12 episodes

Activated Arts is starting up again in 2023 under the new name Sideshow!

The 2RPH radio show airs fortnightly at 2.30pm on Fridays. It’s also available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Tune In and Listen Notes.

Join presenters Anthea Williams and Hanna Cormack for discussions with artists and arts workers from across the creative spectrum for entertaining, enlightening and provocative discussions about art, culture and disability.

Each program we at a specific topic, bringing in guests to unpack that topic in creative and surprising ways, while discussing their work and arts practices. The program also includes a round-up of relevant news and events. So switch on and transform your understanding of art, culture and creativity. Activated Arts is produced in association with Accessible Arts, NSW’s peak arts and disability organisation.

Sideshow 2RPH

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Activated Arts is starting up again in 2023 under the new name Sideshow!

The 2RPH radio show airs fortnightly at 2.30pm on Fridays. It’s also available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Tune In and Listen Notes.

Join presenters Anthea Williams and Hanna Cormack for discussions with artists and arts workers from across the creative spectrum for entertaining, enlightening and provocative discussions about art, culture and disability.

Each program we at a specific topic, bringing in guests to unpack that topic in creative and surprising ways, while discussing their work and arts practices. The program also includes a round-up of relevant news and events. So switch on and transform your understanding of art, culture and creativity. Activated Arts is produced in association with Accessible Arts, NSW’s peak arts and disability organisation.

    Amy Claire Mills

    Amy Claire Mills

    This month Anthea Chats brilliant artists Amy Claire Mills about the joys of unsolicited advice and quilting. https://www.amyclairemills.com

    Amy’s upcoming exhibitions:

    This Will Only Hurt for a Second, Outer Space Gallery Brisbane https://www.outerspacebrisbane.org/program/this-will-only-hurt-for-a-second

    Art Gallery of NSW – Art After Dark, yet to be announced but keep an I on their events page for January. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/art-after-hours/

    Click here to access a full transcript of this episode.

    What’s on:

    Telephone: Sans Souci Festival

    https://sanssoucifestival.org/

    Hear the Dance: Audio Description Comes of Age https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/arts/dance/dance-and-audio-description.html

    Eliza Hull

    Here They Come

    https://elizahull.com/

    https://elizahull.bandcamp.com/album/here-they-come-ep

    Music Sample: Malaika Mfalme, Good Man https://open.spotify.com/artist/2rzuVVOUOqEDbq9I5CreTL?si=fd4Ai8JJT5euuN7h2icrtA&nd=1

    Any feedback or requests for 2024 please contact Anthea at antheawilliamsnet@gmail.com
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    • 28 min
    Kiruna Stammel - Screen, Stage, and Disability

    Kiruna Stammel - Screen, Stage, and Disability

    Kiruna Stamell is an Australian actor and dancer. Sydney born she’s trained in both the UK and Australia and has appeared in films like Moulin Rouge, on TV in shows like Serpent Queen and on stage. She’s even been on Play School. Currently she’s playing Kirsty Millar on British Soap, Doctors.

    This month Kiruna and Anthea discuss actor training and development, Kiruna’s international career and advice she has for emerging actors.

    What’s on:


    Sheltered by Kathryn Hall https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/sheltered/
    DEAF ENOUGH by Nathan Borg https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/deaf-enough/
    Kinetic Light - Decent https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kineticlight
    Music Sample: The Psychotic Reactions https://thepsychoticreactions.bandcamp.com/
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    • 28 min
    Liz Martin - Disability Arts

    Liz Martin - Disability Arts

    Liz Martin is a powerhouse in Disability Arts. This month the musician and CEO of Accessible Arts NSW talks with Anthea about all things music, inclusion and how to use crip ideals to make great art.

    Click here for a transcript of this episode.

    What’s on:

    ~~~~~ “...derelict in uncharted space...” An intrepid homage to a Star Trek fan club through intersensory movement and space-time translations. https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/derelict-in-uncharted-space/

    Burranba-y

    Fashion and art combined in a showcase of work from First Nations, and disabled, female creatives. https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/burranba-y/

    Music Sample: Anthony from The Liz Martin Band

    https://lizmartinband.bandcamp.com/
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    • 29 min
    Jo Simpson - Sydney Fringe

    Jo Simpson - Sydney Fringe

    This month Anthea talks all things access with Jo Simpson, the access coordinator at the Sydney Fringe.

    https://sydneyfringe.com/

    What’s on:

    Limitless:

    https://sydneyfringe.com/limitless/

    The Hen House

    https://pyt.com.au/the-hen-house/

    Anti Festival – With This Body I Remember, With This Body I Re-wild

    https://antifestival.com/en/programme/with-this-body-i-remember-with-this-body-i-re-wild-2/

    Music Sample: I Don’t Care by Sweat https://sweatbandgals.bandcamp.com/

     
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    • 28 min
    Michelle Ryan - Restless Dance Theatre

    Michelle Ryan - Restless Dance Theatre

    This month Anthea talks with Michelle Ryan about disability on stage, being a dancer and acquiring disability mid-career and her work as the Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre, ahead of Restless’ tour to Sydney and Hobart

    https://restlessdance.org/

    Access a transcript of this episode here.

    What’s on:

    Telethon Kid: https://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/tickets/malthouse-theatre/telethon-kid/

    One + One Makes Three: https://kineticlight.org/three

    Music Sample: Honestly by Machine on a Break: https://www.machineonabreak.com/
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    • 28 min
    Ella Glendining - Is Anybody Out There?

    Ella Glendining - Is Anybody Out There?

    This month Anthea talks with Ella Glendining about her remarkable documentary Is Anybody Out There? which was part of this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Born with a disability so rare that no reliable statistics about it exist, Ella Glendining goes on a global search for answers and others who share her experience.

    https://www.sff.org.au/program/browse/is-there-anybody-out-there

    Read a full transcript of this episode here.

    What’s On:

    Under My Tongue: https://tix.nextwave.org.au/Events/Under-My-Tongue-Belinda-Locke/Sun-Jul-23-2023-15-00

    Making it in Moreland, Insights into Practice: Embedding Accessibility: https://nextwave.org.au/whats-on/embedding-accessibility

    Radical Access at the Melbourne Fringe:

    https://melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-sector-leadership/radical-access/

    I Dance II: https://unchartedterritory.com.au/etn/i-dance-ii/

    Pony at The Canberra Theatre Centre: https://canberratheatrecentre.com.au/show/pony-2023/

    Music Sample: Sab, Synths in a Dark Room: https://linktr.ee/sabsagastume
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    • 27 min

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