Sideshow

5 Dec 2025, 4pm Disability Arts History A massive project has been brewing over the last six years: the Disability Arts History Australia website, spearheaded by academics from across the country. This month Anthea talks to two of them: Bree Hadley and Eddie Paterson. https://disabilityartshistoryaustralia.net/ Click here to access a transcript of this episode. What’s on: Australian Museum – Unfinished Business https://australian.museum/exhibition/unfinished-business/ Fitzroy Library Showcases – Muscle Cars – Jo Kiriazis. https://www.artsaccess.com.au/whats-on/muscle-cars-by-jo-kiriazis-solo-exhibition/ Music Nat Luna – Talk Soon https://linktr.ee/natluna ——- Any feedback or requests please contact Anthea at [email protected]  

7 Nov 2025, 4pm The Strangeways Ensemble This month Anthea talks with Wollongong’s only professional theatre ensemble – The Stangeways Ensemble. They are a company of neurodiverse actors who have been devising theatre together for over a decade. This month they open their new work, The Seven, at The Wollongong Town Hall.   You can access a transcript of this episode here. The Strangeways Ensemble: https://merrigong.com.au/about-us/the-strangeways-ensemble/ The Seven: https://merrigong.com.au/shows/the-seven What’s on: Inclusion Festival https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/whats-on/annual-events/inclusion-festival Hydro Disco – Art Pool Party bookings – this is a free event! https://events.humanitix.com/inner-west-hydro-disco Music Favourite Kid – Setback https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CQ406OomjWqSnFjsnTeGD?si=0f9e35c87dad4382&nd=1&dlsi=9731d50ea69b4ced Any feedback or requests please contact Anthea at [email protected]

10 Oct 2025, 4pm Polly Atkin This month Anthea talks with award-winning nature writer, memoirist, and poet Polly Atkin about her remarkable body of work, Nature Cures and the owls of Grasmere. Click here to access a transcript of this episode. Polly Atkin’s website: https://pollyatkin.com/about/ Polly Atkin’s article on Lit Hub about The Salt Path: https://lithub.com/nature-is-not-going-to-cure-you-on-raynor-winns-fabricated-memoir/ Polly has previously taught English Literature and Creative Writing at Queen Mary University of London, Strathclyde University, Lancaster University, and the University of Cumbria. Her first book, Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better, was longlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize. She is also the author of The Company of Owls. She lives in Grasmere, England, and is the co-owner of historic independent bookshop Sam Read Bookseller. What’s on: Chloe Hayden Curates the Powerhouse Collection: https://powerhouse.com.au/about/media/chloe-hayden-curates-the-powerhouse-collection Legacy of Lines – Carly Marchment https://www.slimdustycentre.com.au/Visit-Us/Whats-On/Legacy-of-Lines-exhibition-by-Carly-Marchment Music Lee Reid – Towards the Great Unknown https://soundcloud.com/leereid-music Any feedback or requests please contact Anthea at [email protected]

12 Sep 2025, 4pm Elly May Barnes This month Anthea talks with singer, songwriter and disability advocate Elly May Barnes about her life as a musician and work to make the music industry more accessible ahead of her headlining show at the Sydney Fringe Festival. https://sydneyfringe.com/events/elly-may-barnes/ You can access a transcript of this episode here. What’s on: Embodied – A Deaf Perspective https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/whats-on/emerging-curator-program-embodied-deaf-perspective Flesh Mirror – Pulse, Melbourne Fringe https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/whats-on/events/flesh-mirror Melbourne Fringe – check out their digital offerings https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/whats-on/events?eventfilters=locations%3A167c665a-27f6-4614-af76-4fa221137ba5&additionalFilters=Other Music Elly May Barnes – No Good https://www.ellymaybarnes.com/ Any feedback or requests please contact Anthea at [email protected]

15 Aug 2025, 4pm Eliza Hull 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

18 Jul 2025, 4pm Debra Keenahan 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 —– Any feedback or requests please contact Anthea at [email protected]

20 Jun 2025, 4pm Undercover Artists Festival and Madeleine Little 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   Any feedback or requests please contact Anthea at [email protected]

23 May 2025, 4pm Rawcus 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/ ————— 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 Any feedback or requests please contact Anthea at [email protected]

25 Apr 2025, 4pm Andy Jackson 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/   Any feedback or requests please contact Anthea at [email protected]

28 Mar 2025, 4pm The Apothetae Theater 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/ Any feedback or requests for 2025 please contact Anthea at [email protected]

28 Feb 2025, 4pm Negin Chahoud 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 Any feedback or requests for 2024 please contact Anthea at [email protected]

31 Jan 2025, 4pm Van Badham 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. —- Any feedback or requests for 2024 please contact Anthea at [email protected]

3 Jan 2025, 4pm Ali Murphy-Oates 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 Thingshttps://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

15 Dec 2023, 4pm Amy Claire Mills 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/ Click here to access a full transcript of this episode. 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 Any feedback or requests for 2024 please contact Anthea at [email protected]

20 Oct 2023, 4pm Kiruna Stammel – Screen, Stage, and Disability Kiruna Stamell is an Australian actor and dancer. Sydney born she’s trained in both the UK and Australia and has appeared in films like Moulin Rouge, on TV in shows like Serpent Queen and on stage. She’s even been on Play School. Currently she’s playing Kirsty Millar on British Soap, Doctors. This month Kiruna and Anthea discuss actor training and development, Kiruna’s international career and advice she has for emerging actors. What’s on: Sheltered by Kathryn Hall https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/sheltered/ DEAF ENOUGH by Nathan Borg https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/deaf-enough/ Kinetic Light – Decent https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kineticlight Music Sample: The Psychotic Reactions https://thepsychoticreactions.bandcamp.com/

6 Oct 2023, 4pm Liz Martin – Disability Arts Liz Martin is a powerhouse in Disability Arts. This month the musician and CEO of Accessible Arts NSW talks with Anthea about all things music, inclusion and how to use crip ideals to make great art. Click here for a transcript of this episode. What’s on: ~~~~~ “…derelict in uncharted space…” An intrepid homage to a Star Trek fan club through intersensory movement and space-time translations. https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/derelict-in-uncharted-space/ Burranba-y Fashion and art combined in a showcase of work from First Nations, and disabled, female creatives. https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/burranba-y/ Music Sample: Anthony from The Liz Martin Band https://lizmartinband.bandcamp.com/