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Join presenters Anthea Williams and Liz Cooper 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 examine 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.

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Debra Keenahan

This month Anthea talks to multi-disciplinary artist and double doctor Debra Keenahan about her life, dehumanisation and the athletics of access. https://debrakeenahan.com.au/the-artist-and-her-art/ You can access a transcript of this episode here . What’s on: Beacon Exhibition https://www.artsaccess.com.au/whats-on/beacon/ Are You Pulling My Leg? https://artsontour.com.au/tours/are-you-pulling-my-leg-2025/ Music Sample No Good by Elly-May Barnes https://www.ellymaybarnes.com ----- Any feedback ...

Jul 18, 2025•27 min

Undercover Artists Festival and Madeleine Little

Undercover Artist Festival has been running in Brisbane since 2014. Current Festival Director Madeleine Little discusses the festival and her creative practice with Anthea this month. https://undercoverartistfest.com/ You can access a full transcript of this episode here. What’s on Charge! Agincourt by Back to Back at ACMI showing till February 2026 https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/charge-b2b-theatre/ Sydney Disability Pride Festival 2025 – July 26 https://disabilitypridesydney.com/ Music Sample...

Jun 20, 2025•28 min

Rawcus

Rawcus is a critically acclaimed long term ensemble of 14 performers with diverse minds, bodies and imaginations. For over 22 years, the company has been creating audacious performances and arts experiences. You can access a transcript of this episode here . https://rawcus.org.au/ --------------- What’s on: Sydney Film Festival – Life After www.sff.org.au/program/event/life-after/ Frida Kahlo – In Her Own Image https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/exhibitions/frida-kahlo-in-her-o...

May 23, 2025•30 min

Andy Jackson

Andy is an award winning poet, essayist and academic at the University of Melbourne. He writes with vulnerability and fierceness about the body and the nature of being human. https://amongtheregulars.com/ You can access a transcript of this episode here . What’s on: Liz Martin with Michael Bridges at Kandos Kitchen https://events.humanitix.com/liz-martin-with-michael-bridges-at-kandos-kitchen Under the Big Blue Sky and Rainbow Mermaid Fireworks at Casula Powerhouse https://www.casulapowerhouse.c...

Apr 25, 2025•28 min

The Apothetae Theater

The Apothetae is a North American theatre company dedicated to the production of works that explore and illuminate the disabled experience. This month Anthea discusses their work and residency at New York’s Public Theater with Artistic Director Gregg Mozgala, Director Kim Weild and Scholar Katherine Williams. https://www.theapothetae.com/ https://publictheater.org/news-items/2024/the-apoethetaes-residency/ You can view an accessible transcript of this episode here . What’s on: The Immersive Worl...

Mar 28, 2025•34 min

Negin Chahoud

Negin Chahoud is a Visual Artist who explores her emotional journey as a refugee from Iran in her practice. She gives voice to her story through multi-layered, mixed media artworks on paper and paintings and creates intricate, semi-abstract artworks with a strong narrative. Each piece not only showcases part of her history but also reflects on her journey to healing and the inspiration she draws from her natural surroundings. You can access a transcript for this episode here. What’s on: Wellbein...

Feb 28, 2025•28 min

Van Badham

Van Badham is a writer of plays and novels, an activist and columnist for The Guardian Australia. In the last years she’s been diagnosed as having ADHD. Join us for this special episode of Sideshow where Van examines her past through this new lens, while we acknowledge her brilliant work as a writer. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/van-badham Download a transcript of this episode here . What’s on: Em and Maddie Solve Your Problems https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8KhkpfnlbsiHajDVHj1lHw Arts...

Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 2 min

Ali Murphy-Oates

Ahead of the Sydney Festival opening, Anthea chats to the brilliant Ali Murphy-Oates, a Ngiyampaa Wailwan person who is both Senior Manager, First Nations Strategy & Engagement at Create NSW, and at Sydney Festival as Producer - First Nations. You can access a transcript of this episode here . Sydney Festival: Vigil-Gunyan: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/vigil-gunyah What’s on: TarraWarra Museum of Art, Intimate Imaginaries exhibition from Arts Project Australia https://www.twma.co...

Jan 03, 2025•29 min

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...

Dec 15, 2023•28 min

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...

Oct 20, 2023•28 min

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 combine...

Oct 06, 2023•29 min

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/ See omnystudio.com/listener for ...

Aug 25, 2023•28 min

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...

Jul 28, 2023•28 min

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-T...

Jun 30, 2023•28 min

Jasper Peach

This month Anthea talks with Trans, Non-Binary and Crip writer Jasper Peach about their writing and new book, You’ll be a Wonderful Parent. Jasper Peach: https://linktr.ee/jasperpeachsays Instagram and Twitter @JasperPeachSays You’ll be a Wonderful Parent: https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/you_ll-be-a-wonderful-parent-by-jasper-peach/9781743798614 A complete transcript of this episode is available here . What’s on: Screenability at Sydney Film Festival: https://www.sff.or...

Jun 02, 2023•29 min

Jessica Olivieri - Season of Care

This month Anthea talks with Artistic Director Jessica Olivieri about the Season of Care at UTP. View a transcript of this episode here . https://utp.org.au/event/seasonofcare Links Care Work: https://brownstargirl.org/care-work-dreaming-disability-justice/ A Manifesto for Radical Care or How to be a Human in the Arts https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essay/a-manifesto-for-radical-care-or-how-to-be-a-human-in-the-arts/ What’s on Ruth O’Brien’s Songs for Abby, EP Launch: https://www.thestreet.org.a...

May 05, 2023•29 min

Christopher Bryant

This month Anthea talks Writer and Performance Maker Christopher Bryant about his upcoming work New Balance as well as his playwrighting and the changes in his work after acquiring disability. New Balance will be on at the Old Fitz theatre in Woolloomooloo in Sydney from April 19 – 23. https://www.redlineproductions.com.au/new-balance Download a transcript of this episode here . What’s on: And Breath – National Film and Sound Archive https://www.nfsa.gov.au/events/and-breathe Crip Rave Theory – ...

Apr 07, 2023•29 min

Dan Daw

(Trigger warning: in this episode we use strong sexual language and discuss kink) This month Anthea talks dancer Dan Daw about his remarkable piece, The Dan Daw Show, his production company The Dan Daw Collective, consent, development and joy. https://dandawcreative.com Download a transcript of this episode here . What’s on: Bernhard/Hamlet: https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/season-2023/bernhardt-hamlet/ Actually Autistic: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/all-abou...

Mar 10, 2023•29 min

Latecomers

This month Anthea talks Emma Myers and Nina Oyama, creators of the new SBS series Latecomers Latecomers: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/latecomers Download a transcript of this episode here . What’s on: Sydney WorldPride: The Dan Daw Show https://www.seymourcentre.com/event/worldpride-2023-the-dan-daw-show/ National Theatre At Home: All of Us https://www.ntathome.com/all-of-us Music Sample Liz Martin Band: Led Me Down https://lizmartinband.bandcamp.com/album/led-me-down Into the Space...

Feb 10, 2023•29 min

Art and Technology

This month Anthea talks with Yokohama based Researcher Giulia Barbareschi and Sydney based Interdisciplinary Artist Eugenie Lee all about adaptive technology and art making. Hanna outlines what’s accessible at the Sydney Festival and we listen to a tiny bit of Eliza Hull’s back catalogue. Download a transcript of this episode here . Show notes: Eugenie Lee is a Sydney-based, Korean-Australian interdisciplinary artist with a conceptual focus on the lived experiences with persistent pain. https://...

Jan 13, 2023•29 min

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