Born to the sound of sheep in the spring of 1984, Spankie Jackzon knew she was destined for more than just the cow pats of her conservative country town.

She’s gone on to win not one, but two reality TV drag competitions,

And she’s premiering her SOLD OUT debut solo show, ‘Just The Tip’, in Melbourne’s a part of Melbourne Fringe this weekend.

Spankie joins Rach & Dean on JOY Breakfast to talk drag and so much more.

 

In their latest show ‘Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh*t’, cabaret du sex clown Betty Grumble is hitting the stage to challenge taboos and confront violence all from an eco-feminist lens.

But who is Betty Grumble?

And who is Emma Maye Gibson?

To find out more we need to chat to Emma Maye, aka Betty Grumble to find out all about this show that they can only describe as composting of many of our collective traumas and experiences.

Conjured as an antidote to the ever-present cultures of violence and ecocide, Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t is poetry, a tribute, a rock n roll performance art collision, love scene and revenge fantasy. An un-shaming dance and chance to allow ourselves to be seen, it is a sensual, surreal and sublime experience of an all singing, dancing, howling and loving cabaret du Sex Clown.

Rach & Dean dive into another mass debate on JOY Breakfast for World Food Day, deciding which cuisine reigns supreme, Mexican or Thai?

World Food Day is celebrated annually on 16 October and aims to raise awareness of ongoing efforts to eliminate poverty, hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition.

This years theme:

Water is life, water is food. 

Leave no one behind. 

Water is essential to life on Earth. It covers the majority of the Earth’s surface, makes up over 50% of our bodies, produces our food, and supports livelihoods.  

But this precious resource is not infinite and we need to stop taking it for granted. What we eat, and how that food is produced all affect water. 

Together, we can take water action for food and be the change. 

 

Co-creators of GenderQuest, Violet Minehan and Lilith Plummer share with Rach & Dean about this peer mentoring program, which helps people explore their gender through games, friendships, and the transfer of knowledge.

Find out more here.

Dyan Tai, the self-described Gaysian Empress of Sydney, is a trilingual, Malaysian-born, Chinese-Australian musician, performance artist and DJ.

Not only that, he’s also the founder of Worship Queer Collective, celebrating Queer Asian Excellence with rave-reviewed community events.

With an empowering electronic anthem ‘Hantu’ being released just last week, Dyan popped by JOY Breakfast to share their incredible journey so far and to performa haunting Live Lounge for Friday the 13th.

It’s Friday the 13th. It’s almost Halloween, and Rach & Dean are getting kooky and spooky here on JOY Breakfast.

Something that sounds super kooky and spooky is Outer Demons, a camp, cabaret exorcism, starring some of Melbourne’s best alternative drag talent – and one of them joined them this morning on the show – producer & performer Lilium.

Grab your tickets to Outer Demons here.

Picture this – the seven deadly sins, reimagined by seven First Nations performers across drag, burlesque, sideshow, circus, and comedy. 

That’s exactly what you’ll get at Deadly Sinners, a unique cabaret show reclaiming and celebrating Queer, Blak identities, and playing this week in Melbourne.

Joining Rach & Dean on JOY Breakfast is one of the hosts of the show, the fabulous Bizzi Body.

Grab your tickets to Deadly Sinners here.

We’re smack-bang in the middle of the Melbourne Fringe Festival!

There’s so many things to see, including a bunch of home-grown and international circus shows, playing at the National Institute of Circus Arts in Prahran.

One of these shows is ‘Mister Three’, created by Taiwan’s Formosa Circus Art.

We chat to Melbourne Fringe Festival’s Special Projects Producer, Erica McCalman about what makes this show so special and ask the question, if you quit your job to join the circus what would it be for?

October 11th is also the International Day of the Girl, which is a global platform advocating for the full spectrum of women and girls rights.

And last night the inductees for the Victorian Honour Role of Women, a platform which celebrates the outstanding contributions made by Victorian women, acknowledges the many ways they’ve made lasting contributions to Victoria.

One of the women inducted into the Victorian Honour Role of Women is no stranger to us here at JOY Breakfast, Michelle Shepherd who we all here at JOY know as Mama Mish, and we could not be more proud to share this wonderful Accolade with Michelle on JOY Breakfast.

With World Mental Health Day earlier this week and lots of sad and scary stories in the news it’s important to check in with your mental health and work towards having a more positive mental health relationsip.

We are joined by Cal from Well Well Well who talks about reaching out to your GP for a mental health plan before it gets bad, a great way to stay on top of positive mental health.