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Creative Podcast. Where we interview various guest in the creative world and talk about their journeys. Hopefully, through their journeys other people can find inspiration or some type of learning that they themselves can put into practice. CHOOKAs
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'An Apprentice From Western Sydney' a new show out of western Sydney which is debuting at the Sydney Fringe Festival this year. From the 1st to the 30th September. Website (Sydney Fringe Festival): https://sydneyfringe.com/events/an-apprentice-from-western-sydney/Av Neil and James
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Alexander Grant is an actor based in Sydney Australia known for his work in 'Dive Club' (Netflix) and now staring led in 'The Undesirable'. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legxa/ Matt Vella is a Filmmaker and a Producer based out of Sydney who is producing 'The Undesirable'. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theundesirablesfilm/…
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Rosangela (Rosie) is an actor and model based in Sydney Australia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fasano.rosi/ Tik Tok: @fasano.rosi Alvon Junior is an actor, martial artist and a stuntman specialising in martial arts. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alvon_agustinojunior/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alvonson…
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Skye Paez, is an Actor and a budding writer. Skye has just finished her first piece this year and is going to appear on stage at the Short and Sweet festival in 2024. She has always been a creative but around 2020/21 she decided to really give it a shot and started acting. Skye's short play is called 'Transcendent'. Skye spoke to us about her proce…
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Edward Robert Sukulivau Frame, is an Actor and a comedian by trade. He is based in Sydney Australia at the moment. Edward is a close colleague of ours. He was worked on a show 'This Modern Coil', which was directed and written by our one and only James Hartley. Edward came on our podcast to talk about some of his journey and what he is working towa…
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Simon Lee, is an actor based in Sydney. Simon is a trained actor from Academy of Film Theatre and Television (2009). He became a professional Actor when he toured the show ‘The Removalists by David Williamson’ in 2013. Simon also attend the Price Morris Actors Studio in Los Angeles in 2012 and 2014. Since then Simon has been working in various show…
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Kate Gaul, is a theatre and opera director, creative producer, festival director and writer based in Sydney, NSW. She is a graduate of NIDA (Directing 1996). Kate undertook a residency with SITI Company (NYC) and was Associate Director at Ensemble Theatre. Kate has a long and distinguished resume and it spans over 30 years. Kate has also directed f…
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Natasha Cheng and Roelene Coleman, Natasha is of course my partner another great creative who is making headway in the Australian as an Actor. Natasha is a Australian//Chinese actor who has been working very hard on stage for the past 2 years working on various projects. She spoke to us about how she was inspired into becoming an actor and what she…
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Andreas and Amelia, both came on the podcast to discuss about their new film that was just released called 'A Bad Influence'. The film was released on Tubi.com. A very entertaining indie film that has come out of Sydney Australia. It was great to have Andreas to come in and a have a raw conversation regarding how they got the film on to its feet. A…
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Andy Ryan, an Australian actor based in Sydney originally from Queensland. He has been in the industry for a long time now and has quiet a CV. Andy was nominated as the Best Supporting Actor at the Australian Film Awards for his portrayal of Andrew Farris in INXS, Never Tear Us Apart (Channel 7). Andy also performs in live theatre. We where so priv…
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Sophie Saville and Rowan Devereux are a Sydney based producing duo, who met in a bar, and co founders of The Story Mill production company. They have produced works such as Chance Encounters At First Glance, Peach, and many more TVCs and other award winning films and podcasts. They spoke to us about their latest project Evicted! a Modern Romance an…
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Lawrence Ola, is a Sydney based Actor, Voice over artist and a Song writer. He has had an amazing journey thus far. Most of us probably first saw him on the 'Step One' underwear advertisements but then he started appearing in everything else. And sometimes if we didn't see him we could hear is soft deep gentle voice on TVCs such as BUPA Australia. …
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Thomas Campbell (Tom), an Actor primarily based in Sydney Australia. Tom graduated National Academy of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in 2002 and since then he has built an impressive body of work. Not only on stage but also on screen. In 2019 he was awarded 'The Leslie Walford Memorial Award: For the Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Support…
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Tommy James Green, an actor, director, writer, and comedian based out of Sydney NSW. He is an award-winning, record-holding playwright and producer. His short play Scratch took out Best Script, Best Director, and Best Overall Production, amongst others awards, at Short+Sweet Play Festival in 2015. He graduated with a High Distinction from the Austr…
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Darren Brealey, is a playwright from Melbourne who has been developing stories for the past 20 years. Darren debuted as a writer and producer in the guise of his first full-length play, The Meeting Place in the 1996 Melbourne Fringe Festival. He lived in London pursuing his writing and creative journey there. But recently Darren returned back to Au…
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Chè Baker, is a creative who has been in the industry for more almost 20 years. He graduated from Charles Sturt University with a BA in TV and Film Production and recently finished his PHD in Creative Industries. Chè wears many hates which include; writer, director and video editor. He has worked on project such as 'The Hobbit' films, 'Dawson's Cre…
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Erica J Brennan is a writer, director and physical theatre performer . She is a proud Gamillaroi woman and grew up in the Blue Mountains on the beautiful country of the Gundengurra and Darug. She has written dozens of short plays for young people and had numerous full-length original works produced in independent Sydney venues including The Old 505…
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Linda Nicholls-Gidley, Linda is a voice and dialect coach with over 15 year’s experience, teaching across many of the nation’s drama schools in addition to having a strong corporate training profile, including presentation skills for Channel 9, 10, the ABC, SBS and Fairfax Digital. Linda has worked as a dialect consultant and has coached actors all…
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Carly and Olivia, came on the podcast together to promote their show 'Broadway Diva', but it turned into a very special catch up with these amazing creatives. We Spoke about their backgrounds and how they both got into their craft. Carly being a Director and producing almost 25 shows in the past 5 years and Olivia is a performer in many forms from …
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JoJo Zhou, a person of many attributes and talents. They started their journey in country NSW just outside of Sydney. JoJo made their way to studying a generalise Theatre Degree Bachelor. Communication Theatre and Media at the Charles Sturt University in Bathurst. JoJo has gone from being a country playwright to having one of their play out up in S…
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Hasin, born in Bangladesh and migrated to Australia when he was 10. His parents like many other ethnic parent would have wanted him to get a steady job and go to university but Hasin had his own plans. Hasin, has been in the music industry well over a decade now and producing primarily in Afro Beat and Hip Hop. He has worked with majoe artist such …
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Nicole Chamoun, is from the far eastern suburbs of Melbourne who found her self in love with the craft of acting. We were very lucky and fortunate to have an actor of her calibre on today. Nicole is best known for her for playing a Iraqi refugee Zahra Al Bayati in SBS's critically acclaimed Safe Harbour, for which she was nominated both for a Logie…
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Elizabeth Avery Scott, studied Mass Communication from Macquarie University then soon began working as a freelance journalist writing for a Bathrooms Quarterly, Good Planet, Christian Woman, Alive, The Northern Herald, and many others. Elizabeth moved into technical writing and human rights advocacy in Canberra. Elizabeth has always been in the cre…
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Priscilla Doueihy, is a Lebanese/Australian actor. Although, she was born in Australia she spent her childhood in Lebanon. She returned to Australia with her family at the age of 13. Now, She is based in Sydney only a few months of the year and spends the rest of her time in LA. So I had to catch her in good time before she flies back to LA this mo…
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Madeleine Withington, is an actor and director from Sydney. She graduated from the Actor’s Centre Australia in 2014 and has gone on to create work as an actor on screen, stage and as an voice over artist. Recently, she has been focussing on being a Director on stage productions. Hence, came on the show to speak to us about her new show which is ope…
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Barbara Hastings, she has been working in the industry for well over 30 years and teaching for atleast 20 years. She is originally from the Santa Barbara and went through most of her formal education in America. Now, she basis her self in Western Sydney Australia where she is coaching Dialects via online and one on one. Barbara is employed not only…
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Sam Haft, an actor who graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in 2002, was heavily involved in the Sydney Stage seen and also travelled to the UK. He has brushed shoulders with many talented and highly successful creatives. Even though with his talent he decided to giving acting a break for the past several years and start an act…
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Joseph Frangi, an Actor my trade and artist right to the core. We were very privilege to have Joseph on out podcast. This man has put everything on the line so the world can see him perform his craft. This was one of our longer podcast but there was no one we were going to stop this Iron Train. Joseph was open and brave to share his personal experi…
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Lu Bradshaw, is a playwright and a creative from Wollongong who has lived in various parts of NSW and ACT. In 2021 Lu finished studying Bachelor of Performance (Dean's Scholar) and they are studying Honours. Lu's and upcoming playwright making their mark in Sydney with their various works. Lu started writing short plays which was show cased in Univ…
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Yolandi Franken, is a film maker, Tv Producer and a Presenter in Australia. She is wealth of Knowledge in this Industry functions. Apart from being a creative in the industry she is currently the Secretary of WIFT(Women in film & Television), NSW Board Member, Co-Chair of their NSW Committee and Chair of their Virtual Arm. Yolandi also organises fa…
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Stephen Hunter, a New Zealander who came across the paddock to pursue the dream of being an Actor. And we are very thankful that we have him here in Australia to grow this industry. He is best known for playing Bombur in 'The Hobbit', which has opened many doors to his career. I met Stephen when I first began acting and I was his driver on the set …
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Laneikka Denne, a producers, actor and a writer. Laneikka has been industry for many years now and she is absolutely killing it. She has created a name for herself as a fantastic writer and a great producer (even though she says it's easy). Laneikka came on our podcast with so much energy and knowledge. One the most interesting projects that she ru…
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Maria Tran, wears a lot of hats in this industry from Acting on screen to producing and writing. She realised at a very young age that her interest in filming making lies in the martial art genre. Maria spoke to us about her journey through the industry as an ethnic woman who is batttling through a genre that traditionally was run by males. Martial…
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Alvon Junior, is an Indonesian born actor who specialises in Stunt and screen combat. He cam to Australia to study as an I.T. student and worked in various jobs including the government when he found his vocation in his late 20s. Since he has jumped into the creative world he has not looked back. After getting an agent he has been working with one …
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Alexandra Rigby, is an actor by trade but she wears many hats. She went full-time into acting which took her to Vancouver and New York. Along with her formal studies in Sydney she studied at the Atlantic Theatre School in New York. Aly has spent the good part of the decade in travelling between America and Australia pursing her dream in acting and …
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Arshia, is an Iranian born actor based in Sydney Australia. Arshia and his family migrated here when he was younger. He was motivated by his father who said "you have a great smile you should do commercials", now many years later he is a full time actor. He went through Academy of Film, Theatre and Television and one of his first roles on the scree…
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Jess Bell, is an Actor from Sydney she has worked on various shows and as this podcast airs she will be opening 'Wasp', Directed by Becks Blake and presented by Akimbo+Co. Jess came in to talk to us about her journey through the arts industry in Sydney, the lockdown and what she wants to see on our stages. This play talks about the working class an…
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Avneesha Martins, is an actress, singer-songwriter and radio presenter. She is ventured into social media space through TikTok and she has over 1.7 million followers. A lot of what she does is through sketch comedy and her bread and butter which is her music. On this episode we ddi not have James on as he was away for other creative work. But Avnee…
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Emma Wright, is the Associate Producer of the new initiative which was launched in October this year (2022). Emma graduated with a Bachelors of Film and Television and also hold a Diploma from The Actors Studio London. Emma is also the Co-Founder of Eye Contact Theatre Company and also a Co-Founder of Jump Start Youth Theatre. She came on the show …
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Mina Asfour, an Actor out of Sydney. Who is a child of parents who are from Jordan and Palestine. This was actually the first time Mina and us have spoken and it felt like we knew each other for years. He is exactly type of person who we are trying to bring it the forefront of our industry. He came on and spoke to us about how he got into acting. H…
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Nisrine Amine, is a writer by trade but she is also involved in teaching students out in Parramatta and also creating various productions and a model. We connected on social media not too long ago. It is funny when you start leaning into your own philosophies in life you attract others alike. Nisrine has been in the industry for some time now, she …
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Our guest Kabir Singh, an actor and a model, he has been in the industry for a ver long time now. He has worked in Bollywood, Hollywood and here in Australia. He is deeply connected to his roots in India and art of storytelling. I first saw him in film in Sydney then a few year later on Sydney theatre stages and recently he has been a new friend. I…
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Our guest Clare Hennessy, writer and a decomposer, an upcoming creative who is coming with some exciting work especially in the subject of gender politics. She wrote a new play called 'Tongue Tied', which will be opening Nov 11 and closing on the 26th Nov. We had a great discussion about how she got into writing her show before Covid joined our liv…
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