For the season finale of Was It Worth It we bring the podcast full circle to discuss Gabe and Pete's latest collaboration - the isolation web series The Pact. We're joined by series star Rose Flanagan, editor John Erasmus and producer Kashmir Sinnamon to explore the challenges of making a series remotely, maintaining a consistent tone despite nine different writers, capturing an audience early and much more.

Stream The Pact now:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL56i_otWhmxCvXhVGMdzyHvn9ld2vVWdn

We're joined by Laila Thaker of Ilbijerri Theatre to discuss representation and collaboration with and within First Nations’ Theatres and how attitudes to acting and theatre-making have changed in the course of her career as an artist.

This week we're joined by independent theatre maker and educator Joachim Matschoss, who takes us through his journey from working with the European theatre masters to creating his own work in Australia and internationally. We cover a wide range of topics, from the importance of fidelity to the script, the challenges of making theatre in Australia and what the future of the independent scene could look like.

Check out Joachim's work here:

https://byteensemble.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/backyardtheatreensemble

His plays can be purchased here:

https://australianplays.org/playwright/ASC-255

And remember to watch Pete and Gabe's web-series, The Pact - now streaming!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL56i_otWhmxCvXhVGMdzyHvn9ld2vVWdn

Gabe and Pete's webseries The Pact is now online! With new episodes out daily, Was It Worth It will be taking a short hiatus until September 4.

Check out The Pact here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL56i_otWhmxCvXhVGMdzyHvn9ld2vVWdn

Our first international guests, Tom Lenk and Byron Lane, take us through putting together their hit touring production, how it started, the challenges of performing in different venues along with many hilarious behind the scenes stories.

Find us on Twitter:

Bitten By Productions - @Bitten_By
Gabe - @gobergmoser
Pete - @peteablackburn1
Tom - @TomLenk
Byron - @ByronLane

Check out Byron's book!

https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/a-star-is-bored/

Jessica Stanley and James Cerche of Spinning Plates Productions take us through discovering the play You Are The Blood at a conference in America, bringing it to Australia and realising a complex, dark story within the limitations of independent theatre.

The team from Lightning Jar Theatre explore how they created the commercial and critical juggernaut of 2018, their ambitiously huge production of Mr. Burns, within the limitations of independent theatre.

Debut playwright Katherine Atkins and debut director Kashmir Sinnamon break down the challenges of their hit Midsumma comedy Eyes Wide Woke, exploring how they navigated uncharted waters to create a successful show.

Gary Abrahams discusses growing up in South Africa, his influences, career, the challenges of working as an independent director, and what it was like to direct Ellen Burstyn in The 33 Variations.

Gary's website:

https://garyabrahamstheatre.wixsite.com/garyabrahamstheatre

Find us on Twitter:

Gabe - @gobergmoser
Pete - @peteablackburn1
Bitten By Productions - @Bitten_By

Michala Banas and Keith Brockett of the KIN Collective discuss their ambitious staging of Martin McDonagh's entire Leenane Trilogy, what leads high profile actors to go independent, and much more.

Find us on Twitter:

Gabe - @gobergmoser
Pete - @peteablackburn1
KIN Collective - @kin_collective
Bitten By Productions - @bitten_by

https://www.kintheatrecollective.com/

The Pact - Launching July 15
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCHqTUA3vyu-ziiN0lM2kog