerry Springer the Opera at the Sydney Opera House, My Fair Lady, Frieda/Betty in Sunday In The Park With George for the Q Theatre and Minnie Davies in the original Australian cast of The Hatpin.

Her UK performing credits include: Lead singer in Shoes (West End), Sharon/Sophie cover in Master Class (UK Tour) and 57 Hours at the National Theatre Studio London.

If you would like to find out more about Jen and her work or want to book a lesson you can visit her website www.jenniferpeers.com, or jump on her insta @jenniferpeers.studio or facebook Jennifer Peers Voice studio.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode and open up discussion with you on our instagram @companypod, and our facebook Company Podcast. Please leave us a rate and review, and let us know what you’d love to hear in our upcoming episodes at [email protected]

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EPISODE 4! On this bonus episode we are talking with Melbourne based actor Laurence Boxhall who you may recognise as the Gen Z captain from Channel Nines TV show Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation.

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Hey! Thanks for clicking onto our third episode of Company!

Hello! We’re stoked to be bringing you our second episode of Company. Today on the show, we’re chatting with Shaun Rennie.   

Shaun is a director extraordinaire, who we had the pleasure of working with when he flew over to Perth to direct Mamma Mia at WAAPA. He is a wonderfully talented man who this year has directed IRENE (Neglected Musicals), THE RISE AND DISGUISE OF ELIZABETH R (Hayes Theatre), CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD (Sydney Philharmonia Choir), MAMMA MIA! (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts), and was set to direct AMELIÉ at Darlinghurst Theatre Company pre-COVID. In this episode, we talked about Shaun’s move to directing after being a performer, what he’s learnt through COVID as an artist, and his conception of Light the Night, an annual benefit concert for leukemia research, which he produced and directed for 10 years.  

We’re so happy we got to catch up with Shaun and host him on our pod, and we’re sure you’ll love what he has to say.  

To see more from Shaun, you can check out his website shaunrennie.com, and his instagram @shaunrennie.  

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode and open up discussion with you on our instagram @companypod, and our facebook Company Podcast. Please leave us a rate and review, and let us know what you’d love to hear in our coming episodes at [email protected]  

Edited and Produced by Douglas Rintoul,

Hello! We are so excited to be sharing with you our first ever episode of Company.

Today on the show, we bring you the wonderful Chloe Zuel.

Chloe is a powerhouse performer who has worked extensively across the Australian Arts Music Theatre Industry.

After finishing her training at ED5 in 2007, Chloe worked as a lead vocalist overseas, and since has been working on major musicals across Australia, including Legally Blonde, Beautiful; The Carol King musical, Les Miserables, Dusty, Ragtime and West Side Story.

She was recently seen as Aragon in the Australian Premiere of Six: The Musical pre-covid.  In this chat, we talked about life after closing a show, Chloe’s hilarious theatre mishaps, and start a conversation about what it has meant to Chloe to be a woman of colour within the Australian Music theatre industry, and what she wants to see change within our industry moving forward.

We really loved this chat with Chloe, and we’re sure you will too!

To see more from Chloe, you can check out her website chloezuel.com, and her instagram @chloezuel.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode and open up discussion with you on our instagram @companypod, and our facebook Company Podcast.

Please leave us a rate and review, and let us know what you’d love to hear in our coming episodes at [email protected]

Edited and Produced by Douglas Rintoul