10 episodes
Beginners’ Call Brisbane Festival
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Beginners’ Call takes audiences backstage and behind-the-scenes of Brisbane Festival, Queensland’s largest and much-loved celebration of arts and culture.
Meet the makers and hear from the artists; discover and critique new work; slip into the rehearsal room and stand in the wings as we give audiences unprecedented access to Queensland’s most anticipated event of the year.
Beginners’ Call shares the stories of actors and musicians, reveals the inspiration that drives creators and producers and explores the breadth and diversity of the 2022 Brisbane Festival program.
Quiet on set, the show’s about to start…
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Beginners’ Call – Episode 1: Louise Bezzina, Brisbane Festival Artistic Director
“Like anybody who puts any creative vision out into the world, there’s that moment when your heart skips a beat: Are people going to like this? Does it resonate? Does it do all of the things it needs to?”
Louise Bezzina, Brisbane Festival Artistic Director -
Beginners’ Call – Episode 2: Virginia Antonipillai, Mammalian Diving Reflex Creative Producer, Nightwalks with Teenagers
“It can start off very awkward, maybe a little bit uncomfortable but at the end of it you get this really beautiful experience.”
Virginia Antonipillai, Mammalian Diving Reflex Creative Producer, Nightwalks with Teenagers -
Beginners’ Call – Episode 3: Alethea Beetson, Writer & Director. Loki Liddle, Sound/Music Artist Queen’s City
“Mabo (the film) meets Hot Tub Time Machine”
Alethea Beetson, Writer & Director. Loki Liddle, Sound/Music Artist Queen’s City -
Beginners’ Call – Episode 4: David Morton, Writer & Director Holding Achilles
“We had said to each other, if we don’t have anything at this date, we’ll put a pin in the company until we can find the energy and the passion to drive again.”
David Morton, Writer & Director Holding Achilles. -
Beginners’ Call – Episode 5: Anna Yen, Writer Slow Boat
“Ten years ago, I read in a book that 580 Chinese indentured labourers had been evacuated from Nauru during World War Two by the allies to Brisbane... They landed on 8 March 1942.”
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Beginners’ Call – Episode 6: Andrea James, Writer & Director Sunshine Super Girl
“My dad grew up on a dirt-floor shack, and why didn’t he become a number-one tennis player?”
Andrea James, Writer & Director Sunshine Super Girl