Bryce Bofinger, a Brisbane-born, Sydney based playwright, director, performer and choreographer. He is one half of the core team behind the theatre group 180 Collective, and the writer for the KXT PopUpstairs’ show Lunch With Bernays. He is also a current participant of KXT's Laboratory and Step Up programs. Bryce graduated from NIDA’s Master of Fine Arts (Writing for Performance) course in 2020. Prior to NIDA, he completed a BFA (Drama) at QUT, over the course of which he also participated in several emerging creative programs, including Queensland Theatre’s 2017 Young Playwright’s Program 18-26. Lunch with Bernays will be the second play of Bryce’s to be professionally produced, after last year’s production of Nothing To Fear, which was produced as part of The Old 505's Freshworks program. In 2020, Bryce also directed The Princess Party by Samira Spring for The Old 505's 2020 Freshworks program.

Priscilla is a Lebanese born Australian (moved to Australia when she was 13). Priscilla is a creative but her roots lie in acting. She got her qualifications from the Actors College of Theatre & Television (ACTT) in Sydney and the MET Film School in London.

Camilla is a non-binary artist working across theatre, film and media. They reside and work on Gadigal land. They are committed to telling new stories in innovative ways.

Alessia Francischiello, in an Italian photographer and filmmaker, is a multi award winning writer, and the executive producer and director of the short film 'Deep Pockets, Empty Hearts' which is to be released in (2021).

Being born in Auckland, New Zealand but having spent extensive time in London certainly makes for an interesting voice in Benjamin. 

He received undergraduate training at The National Theatre Drama School in Melbourne, and postgraduate training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He is an actor and voiceover artist based in Sydney with 15 years' experience across the UK and Australasia. He has worked extensively in film, tv, theatre, and voiceover.

WELCOME BACK! Today we have a special artist by the name of Amelia Conway. Amelia Conway is a Sydney based actor, writer and filmmaker. We discuss with her about how she got creative itch. She was on her way to being in the fashion industry and then took slight left turn and pursued a different creative path which was acting. Also spoke about mental health and some of the challenges she faced when she switched paths. We also happy to announce that she has recently Wrote, Produced, Acted and Directed her first web series called 'Rollercoaster Testers'. What an amazing Talent out of Sydney. CHOOKAS!

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Today we are joined by Bec Shortt! Bec is a pop singer-songwriter from southwest Sydney, who has emerged from the worlds of dance and martial arts to embark on a solo music project by her stage name Cami Bex. Off the back of her recent song release, Falling for A Star, we talk about her artist journey and how she has applied the mindset techniques she teaches people in order to keep a level (and positive) head in the industry. A long-time life coach to high achievers and creative souls, Bec helps us question paradigms of success & offers an inspirational outlook to anyone who feels they don't fit the mould.

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John is building a career for himself in multimedia with the goal of producing creative content, advertisment and promotional material. On top of this he manages to write all the music and organise the ins and outs of 2 musical acts, one being "Hair metal" the other being what he describes as "Disco Space Rock." Finding the time to juggle such time consuming projects and find a healthy work to life balance isn't an easy feat. We chat to him about how he stays motivated and prevents himself from burning out creativity. Please SHARE if you enjoyed this episode, we don't have funds for marketing so we grow through your free generosity of sharing. Thank you and CHOOKAS to YOU!

Taufeeq is an actor, writer, director living in Sydney. He is a weekly story writer & radio presenter on 89.3 2GLF FM Kehte Sunte. As Actor, Taufeeq has worked with theater groups like Lane Cove & North Shore Theatre Company, including South Asian theatre companies such as Heart & Soul Productions, Adakar Theatre, Nautanki Theatre amongst others. He has directed plays like #Metoo & The Eye of the Storm, for the Short+Sweet Sydney Festival 2019 both graced with a podium finish & Don't Feed The Lion for LCTC. In India, Taufeeq has acted in Indian television & theatre. His first TV appearance was at the age of nine, he debuted in theatres with Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew playing Baptista Minola in his teens, since then he has acted in & directed several productions in English Hindi & Urdu language. Trained in martial arts, literature, marketing, entrepreneurship & hospitality, Taufeeq aspires to bring to the fore his experience to the Australian Creative Arts Community.

From his early days as an accidental actor, starting with a year-long national tour of Peasant Prince: Story of Mao's Last Dancer (Monkey Baa Theatre Co, winner of Sydney Theatre Awards Best Production for Children, 2016), Edric has been steadily honing his stage and screen craft with credits spanning across theatre, films, shorts, commercials and corporate training. He recently wrapped shooting as a principal cast for upcoming SBS miniseries New Gold Mountain (Goalpost Pictures, 2021). Edric’s background in Pilates movement training has served him well to meet the physical rigours of acting. Being a paper geek, Edric also channels his creativity as an origami artist commissioning paper models for commercial campaigns and film projects such as I Am Mother with Rose Byrne and Hillary Swank (Penguin Empire/Netflix, 2019). We hope you guys enjoy this episode and please share our podcast to other creators within the industry so we can all help each other. Thanks for listening to another episode and CHOOKAS to you!