This month Anthea talks with musician, writer and activist Eliza Hull about her life as a songwriter while trying not to fangirl too hard! Eliza is also the Powerd Media Lead at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. Powerd media is a media platform created by and for people with disabilities.

https://elizahull.com/

https://powerd.media/

What’s on:

Limitless – Sydney Fringe

https://sydneyfringe.com/limitless/

Undercover Artist Festival - Brisbane

https://undercoverartistfest.com/

Music Sample:

Tomorrow – Eliza Hull

https://open.spotify.com/track/2xwQNUuF7S0JUxhstNkYFF

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This month Anthea talks to multi-disciplinary artist and double doctor Debra Keenahan about her life, dehumanisation and the athletics of access.
https://debrakeenahan.com.au/the-artist-and-her-art/

You can access a transcript of this episode here.

What’s on:

Beacon Exhibition

https://www.artsaccess.com.au/whats-on/beacon/

Are You Pulling My Leg?

https://artsontour.com.au/tours/are-you-pulling-my-leg-2025/

Music Sample

No Good by Elly-May Barnes

https://www.ellymaybarnes.com

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Undercover Artist Festival has been running in Brisbane since 2014. Current Festival Director Madeleine Little discusses the festival and her creative practice with Anthea this month.

https://undercoverartistfest.com/

You can access a full transcript of this episode here.

What’s on

Charge! Agincourt by Back to Back at ACMI showing till February 2026

https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/charge-b2b-theatre/

Sydney Disability Pride Festival 2025 – July 26

https://disabilitypridesydney.com/

Music Sample

Facing Monsters by Tralala Blip

https://www.instagram.com/tralalablip/?hl=en

 

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Rawcus is a critically acclaimed long term ensemble of 14 performers with diverse minds, bodies and imaginations. For over 22 years,  the company has been creating audacious performances and arts experiences. You can access a transcript of this episode here.

https://rawcus.org.au/

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What’s on:

Sydney Film Festival – Life After

www.sff.org.au/program/event/life-after/

Frida Kahlo – In Her Own Image

https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/exhibitions/frida-kahlo-in-her-own-image

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Andy is an award winning poet, essayist and academic at the University of Melbourne. He writes with vulnerability and fierceness about the body and the nature of being human.

https://amongtheregulars.com/

You can access a transcript of this episode here.

What’s on:

Liz Martin with Michael Bridges at Kandos Kitchen

https://events.humanitix.com/liz-martin-with-michael-bridges-at-kandos-kitchen

Under the Big Blue Sky and Rainbow Mermaid Fireworks at Casula Powerhouse

https://www.casulapowerhouse.com/whats-on/exhibitions-under-the-big-blue-sky

Music Sample: Liz Martin Band - Anthony

https://lizmartinband.bandcamp.com/

 

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The Apothetae is a North American theatre company dedicated to the production of works that explore and illuminate the disabled experience. This month Anthea discusses their work and residency at New York’s Public Theater with Artistic Director Gregg Mozgala, Director Kim Weild and Scholar Katherine Williams.

https://www.theapothetae.com/

https://publictheater.org/news-items/2024/the-apoethetaes-residency/

You can view an accessible transcript of this episode here.

What’s on:

The Immersive World of Thom Roberts at the National Portrait Gallery

https://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibitions/thom-roberts-2025

Art After Hours: Move with Bedelia and Jeremy Lowrenčev https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/events/art-after-hours-move-bjl/

Music Sample: BATTS – Hold Out   

https://www.battsmusic.com/

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Negin Chahoud is a Visual Artist who explores her emotional journey as a refugee from Iran in her practice. She gives voice to her story through multi-layered, mixed media artworks on paper and paintings and creates intricate, semi-abstract artworks with a strong narrative. Each piece not only showcases part of her history but also reflects on her journey to healing and the inspiration she draws from her natural surroundings.

You can access a transcript for this episode here.

What’s on:

Wellbeing Through Art https://aarts.net.au/news/wellbeing-through-art/

Sarah Blasko and Eliza Hull on tour in Victoria https://www.sarahblasko.com/shows

Music Sample: Eliza Hull – Lilac Dreams https://elizahull.bandcamp.com/track/lilac-dreams

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Van Badham is a writer of plays and novels, an activist and columnist for The Guardian Australia. In the last years she’s been diagnosed as having ADHD. Join us for this special episode of Sideshow where Van examines her past through this new lens, while we acknowledge her brilliant work as a writer.

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/van-badham

Download a transcript of this episode here.

What’s on:

Em and Maddie Solve Your Problems

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8KhkpfnlbsiHajDVHj1lHw

Arts Project Australia – Devoted to You

https://www.artsproject.org.au/exhibitions/devoted-to-you/

Music Sample: Charlie Lane – Gold Drips  

https://charlielane.bandcamp.com/track/gold-drips-2

Charlie Lane with her iconic fusion of devastating lyrics and energetic music has carved out her niche in the Melbourne music scene.

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Ahead of the Sydney Festival opening, Anthea chats to the brilliant Ali Murphy-Oates, a Ngiyampaa Wailwan person who is both Senior Manager, First Nations Strategy & Engagement at Create NSW, and at Sydney Festival as Producer - First Nations.

You can access a transcript of this episode here.

• Sydney Festival: Vigil-Gunyan: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/vigil-gunyah

What’s on:

TarraWarra Museum of Art, Intimate Imaginaries exhibition from Arts Project Australia

https://www.twma.com.au/exhibitions/intimate-imaginaries/

Arts Project Australia

https://www.artsproject.org.au/

Back to Back Theatre: Multiple Bad Things https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/multiple-bad-things

Music Sample: Magnets: Speak https://musicbymagnets.bandcamp.com/music

MAGNETS, the solo project of Naarm-based disabled artist and advocate Siobhan McGinnity

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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

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