Pop Queers

It’s time for some queen-on-queen action this week on Pop Queers as HollyPop takes on Brenda Bressed!

Be sure to follow HollyPop and strut on down to The Lot for some Drag Trivia every Friday from 7pm!

Brenda is hot off the heels of her Melbourne Fringe show ‘An Evening With Brenda’ so be sure to follow her to stay up to date with all her future projects!

Making a special guest appearance as our celebrity score keeper this week is Kaz Cooke! Subscribe to her newsletter and keep an eye on her website for her upcoming book on menopause.

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It’s time for some radio on radio action this week on Pop Queers!

JOY content manager, Jacqui Kinder, takes on the voice of Yarra Trams and program manager of 88.3 Southern FM, Colin Tyrus!

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JOY 94.9’s biggest rivalry comes to Pop Queers as JOY Breakfast takes on JOY Drive!

Representing Team Pig this week is the brother and sister duo behind JOY Breakfast, Anna and Dean Murphy.

Representing Team Chicken is the team that brings you JOY Drive weekdays from 4-6, Emily Tresidder and Warren Andrew.

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The kiln is getting fired up this week on Pop Queers as Dean Millsom takes on Garry Lane!

Dean Millsom and Garry Lane run the Wheelhouse Studio in South Melbourne, a ceramic studio with classes for all levels of students. Bookings are available here for Term Tasters, 4-8 week Term Classes, and Private Group Classes to fire up your passion for pottery.

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This week we’re lucky to be joined by not two but FOUR special guests from The Flying Fruit Fly Circus!

The Flying Fruit Fly Circus is a full-time circus training program for students aged 8 to 19. You can see them in action at the Art Centre Melbourne in their show Girls With Altitude this Friday and Saturday!

Auditions for 2023 enrolment are being held on the 29th and 30th of September, more information is available on the website.

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This week on Pop Queers we’re thrilled to be joined by Zoe Gertz and Phillip Lowe from the Australian cast of Come From Away!

Come From Away has arrived back in Melbourne and will be playing at the Comedy Theatre until October 16th. Tickets are available here!

After Melbourne the show will be heading up to Sydney and Canberra before heading over to New Zealand for shows in Auckland and Wellington.

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Step in time because this episode of Pop Queers we’re joined by Jacob Steen and Molly Bugeja from the cast of Mary Poppins the Musical!

Mary Poppins the Musical is currently playing in Sydney at the Sydney Lyric Theatre until the 9th of October before catching an umbrella up north to Brisbane for another season starting October 22nd. Tickets are available now!

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Things get technical this week on Pop Queers as our guests from Science Gallery Melbourne, Tilly Boleyn and Lee Casey, go head to head.

The latest exhibition SWARM is on now and running until the 3rd of December, every Tuesday through Saturday. Tickets are FREE! Also be sure to check out the social events running late the first Friday of every month.

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It’s a lovers quarrel this week on Pop Queers as partners and co-workers Samuel Gaskin and Johnny Hamilton go head-to-head.

Samuel Gaskin is an entertainer, change agent, entrepreneur, and musician who has collaborated with the likes of Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project and The Merindas. He is Managing Director of Beat Entertainment, a BIPOC LGBTQI+ led and focussed entertainment company with whom he has created the stunning music videos for his songs RECKŌNING and RĀIN.

Johnny Hamilton is visual artist, chef, and creative conceptualiser extraordinaire who works alongside Samuel as Beat Entertainment’s Artistic Director. You can see his concepts, stylings, costumes, and sets beautifully featured in the music videos of Beat Entertainment.

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This week on Pop Queers, Jamila Rizvi takes on April Hélène-Horton in a heated battle for a Kath and Kim “I’m Gropable!” tea towel.

Jamila is the Deputy Managing Director of Future Women where she is committed to achieving gender equality in Australian workplaces. She is also a best selling author for both children and adults, an opinion columnist for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, and co-host of The Briefing podcast.

April became Australia’s first plus-sized model to appear in a bikini on a billboard in 2021 and is a champion for racial equality, LGBTQ inclusion, sex positivity, and fat liberation. You can check out her work in the three part series What Does Australia Really Think About… where she explores attitudes towards obesity in Australia.

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