This week we’re lucky to be joined by not two but FOUR special guests from The Flying Fruit Fly Circus! The Flying Fruit Fly Circus is a full-time circus training program for students aged 8 to 19. You can see them in action at the Art Centre Melbourne in their show Girls With Altitude this Friday and Saturday! Auditions for 2023 enrolment are being held on the 29th and 30th of September, more information is available on the website.

This week on Pop Queers we’re thrilled to be joined by Zoe Gertz and Phillip Lowe from the Australian cast of Come From Away! Come From Away has arrived back in Melbourne and will be playing at the Comedy Theatre until October 16th. Tickets are available here! After Melbourne the show will be heading up to Sydney and Canberra before heading over to New Zealand for shows in Auckland and Wellington.

Step in time because this episode of Pop Queers we’re joined by Jacob Steen and Molly Bugeja from the cast of Mary Poppins the Musical! Mary Poppins the Musical is currently playing in Sydney at the Sydney Lyric Theatre until the 9th of October before catching an umbrella up north to Brisbane for another season starting October 22nd. Tickets are available now!

Things get technical this week on Pop Queers as our guests from Science Gallery Melbourne, Tilly Boleyn and Lee Casey, go head to head. The latest exhibition SWARM is on now and running until the 3rd of December, every Tuesday through Saturday. Tickets are FREE! Also be sure to check out the social events running late the first Friday of every month.

It’s a lovers quarrel this week on Pop Queers as partners and co-workers Samuel Gaskin and Johnny Hamilton go head-to-head. Samuel Gaskin is an entertainer, change agent, entrepreneur, and musician who has collaborated with the likes of Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project and The Merindas. He is Managing Director of Beat Entertainment, a BIPOC LGBTQI+ led and focussed entertainment company with whom he has created the stunning music videos for his songs RECKŌNING and RĀIN. Johnny Hamilton...

This week on Pop Queers, Jamila Rizvi takes on April Hélène-Horton in a heated battle for a Kath and Kim “I’m Gropable!” tea towel. Jamila is the Deputy Managing Director of Future Women where she is committed to achieving gender equality in Australian workplaces. She is also a best selling author for both children and adults, an opinion columnist for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, and co-host of The Briefing podcast. April became Australia’s first plus-sized model to appear in a...

This week we’re joined by two of the queens from the Australian and New Zealand cast of Six The Musical, Kala Gare and Kiana Daniele, but only one can take home the crown! Kala Gare is a performer and director who’s previously starred in Rent and Twelfth Night and directed shows such as Songs for Swinging Lovers and Legally Blonde Junior. She is currently taking to the stage as Anne Boleyn in Six The Musical. Kiana Daniele is a performer who made her professional debut in the 2018...

It’s a family battle this week on Pop Queers as author Peter Leslie takes on his nephew Paul Leslie! Peter Leslie is a travel and performance photographer and the author of the Keegan James adventure series. With five books currently released and a sixth just over the horizon, you can find the series of gripping young adult adventure novels available for purchase on the official website. Taking on his uncle is Paul Leslie, an avid cycler and reader who will be hoping that his passion for...

It’s the Annual Community Cup Pop Queers Challenge ahead of the Reclink Community Cup this Sunday, 19th June! The Reclink Community Cup is an annual charity football match between musicians, team Rockdogs, and media industry staff, the Megahertz! The match will feature live commentary, live music, and plenty of great food. Funds raised from the event support Reclink Australia who promote the accessibility of arts and culture. Representing the Rockdogs is their coach Kylie Auldist! Auldist...

Prepare yourself because this week on Pop Queers things could get cruel… as we’re joined by the stars of Cruel Intentions: The Musical, Euan Fistrovic Doidge and Kelsey Halge! Kelsey has appeared in Nowhere Boys and Please Like Me and is now starring in her breakout role as Annette Hargrove in Cruel Intentions: The Musical. Euan has starred in A Chorus Line, MTC’s Fun Home, and many other hit stage shows and is now joining Kelsey on stage as Blaine Tuttle. Cruel Intentions is playing at...

This week on Pop Queers world famous soprano Ali McGregor takes on returning guest and comedy musician Tina Del Twist! Ali McGregor has performed as a principle soprano with Opera Australia and starred in the hit show La Clique. She is also a former artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and has been hosting Late Night Variety Night Night at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for 15 years! Tina Del Twist received the comics’ choice Piece of Wood Award for her fabulous...

This week on Pop Queers it’s a battle of on-stage sisters! We’re joined by the hugely talented performers behind Eliza and Angelica Schuyler from the Australian production of Hamilton, Chloé Zuel and Akina Edmonds! Both Akina and Chloé have long lists of previous blockbuster shows including Beautiful: A Carole King Musical and Hairspray among many many others. Hamilton is currently playing 8 shows a week at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne with bookings open through to August.

Jude Perl takes on Janet McLeod! Jude Perl is a singer, songwriter, and comedian whose hilarious new album Participation Award is out now! Having finished up a successful run at the Melbourne Comedy Festival they’re now taking their latest hits on tour around Australia this month! Janet McLeod is a performer, producer, writer, and talent coordinator with a rich history of over 25 years in Melbourne’s comedy industry. She co-hosts Cinema Fiasco giving live commentary to bad movies and is...

This week on Pop Queers it’s a battle of the comedians as Scout Boxall and Chris Parker go head to head to see who will take home the Beard Apron! A nominee for Best Newcomer at last year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Scout Boxall returned this year with their new show Buck Wild and took the festival by storm! For Sydney listers, Scout is taking the show up for another run at the Sydney Comedy Festival starting May 7th. Having become a familiar face on New Zealand TV through...

In Episode 80 of Pop Queers Reuben Kaye is taking on Charlie Lewin! Reuben Kaye is an international comedy cabaret performer with a unique gender bending performance style. His latest show The Butch is Back was a huge hit at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and he is now taking it all the way up to Brisbane for the Brisbane Comedy Festival! Charlie Lewin is a stand-up writer and theatre maker. Having won Best Newcomer at last year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival, he returned this...

This week on Pop Queers it’s sister against sister with our very special guests Flo & Joan! Flo & Joan is an English musical comedy duo comprised of the amazingly talented sisters, Rosie and Nicola Dempsey. They are currently performing their show Sweet Release at the Spiegeltent as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival until April 24th! But if you miss out or are desperate for more, you can check out their special Alive on Stage streaming on Amazon!

This week on Pop Queers it’s Jason Om taking on John P Wintle! Jason Om is a Walkley Award winning reporter who you may recognise from his pieces on ABC’s 7.30 Report or his time on ABC News Breakfast, ABC Life, Lateline, and ABC Radio. Jason’s new memoir, All Mixed Up, is hot off the presses and provides a great insight into his experiences growing up as a gay Asian man in Melbourne. John P Wintle is one of Joy’s favourite nerds and Joy 94.9’s music coordinator! Will John’s huge wealth of...

The Radiothon party continues with not 2 but 8 whole Joylebrities as Team Dee takes on Team Gaily for the title of Pop Queers Radiothon Legends! Over on Team Dee: Joy’s favourite news reader and 21 year volunteer Garry Wilson! Host of Beatz Radio Tim Little! Co-host of Geeks Out Miranda Sparks! Co-host of Divas-on-Divas Tequila Mockingbird! Joining Team Gaily: Host of The Sound of Now and Twitch streamer Triana Butler! Host of Checkpoint on Saturdays Luke Mitchell! Tech ninja behind...

Dee and Gail take a trip down memory lane to celebrate this year’s Radiothon at Joy 94.9! Featuring some of the best snippets from rounds gone by and the reveal of one very lucky key winner who is now in the running to Unlock The Vault and win some very special prizes! While you may have missed the opportunity to go into the running for this year’s Radiothon prizes its never too late to donate or subscribe at Joy.org.au!

Sunanda Sachatrakul takes on Candy Bowers! Sunanda will be familiar to regular Pop Queers listeners as both a returning guest and former producer of the show! They are a comedian, actor, writer, and clown and have graced the comedy scenes of New York, Las Angeles, and Melbourne. They have an upcoming web series as part of the AFTRs Talent Camp called Falamity. But while you’re waiting, you can catch them in their Melbourne Comedy Festival debut, Sunanda Loves Britney, from the 12th of...

Geraldine Quinn takes on Robbie Latour! Geraldine Quinn is a rock comedy singer, actor, writer, and director who you may recognise from her many guest appearances on the likes of Spicks and Specks, Adam Hills Tonight, Upper Middle Bogan, and Rockwiz. She’s been knocking it out of the park for years at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival earning herself the Golden Gibbo Award in 2011 with her show You’re the Voice (Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthemaniac). She’s back at it again this...

Pop star Jack Vidgen takes on returning guest and comedian Annie Louey! Jack Vidgen won Australia’s Got Talent when he was just a little itty bitty 14 year old boy. Over 10 years later and he is now a fully fledged Pop and TV Star having made appearances on The Voice, America’s Got Talent, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Eurovision: Australia Decides, and much much more! He’s now working on breaking into the podcasting world, so keep an ear out for his brand new podcast! You can listen...

Dean Arcuri returns to take on special celebrity guest Russell Fletcher! Russell Fletcher is an actor, comedian, and cabaret performer who will be live at Trades Hall from the 31st of March as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. You can also catch Russell in his preview test run of the improvised musical Spontaneous Broadway at the Mount Avoca Winery on Sunday the 20th of March. Stay tuned to the Mount Avoca Facebook page and Website for tickets and details. Dean Arcuri is...

Our guests this week really are the hottest thing in town – starring in Jagged Little Pill! It gets dirty when Mags McKenna takes on Grace Miell to win a truly unexceptional prize. Find out more about Jagged Little Pill and buy your tickets now here!

Joy’s own Ben Hull takes on star of stage and screen Adam Noviello! On stage Adam Noviello has starred in La Cage aux Folles, Funny Girl, Matilda, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Charlie and the Chocolate Family, and Chess. Soon they will be hitting the stages once again, performing with the Victorian Opera in The Who’s Tommy! On screen they co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in the feature film Spencer. And if all of that wasn’t enough for you, their hit debut single Heretic reached number...