The Sound of Summer

The Sound of Summer #16: Steve Bugeja, Kate Willett and Gillian English

The Sound of Summer is still blaring people!! The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has kicked off and the lols can be heard from The Melbourne Town Hall all the way to… Iceland? I dunno. Hey we’ve got three awesome comedians in this week’s episode and they all have shows on now! Yes! Right this second!! UK comedian Steve Bugeja joins us first to talk about his show “Summer Camp” and his love for dumplings. US comedian Kate Willett is here as part of Headliners and while she might have a hard time describing her “comic style” we’d say funny is a definite! Finally, hang around for the comedy stylings of Canadian comedian Gillian English who is here to entertain you, your kids and teach you how to kill people. For details and tickets go www.comedyfestival.com.au Also, this episode aired on International Transgender Day of Visibility, so for our weekly tunes, we chose two awesome Transgender artists. Listen out for Laith Ashley’s “Can’t Wait” and Shea Diamond’s “I Am Her.” This episode brought to you by Tim Tam bongs. This episode of The Sound of Summer aired on JOY 94.9 on Saturday the 31st of March. The post The Sound of Summer #16: Steve Bugeja, Kate Willett and Gillian English appeared first on The Sound of Summer.

The Sound of Summer #15: Jacqueline’s Process, Phil Wang and Vicky Hanlon

Do you like comedians? Do you like musical theatre? Do you like extended summer programming? Then this show is for you bae! On this episode of The Sound of Summer Jacqueline and Dan discuss their own processes of writing comedy and auditioning for musical theatre. Jacqueline’s show for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is called “Be Better!”… get tickets at comedyfestival.com.au .. you know you want too! Vicky Hanlon, one of Melbourne’s leading comedy producers comes in to chat about the many hats she wears in the comedy world and what it’s like to represent up and coming comedians at the festival. Finally we’re joined on the phone by the amazing Phil Wang. Phil by name, Wang (lets leave the rest of the joke to him). This episode brought to you by Phil Wang .. not that he knows that… so shut up guys! This episode of The Sound of Summer aired on JOY 94.9 on Saturday the 24th of March. The post The Sound of Summer #15: Jacqueline’s Process, Phil Wang and Vicky Hanlon appeared first on The Sound of Summer.

The Sound of Summer #14: Jennifer Gerber, Donna Collins and Simon Carter

Oh Hey! Is this is on? Tough crowd… zinger? Yes it’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival time and boy oh boy have we got some great talent to stick in your ear holes?! Up and coming comedians Donna Collins and Simon Carter are both in today to talk about their respective MICF shows. They’re really funny… trust babies, trust. We also go international darling, with American film director Jennifer Gerber who came in fresh off the plane from LA to talk to us about her film “The Revival.” This eek we couldn’t be bothered to choose a year for tunes so we thought stuff it, lets just play music we like! Dan chose Gaga and Jacq chose Robyn… so the guys are pretty cool. This episode brought to you by the slur “dancer boy.” This episode of The Sound of Summer aired on JOY 94.9 on Saturday the 17th of March 2018. The post The Sound of Summer #14: Jennifer Gerber, Donna Collins and Simon Carter appeared first on The Sound of Summer.

The Sound of Summer #13: Chillout Festival and Glenn Dunks

Oh Hey! Remember us? The greatest and most popular radio show the world has ever seen? well we’re back, back, back again and this one is a serious cracker! We talk to Annie Stewart, a resident of Daylesford in Victoria. She’s a story teller.. and boy has she got some things to say.. or does she? Glenn Dunks, movie critic extraordinaire, gives us his top five picks for this years Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Finally, we speak to Jesse from Drag King group, Kong’s Kings… ever wondered how drag kings pad? Well this is the show for you! This year is Chillout Festival’s 21st birthday, so we thought we’d choose music that was huge when Dan and Jacq turned 21. Did you know Dan was punched in the face on his 21st? More on that later. This episode brought to you by “Things we’re promoting that have already happened” This episode of The Sound of Summer aired on JOY 94.9 on Saturday the 10th of March 2018. The post The Sound of Summer #13: Chillout Festival and Glenn Dunks appeared first on The Sound of Summer.

The Sound of Summer #12: The Australian Ballet, Sydney Mardi Gras and MQFF

Oh Hey! Coming to you live from the queue of the Mardi Gras toilets, it’s Jaqueline Mifsud and Dan Roberts. On this our penultimate 12th episode.. does that work? We talk to two lovely boys from The Australian Ballet, Drew Hedditch and Brodie James. We also speak to Susan Charlton, the curator of an amazing exhibition featured at this years Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras titled The Museum of Love and Protest. Rounding off the show are Caitlin Farrugia and Eva Seymore from the film “So Long” which premiered at this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival. We play “I’m a celebrity blah blah blah” with the ballet boys and our year of tunes was 2010. This episode brought to you by “attempts at live radio.” The post The Sound of Summer #12: The Australian Ballet, Sydney Mardi Gras and MQFF appeared first on The Sound of Summer.