IMHO

Belinda Seeney & Adam Burnes•www.inmyhonestopinion.com.au

In My Honest Opinion… Each fortnight, IMHO invites those in the know to tell us what they really think about arts, entertainment and live performance in Queensland and beyond. Don’t you wish you had the inside word on which shows were five-star standouts and which were fizzing flops? IMHO is that sassy best friend who pulls no punches to give you the lowdown on what’s worth seeing and what’s a total snooze-fest. No topic is off limits, no answer is censored, no bridge is left unburned. These are their unflinching, unfiltered answers and their honest opinions.

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Episodes

Andy Cook: My honest opinion about… the real cost of artistic success.

Triple-threat Andy Cook is one of Australia’s greatest showmen with a string of major musical credits to his name including Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Strictly Ballroom, Oklahoma and Chicago . But when COVID hit moments after he’d achieved a new career high – announced as the villainous Duke in the Australian premiere production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Andy’s personal and professional life was thrown into turmoil. “I felt like I constantly spent time inside for two years and was ...

Sep 01, 2022•31 min•Ep. 8

Shoshana Bean: My honest opinion about… the constant judgement, criticism and comparison performers face

“There can be 100 positive comments and one nasty one and that’s the one I hang my hat on.” Powerhouse performer Shoshana Bean made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning production of Hairspray in 2002 and has proved a vocal juggernaut ever since. The Los Angeles-based musical theatre star has inhabited some of the genre’s most iconic leading lady roles including Elphaba in Wicked , Fanny Brice in Funny Girl and CeeCee Bloom in Beaches . “It was really stifling and frustrating and it made...

Mar 09, 2020•23 min•Ep. 7

Dead Puppet Society: My honest opinion about… why puppets are not for kids.

“We got obnoxiously drunk and started inserting the ‘puppet’ into famous movie titles and ‘Dead Puppet Society’ just stuck. We knew we were going to change it when we came up with a better idea and it’s now 12 years old.” In their own words, Nicholas Paine and David Morton are “hell bent on bringing their inimitable brand of entertainment to the world”. In everyone else’s book, they’re the two guys who registered one of the coolest company names in showbiz. Nick and David founded Dead Puppet Soc...

Feb 09, 2020•21 min•Ep. 6

Tom Oliver: My honest opinion about… what it’s really like to make it in showbusiness

“I think I’ve been engrossed in an industry that I absolutely adore for so long now that I’m a little bit tired and little bit over it and it’s not the attitude I want to have.” It’s not a stretch to say 2019 was both exhausting and exhilarating for Brisbane performer Tom Oliver. The globetrotting singer, actor and creator had spent only three of the past 52 weeks in his hometown; his career taking him from a luxury cruise liner in the Caribbean to dancing in a bedazzled lobster costume at La Bo...

Jan 15, 2020•20 min•Ep. 5

Jo Thomas: My honest opinion about… who should take responsibility for funding arts and culture

“A lot of us have spent years and years and years creating works, seeing work, hanging out with friends, falling in love there, having our heart broken there… so that space holds a lot of memory, a lot of ghosts.” It was a huge 2019 for Metro Arts: selling the Heritage-listed building it’s called home for decades, establishing a multi-million dollar arts fund, negotiating new digs and through it all, programming and commissioning a packed slate of contemporary work. Leading the multi-arts organi...

Dec 13, 2019•20 min•Ep. 4

Joel Edmondson: My honest opinion about… whether creative or commercial success is more important in the arts industry

“To be a successful artist these days you have to really understand the business of what we do.” “Accidentally.” This is Joel Edmondson’s honest answer to how he found his calling as an expert in change management, flipping arts organisations and the music industry as a whole. Coming from a background in film and moving from education and research management projects to running gigs in a DIY venue under a sex shop, Joel has melded these experiences to “luck” his way into a successful arts career...

Nov 08, 2019•22 min•Ep. 3

Naomi Price: My honest opinion about… programming work people actually want to see

“I have seen so much shit over the years that it is so hard to actually nut down what I think is the most cringeworthy!” A prolific performer and producer across stage and screen, Naomi Price knows what she’s talking about. Long before she dazzled audiences – and superstar Ricky Martin – on The Voice Australia , Price had cemented her well-earned reputation as a tenacious and talented entertainer. She’s delivered a moving Mary Magdalene and taken a wrecking ball to Miley Cyrus; performed in the ...

Sep 19, 2019•20 min•Ep. 2

David Berthold: My honest opinion about… what’s missing from Brisbane’s cultural sector

“It’s always been my philosophy that one of the worst things an organisation can do when faced with those kinds of challenges is to retreat...” By David Berthold’s own admission, he burst onto La Boite Theatre Company’s stage with a “ridiculously large” season filled with “some very high ambition”. His signature boldness and inclination to go big is an attitude he has applied to Brisbane Festival, the nation’s largest major international arts festival. On the eve of opening his fifth and final B...

Sep 05, 2019•21 min•Ep. 1

Welcome to IMHO

In My Honest Opinion…Each fortnight, IMHO invites those in the know to tell us what they really think about arts, entertainment and live performance in Queensland and beyond.Don’t you wish you had the inside word on which shows were five-star standouts and which were fizzing flops?IMHO is that sassy best friend who pulls no punches to give you the lowdown on what’s worth seeing and what’s a total snooze-fest.No topic is off limits, no answer is censored, no bridge is left unburned.These are thei...

Sep 03, 2019•15 sec•Ep. 1

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