Creative Connections: Recent Episodes
Adam Dear
Adam Dear is a theatre director and actor, fascinated with understanding how people think and create in the 21st-century. Dear interviews creative professionals and intellectuals across Australia and the globe. Creative Connections is also on Spotify & Apple Podcast.
Singers, Actors, Musical Theatre Performers.
Topics: beginnings, meet-cute, Jazz & Soul Duo, favourite roles, audition stories, power structures in the performing arts, advice to younger artists.
https://linktr.ee/adamdear
https://www.mycause.com.au/page/242287/adam-ma-fund
https://www.jazzandsoulduo.com
https://www.facebook.com/JazzandSoulDuo
https://www.instagram.com/jazzandsoulduo
Intro music, Cali by Wataboi
Opera Singer.
Topics: What "should" opera singers look like, singing origins, travel, training, COVID, the good the bad and the ugly, 2021 productions.
https://linktr.ee/adamdear
https://www.johnlongmuir.com/
https://opera.org.au/artist/john-longmuir/
Intro music, Cali by Wataboi
Singer, Actress, Director.
Topics: plants, lockdown in NYC, musical theatre, pursuing dreams, Broadway, directing, film.
https://linktr.ee/adamdear
https://www.kayetuckerman.com
https://www.instagram.com/kayetuckerman
Intro music, Cali by Wataboi
Actor, Producer.
Topics: NIDA, theatre, A Country Practice, Australian Theatre Live, Realplaymedia.
https://linktr.ee/adamdear
www.realplaymedia.com
https://www.facebook.com/AusTheatreLive
www.australiantheatre.live
https://vimeo.com/antlive
Intro music, Cali by Wataboi
Theatre-makers, performers.
Topics: performing origins, audition horror stories, producing costs, Grimloch Radio Play.
https://linktr.ee/adamdear
https://www.facebook.com/grimlochradio
Intro music, Cali by Wataboi
MMA fighter.
Topics: artwork, interest in martial arts, family influence, moving to USA, training, UFC debut, surgery.
https://linktr.ee/adamdear
https://www.ufc.com/athlete/cory-mckenna
https://www.instagram.com/corymckenna99/
https://www.instagram.com/poppins.paintings/
Intro music, Cali by Wataboi
Ballerina.
Topics: Upbringing, Rockhampton, ballet, London, family, book, QLD ballet
https://linktr.ee/adamdear
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/marys-last-dance-9780143789710
https://www.queenslandballet.com.au/company/team/dancers/mary-li-1
https://www.instagram.com/maryli9128/
Intro music, Cali by Wataboi
Photography by Mikala Connor
Writer, Artist, Political Commentator.
www.gretelkilleen.com.au/art
Topics: New book, painting, COVID, fame (living in and out of the spotlight), social media (should you use it), creative process.
News Anchor. Topics: unusual news, famous guests, interviews gone wrong, women and their careers (can they have it all), Real Housewives of Melbourne.
Actor, Singer, Female Impersonator. Topics: beginnings, cabaret, writing partners, Conchita Wurst, vocal training, agents.
Satirist. Topics: What's funny, people-pleasing, mental health, politics, social media.
Theatre Director. Topics: Being an Asian Australian Actor, stage fright, Aladdin, Nida, directing, Tokyo, political correctness in the Arts.
Film & Theatre Director. Topics: Nida, Sarah Kane, timing, directing kids, feature film.
Actor. Topics: how performance has changed, theatre or film, agents vs networking, career advice.
Professional Drag Queen.
Topics: Downton Abbey, who is Maxi, creative team, how drag has changed.
Supervising Director for Opera Australia.
Topics: Dance, Musical Theatre, Opera Australia, directing overseas, arts grants, advice for up-and-comers.
Stage/screenwriter: Holding The Man, Packer & Sons, Mark Colvin’s Kidney, Strangers in Between. Devil’s Playground and Fighting Season for Foxtel TV.
Topics: Writing a play, resilience, Arts in Australia, balancing work and family.
Singer-songwriter. Albums: Hiding Place, Sons Can Rest, Circles.
Topics: Craft, rest, striving for perfection, purpose.
Renowned theatre practitioner, Stephen Thomas, discusses finding purpose, musical theatre, acting, and his upcoming book on creativity.
Australian Actor, Josh McConville discusses his acting process, Hamlet, and what the future holds for the Arts industry.
Clint Bolster is a Clown, Physical Actor, Mask Theatre Specialist, Stilt Performer & Trainer and Teaching Artist from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Ryan Gilpin about the creative process, songwriting, and what it takes to make an album.