Run The Show Podcast

This is a bonus episode brought to you by the Run the Show Podcast. We chat to the creators Clare Bartholomew & Daniel Tobias about a brand new show about to hit the stage called The Anniversary. Tune in to find out what the show is about, how it came about, what audiences can expect and how to write a non-verbal physical comedy!  ON SALE NOW 10 - 21 February 2021 fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia. BOOK HERE: https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/the-anniversary You’re invited to Jim & Barb’s golden wedding anniversary! After 50 years of marriage, these Baby Boomers from Balwyn annoy one another so much… they literally want to kill each other. Meanwhile, Greta Thunberg is on the TV telling them that the world is on fire and it’s all their fault. Their comedic dissent into the disappointing abyss of unfulfilled dreams and a mounting fear of ‘what’s outside’ is layered with precision timing, nonsensical absurdity and deadpan delivery. Multi award-winning creators of Die Roten Punkte, Clare Bartho

Janet A McLeod is a Melbourne-based performer/producer/broadcaster/writer with over 25 years of experience is the field of live comedy. As a performer, Janet hosts countless trivia nights and events both live and online, and is co-host of cult-favourite movie comedy commentary show Cinema Fiasco (in which Janet and her double-act partner Geoff Wallis show B grade movies in cinemas and provide a running commentary as the movie plays - yes, this is as much fun as it sounds). As a producer, Janet's adaptability and attention to detail - coupled with a genuine love and understanding of comedy - has made her long-running comedy room Local Laughs (17 years) a favourite for established artists as well as an incubator for promising emerging talent. Fun fact: during lockdown, Local Laughs became the first regularly operating comedy room in Australia to do weekly shows live via Zoom. Janet's active championing of - and collaboration with - a large numbers of comedy practitioners has seen her dubbed "The Fairy Godmothe

Sam Strong is an award-winning theatre director and one of Australia’s most successful and influential arts leaders. Sam is currently the Chair of the Melbourne Fringe and was previously Chair of Circa. Sam has also been Artistic Director and CEO of Queensland Theatre and Griffin Theatre, Associate Artistic Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company, Literary Associate at Belvoir, and the founding dramaturg in residence at Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre. As a director of theatre, Sam has created productions for all Australian State Theatre Companies and the Melbourne and Sydney Festivals. His directing credits include EMERALD CITY, JASPER JONES, TWELFTH NIGHT, Working Dog’s THE SPEECHMAKER, PRIVATE LIVES, LES LIASONS DANGEROUS, and THE BOYS. Sam has won Best Direction of a Mainstage Production at the Sydney Theatre Awards and has received multiple Best Director and Best Production nominations at the Sydney Theatre Awards, the Green Room Awards, and the Helpmann Awards. Sam’s next project is the world premiere sta

Jamie Bretman is a circus performer and producer with the multi award-winning company Dummies Corp. A graduate of Circo Arts in New Zealand and the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Australia. He has an incredibly diverse set of skills spanning acrobatics, fire performing, clowning, manipulation and music (Jamie can play more than six different instruments). Jamie’s characteristic performance style, a clever mix of vaudeville clown and contemporary circus, has enchanted audiences through his solo shows and larger ensemble work. Dummies Corp have toured extensively across Australia and around the world with their productions, Trash Test Dummies, Splash Test Dummies and Don’t Mess With the Dummies, delighting families in the UK, China, Korea, Europe, USA, Singapore, New Zealand and at home in Australia. Jamie has directed for Madhouse Circus, Head First Acrobats, Trash Test Dummies and consulted for numerous emerging Australian companies. He is Executive Producer for Dummies Corp, collaborating with

Vanessa Immink is an emerging wāhine Māori/Pākēha theatre maker, producer and marketer, with experience in touring large scale international productions to independent solo shows, as well as marketed and publicised dozens of independent events over the past seven years. Originally from Whakatāne, Immink moved to Wellington in 2012 to study performing arts. Once graduating from the Whitireia Performance Centre with a Bachelor of Applied Arts (Performing Arts – Musical Theatre), she began working as a production assistant & tour manager for Lunchbox Theatrical Productions on international touring shows such as Singin In the Rain, Cats, Blue Man Group and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Immink is the founder and creative producer of The Co - Lab, a Wellington based theatre company, created in 2016 with a focus on producing emerging Māori and Pasifika artists’ new theatre work. Work of note are Kasiano Mita’s Talofa Papa (NZ Fringe & Kia Mau Festival 2018, WORLD FRINGE, Adelaide Fringe & Basement Theatre 2019, an

Catherine Alcorn is an award winning artist and producer who works extensively in theatre, cabaret and television. As an artist, Catherine has produced and performed in national and international tours of her own stage shows The Divine Miss Bette, Go Your Own Way: The Story of Christine McVie, Cathartic and 30 Something and is a regular fixture in Festival programs including Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Sydney Festival and as Ambassador for Noosa Long Weekend and Ballarat Cabaret Festival in 2014/15. During her appointment as Ambassador, both festivals broke attendance and box office records. In 2018 Catherine made her triumphant USA and Sydney Opera House debut in her most famous role as The Divine Miss Bette, winning her the Best Cabaret Production in the 2018 Broadway World Awards. As a producer, Catherine's cabaret credits include Creative Director of Slide Lounge (2010 - 2014), Slide Cabaret Festivals (2011 - 2013), From Sydney With Love: A Concert for Orlando at Sydney Town Hall (2016), High Standard f

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Elena has been Creative Producer of events and shows since 2006. Specialising primarily in circus, variety and multi-artform shows, Elena makes and tours shows which have included Rouge, Dinosaur Time Machine, Papillon, Le Petit Circus, So You Think You Can Drag, Shake It and more, and have toured extensively around Australia and to Europe and Asia. Elena has worked on a variety of events and festivals. She is co-producer of Gluttony, one of the big hubs at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and was the Director of Harlequins, the premiere event for children as part of Canberra's year-long Centenary Celebrations in 2013. She has run Bally On High in 2012 and 2014 and Anstey Village Festival in 2018 in Melbourne, and collaborates on the artistic program at the National Folk Festival, Floriade Australia and Corinbank Festivals in Canberra.Gluttony is a hub at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Gluttony was born in 2011 and has grown extensively since. 2018 saw over 500,000 people come through the gates, with over&nb

Pieta has been performer all her life and recently moved into producing live performance events. With a history in dance and physical theatre Pieta has a passion for all forms of live performance from Comedy to Circus, Burlesque to Ballet, Music, Mime and everything in between. A former Go Go Dancer and Burlesque Performer, Pieta has oftened dabbled in creative producing live shows and events in Sydney and Melbourne, before moving into independent producing a few years ago. Armed with a Masters in Arts and Cultural Management, a Bachelor in Performance Studies and Gender Studies, and experience working for locally run community arts organisations to Melbourne Theatre Company and Arts Centre Melbourne, Pieta enjoys supporting and advocating for artists pushing the boundaries on mainstream representations of gender, sexuality, politics and empowerment. Pieta currently works for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival as the Artists and Program Administrator, and has recently worked with Don't

Tom Dickins is a producer, singer-songwriter, publicist and composter based in Castlemaine, Victoria. He is the co-director of Crowded, a business dedicated to helping performing artists and independent venues find and grow their crowd.  Tom is one of the creative producers and lead performer in the smash hit production Young Hearts Run Free. He has toured the UK, US and Australia with both Amanda Palmer and her band, The Dresden Dolls and co-written a song with Neil Gaiman. He was the composer / Musical Director for the Korean-Australian production Shimchong: Daughter Overboard at the Brisbane Powerhouse. His debut album A Brief Case Of Madness broke Australian crowd-funding records in 2011. In this episode:  We talk a LOT about marketing and publicity in this ep. There is some great insight into what to do and what not to do. We ask that million dollar question of who is your audience and look at where of how to define your audience. &nbs

After graduating from Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School in 2000, Heather has been an actor, producer and director in Wellington and across New Zealand.  In 2008 Heather joined the team at the biennial New Zealand Festival where she worked predominantly in marketing, partnerships and audience development until 2016. That year she directed Fleabag for Centrepoint Theatre, and joined the team at BATS Theatre in Wellington as the Programme Manager and Co-General Manager. BATS has been a hotspot for Wellington artists since 1989, providing a supportive, professional and accessible theatre venue that fosters the development  of practitioners, audiences and New Zealand performance work.   In this episode:  We talk about the history of BATS in Wellington, NZ and how artists and producers can get involved.  The reason why (we think!) there isn’t as much touring between Australia and New Zealand and why we should be doing more.  We dis

Maeve Marsden is a writer, producer and theatremaker, focusing on comedy, cabaret, live music and storytelling.  Mother’s Ruin: A Cabaret about Gin, a theatrical cabaret Maeve wrote and performs in has sold out seasons at Sydney Festival, Perth Fringe World, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Festival of Voices (Tasmania), Melbourne Cabaret Festival, the Sydney Opera House, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Underbelly Festival, London, as well as regional seasons in Australia and the UK. Mother’s Ruin was named one of Time Out’s Best 10 Shows on Sydney Stages 2017. Winner Best Cabaret, Sydney Fringe 2016, Lady Sings it Better, a feminist comedy cabaret act Maeve directs and performs in has been touring to critical acclaim for 8 years, with seasons at Sydney Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Festival of Voices (Tasmania) and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, among others.  Maeve also hosts and programs Queerstor

Danny Delahunty is a Melbourne based arts producer and director. Danny has been a prolific producer in the independent arts world in recent years, presenting over 50 seasons of 34 projects, working both with established theatre companies and on independent projects. Most recently Danny has been working as the Festival Producer for Drama Victoria, an Events Producer for Melbourne Writers Festival, the Tours Coordinator for Melbourne International Comedy Festival and as a freelance producer, both independently and for Attic Erratic, the theatre company he started in 2011. Other notable projects include producing the Short+Sweet Arts Festival, the MUST Container Festival and touring independent work to Brisbane Festival, Darwin Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Fringe World and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. As a director Danny's recent work includes Blessed, The City They Burned and Domino. A strong advocate for the small-to-medium sector, Danny finds great joy in working with independent artists to help grow ide

Annie’s career in the arts spans across a diversity of roles including educator, marketing manager, producer and administrator. After completing a degree in performing arts, she received her Master of Arts & Entertainment Management. Annie is currently the General Manager at Malthouse Theatre. Previous roles include Executive Administrator at Melbourne Theatre Company, Marketing & Communications Manager at Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre and Marketing Coordinator at Melbourne Fringe. Annie is also an independent producer, championing female artists through her company Hot Mess Productions, and an Executive Member of the Green Room Awards Association.    In this episode: We chat about the love and dislike about the role of producer.  Defining who work with and what genre you work in.    The importance of communication between producer and artist and then a brilliant discussion about marketing.  What you need to budget, what content you should be putting out there fo

In this episode:  We talk about working an independent producer. Discuss how Lauren got started and why she has now chosen producing as career.  We chat about why looking for the right work to work on is so important and how the early work she did shaped her into the producer she is now. Lauren works predominantly as a producer of circus and theatre. She has a healthy disregard for the impossible and a love of work that sparks the imagination. She has been programmer and producer of Circus City for Sydney Festival and Circus Hub for Underbelly at Edinburgh Fringe. She also manages an independent company Lauren Eisinger Productions which develops and tours small to medium scale circus and theatre work. She was producer and Artistic Director for the Australian premiere of the symphonic spectacular, ‘The Magical Music of Disney’ in association with the Walt Disney Company and that year co-directed the highly successful ‘Verge Festival’ with James Colley (writer at The Weekly, SB

Erin Milne is an independent producer whose practice, Bureau of Works, specialises in the development of new work. Erin has extensive experience as a producer of live and interdisciplinary performance, and has recently been working on projects involving radio, new media, visual art, music, and literature. Erin also works with organisations on strategic planning, business development, policy and research projects. Erin is lead producer for artists one step at a time like this; Triage live art collective; Slown, Smallened & Son; and Jodee Mundy Collaborations. Cureent projects include: Sex & Death (Samara Hersch), The Ghost Project (Anna Tregloan), Animal (InFlux Theatre), Contest (Emilie Collyer), Imaginary Architecture (Lara Tumak), Punctum and Bunk Puppets. In 2015-16 she worked with City of Melbourne to establish Yirramboi, a new First Nations Arts Festival, as well as a range of participatory arts projects for the city. Past projects and artist collaborations include: Arts About Us (Artistic Merit

Anna Schoo is a producer who enjoys working collaboratively with artists, community and sites. Recent work includes producing The Wired Lab’s 2017 program, and co-programming the inaugural festival for The School of Life Australia. Anna has been a member of the artist collective Field Theory for the past four years. She has worked as part of many festival teams including the Melbourne Festival, Dark Mofo, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne Fringe, and was the Program Manager for White Night Melbourne 2013 & 2014. In this episode: We talk about the different roles and names of producers, we delve into the importance (and often the producers' secret love) of budgets. We chat about touring, working collaboratively with artists and broadening your industry knowledge by taking on other roles.

Beau writes - I am a passionate advocate for the arts with over 12 years experience working in arts organisations delivering festivals and performance programs. I have worked across a multiple of disciplines including visual arts, performance, dance, comedy, circus, music and cross-disciplinary forms. I have worked for the Next Wave Festival, Melbourne Fringe, several music festivals and cultural organisations. I love assisting the realisation of provocative, insightful, challenging and exciting work that sets an agenda and facilitates accessibility. I am currently the Arts Programming Coordinator for Darebin Council, curating and overseeing all aspects of a contemporary performance program, working with many leading and independent companies and artists from around the country. http://www.darebinarts.com.au/ In this episode: We talk about what an arts programmer does, hot tips on how to pitch your work, what makes a good arts program and where you get your inspiration from when you program for a venue.  

Julian Canny is the proud Ringleader of performing arts producer The Comedy Emporium, Creative Producer for Geraldton Fringe Festival Funtavia, and co-founder of a fresh regional arts production company Euphorium. Julian boasts proudly (regardless if you asked him or not) that these endeavours are social enterprises, and they aim to change the way we develop works and communities in regional areas. Julian has a unique background in sales management and continues in the industry as a consultant. Unlike most people in the arts with a background in white collar work he actually enjoys bringing his past experience into the industry; he sees it as a valuable skill that helps convey the importance of creative industries. He is committed to developing a regional arts market comprised of regional producers focused on sustainable industry practices as well as the importance of art in the role of cultural identity.   More info: http://thecomedyemporium.com/   In this episode:  We talk about the

Xanthe Beesley is a performance maker with a background in theatre and dance. Her creative practice focuses on movement, dramaturgy and the facilitation of creative ideas - often taking on a different role depending on the need of each artist, organisation or community she collaborates with. Xanthe works as a producer, facilitator and theatre maker developing collaborations with independent companies and artists across Melbourne. She has fostered significant, long-term partnerships with many independent artists and independent companies including Michelle Heaven, Petra Kalive, Paula van Beek and Kate Sulan. Recent highlights include performer/collaborator In Plan, by Michelle Heaven and Ben Cobham (Castlemaine Festival), ‘Body Move Space’ created with Zoe Scoglio (Footscray Community Arts Centre, Gertrude St Projection Festival), movement direction and dramaturgy Ricercar (Present Tense Ensemble, Theatre Works) and the Movement in Conversation language project with refugee and asylum seeker women