Well Well Well

13 Oct 2022

Queer Melbourne Fringe Shows

Art, Festival, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

Festival Producer Caitlin Ellen Moore and Performer Mary Angley join Jack and Michael to discuss their upcoming shows at Melbourne Fringe.

You’re All Invited To My Son Samuel’s Fourth Birthday Party (AKA SAMUEL) is a shimmering, hyper-colour attempt at extinguishing the flames of the apocalypse, one birthday candle at a time.

Part-theatre, part-standup, part-PowerPoint Presentation, Grief Lightning explores ideas of gender, pop culture, and obsession.

SAMUEL runs 6-19 October, and Grief Lightning runs 15-23 October as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

We also discuss how artists and festivals responded and recovered to the pandemic.

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on HIV, COVID-19 and queer health & wellbeing.

If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au

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8 Jan 2026

Midsumma Preview: History Walks, Carnival and the Periodic Survey

Community, Festival, Midsumma, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

Dylan from the City of Yarra and Tex Mackenzie speak about the Yarra Queer History Walk, a guided tour that ...

31 Dec 2025

2025 Year In Review

Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

Jack, Jake and Thorne Harbour Health Events Coordinator Chiron Hooson walk through a whirlwind 2025. We revisit events from Midsumma Festival, ...

24 Dec 2025

LGBTIQ+ Holiday Wellbeing Strategies

Alcohol & Drug Harm Reduction, Community, Counselling and Therapeutic Groups, Health, Mental Health, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

Molly Boorman from Thorne Harbour Health unpacks holiday wellbeing for LGBTIQ+ folk, from family driven stress to managing alcohol and other ...