Behind The Mask Josh Piterman

Ali McGregor and Reuben Kaye are two of Australia’s most talented, versatile and unique performing artists. Between them they’ve traversed the world and the worlds of opera, jazz, television, cabaret, comedy, musical theatre, drag…. and pottery. But their stories and journeys are far from simple or linear and they’ve endured various hardships and adversities in ways that have asked them to embody resilience, courage and leadership
In this episode we discuss:
-Rueben’s harrowing ‘death of a thousand cuts’ experience of being beaten and marginalised because of his sexuality.
-The value of not having one clear goal, when it closes us to potential peripheral opportunities.
-How Ali was able to use this theory to feel less attached to the Opera world, and shift into Cabaret when the Opera door closed on her.
-Cancelled shows and death threats after Rueben’s controversial appearance on Channel 10’s ‘The Project’.
-The importance of having clear purpose in life.
-Reuben being bullied by his director and fired on his first Musical Theatre job, Evita.
-Good reviews, bad reviews, apathetic ones, and the challenge of separating the human doing from human being in the art form of Cabaret.
-How to be outrageous, play with an audience and still ensure people love you.
-The value of cracks in life and why live is everything for them in performance.
-The importance of continuing to walk on our journey when things don’t go our way.
-What freedom means to them, and the freedoms they choose to fight for.
-Love, connection and pride for the LGBTQIA+ community.
-The intersection between patriarchy, misogyny and transphobia.

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Ella Pike and Nathan Freeman are co-owners and founders of Australia’s only studio purely dedicated to breath work. Breathwork is scientifically proven to have many mental and physical health benefits including; reduced stress, increased focus, reduction in negative emotions, increased positive emotions, increased present moment awareness.
Their paths to finding breath work could not be more polarising. Nathan a former professional AFL player who’s career ended prematurely due to injury is interested in the functional performance aspect, whilst Ella found breath work through her healing and spiritual journey
Trigger Warning: This is episode contains themes of drug addiction, self harm and suicide attempts, if this is triggering for you, we recommend you skip this episode.
In this episode we discuss:
-Nathan’s career defining hamstring injuries.
-Finally getting an AFL debut after more than 4 years of adversity.
-His innate resilience and ability to adapt himself and his game to his circumstances.
-Ella’s battles through drug addiction, anxiety, depression, self harming and suicide attempts.
-Her extraordinary first experience with breathwork, which changed her life.
-How they met and built the Breath Haus.
-The science and power of breathwork.
-How it can it can help you to self regulate both emotionally and physically.
-The difference between meditation and breathwork.
-Eye gazing as a gateway to the soul lens.
-The importance of stepping out of doing, checking in with yourself, slowing down or indeed stopping.
-What The Breath Haus offers to their community and its values.
-Bringing the normal into the woowoo!
-The beauty of having someone who truly believes in you.
Learn more about The Breath Haus at www.thebreathhaus.com.au
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Bonnie Anderson is a singer/songwriter, who won AGT at aged 12, she’s starred on Neighbours, is a presenter on Ch9’s postcard and was the winner of the masked singer 2020 (the irony of that is not lost on me)
Taylor Henderson is also a singer/songwriter who came fourth on AGT in 2010 and was a runners up on the X factor in 2013, his self titled debut album went platinum and to number 1 on the charts and his second album ‘Burnt Letters’ also went to number 1.
In this episode we discuss:
-What life is actually like on a TV singing contest.
-Taylor being asked to choose between his life in the Pentecostal Church and his music career.
-Getting dropped or let go from a record label, in this case Sony.
-Bonnie finding new perspective and priorities since becoming a mum.
-Josh and Bonnie break the stigma around vocal injuries and vocal surgeries.
-Striving to be 1% better each day.
-Undiagnosed ADHD.
-Bonnie being bullied post winning on Australia’s Got Talent.
-Strategies for coping when life gets overwhelming.
-The value of looking at life ten years from now.
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Celia Pacquola is an actor, writer and comedian, who’s worked extensively in Australia and the UK and is known best for her work on ‘Utopia’, ‘Rosehaven’ and her prolific stand up comedy career. She is the current host of the hit TV show, ‘Thank God You’re Here!’
Sammy J is an Australian comedian, writer, composer, and broadcaster. He's played in Edinburgh, Montreal and London, had a sitcom on Netflix, is one half of the man/puppet comedy duo “Sammy J & Randy", creates satirical sketches for ABC TV and currently hosts the breakfast show on ABC Radio Melbourne.

In this episode we discuss:
-Having our self worth defined by our careers
-The unconditional love Celia’s child has for her and how beautiful that is when we feel our life’s loves (in a our career) are conditional.
-Sammy’s appreciation for nature, the clarity he finds when he’s out there and how comedically subversive it is in a modern world to go bush.
-The flux between sharing, giving and receiving in our work.
-The 5 P’s to reclaiming your power.
-Sammy cheekily hating on sport!
-Trusting the stress and the anxiety pre performance.
-The fear of it all being taken away, and how that might actually be a good thing.
-The antidote to narcissism is zooming out and not being the centre of our own world or anyone’s world.
-Meditation taking time, patience, diligence, like any practice should, and it’s gateway to flow state.
-Not upsetting people as a radio host.
-Sentimentality being the least cool thing in comedy.
-The difference between being depressed and needing deep rest.
-How to deal with awkward and uncomfortable conversations when you ‘Love everybody and tell the truth.”
-Becoming irrelevant as we age.

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Cody Weightman & Riley Garcia are AFL footballers currently playing for the Western Bulldogs. 
Cody was born and bread in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He attended Haileybury College, and was drafted in 2019 with pick no.15. He’s played 66 games, is a passionate surfer and over the past couple of years has begun re-exploring visual art as a creative outlet.
Riley’s from Western Australia and was drafted via Caversham and Swan Districts in 2019 with pick no 62. He’s played 27 games thus far and is enjoying a breakout season this year. Riley’s sense of humour, his relaxed personality and his love for family and friends are at the core of his values.
In this episode we discuss:
-Who they are beyond football.
-The reasons behind their desire to separate the human being from the human doing.
-Meeting a wise owl sporting speedos.
-‘The Warriors Way’ men’s course at ‘The Fifth Direction’.
-Struggling through ice baths.
-Riley finding perspective through his battles with injury .
-Cody’s serendipitous encounter that reignited his love for art and creativity.
-Tackling anxiety and panic attacks and how learning to understand them is actually a tool for success on the footy field.
-Practical mindfulness solutions and learning how to listen to what the mind and body really need.
-The importance of family, friends and our support network through the tough times.
-The value of creating routines, rituals and structure in life.
-Reframing what success truly means to them.
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Alinta Chidzey & Lucy Maunder are two astonishingly talented, well renowned and award winning ‘Leading Ladies’ of Australian Musical Theatre. For well over a decade, they’ve wowed audiences with their phenomenal performances.
Alinta has played many roles including; Velma in Chicago, Anita in West Side Story, Svetlana in Chess, Kathy in Singin’ in the Rain, Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar and most recently she dazzled us with her performance of Satine in the hit musical Moulin Rouge.
Lucy has starred as Miss Honey in Matilda, Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins, Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rizzo in Grease, Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, and is currently playing the iconic role of Roxy Heart in Chicago.
In this episode Alinta & Lucy discuss:
-Auditioning for major roles at 37 weeks pregnant.
-Juggling motherhood and stage life.
-Dealing with the challenges of burnout and the strategies for coping with it.
-Anxiety and panic attacks before and during performances.
-The tips for keeping performances fresh 8 times a week.
-How to handle the pressures of auditions and live performance.
-Why they love the craft of musical theatre so much.
-The importance of stopping, meditating, or just having a disco nap!

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