WRITERS

Chelsea Adams

Chelsea graduated a Bachelor of Musical Theatre at Federation University Academy of Performing Arts in 2019. Chelsea’s journey towards writing started young with song writing, classical and contemporary vocal lessons and dance training at the National Ballet St Kilda. Chelsea’s breakthrough was truly discovered developing self-devised cabaret. Director Ash Flanders and Music Director Luke Di Somma mentored the process encouraging Chelsea’s discovery - slam poetry. Chaos A Cabaret saw Chelsea playing a feminist activist throughout the show. Chelsea’s writing was first published in 2019 with the YMCA webpage Why Not, who aim to amplify the voices of young people. Her poem titled ‘The Cost’ outlines a workplace harassment and how reclaiming her voice helped her move forward while voicing her place as an ally of the Me Too Movement.

Liaden Afteh

From when I was a young girl hosting tea parties with my dolls, storytelling and creativity have been things that give me a lust for life. Putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) is like a wand in the hand of a wizard; the beginning of magic waiting to happen. As a musician as well, these platforms are the ultimate release of the mind and nourishment to the soul. I’m currently in my second year of studying a Bachelor of Design/Media Communications at Swinburne University.

Brendan Spasovski

Brendan is a 21 year-old Melbourne based actor and writer. Wearing his heart on his sleeve, Brendan channels his emotions into raw and vulnerable pieces of work; whether that be poetry, song-writing, or scripts. His love of music stems from a long time passion for the guitar and ukulele. Some of his favourite artists include: Twenty One Pilots, Panic! at the Disco, Elton John, FINNEAS, and a slew of Broadway hits just to name a few. Fun fact, he even has a Twenty One Pilots band tattoo.

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Sophia Kalo

Sophia is a 22 year old Bachelor of Music graduate after having moved to Melbourne from Sydney to study as an Interactive Composition major. A self proclaimed ‘jack of all trades, master of maybe one or two’, she loves to spend her time dabbling in a variety of creative pursuits that serve as meditative practices, one of which happens to be writing her thoughts and feelings in the form of poetry. Writing also makes an important contribution to Sophia’s musical output, being channeled in the form of lyrics in brooding electronic pop songs released under the persona of ‘Skarlette’. Sophia is looking forward to sharing pieces of herself in the form of words and hopes that her musings resonate with you too.

Vanessa Violo

Vanessa is a Bachelor Of Music Performance student at Monash University. Her passion for music developed at a young age and she's been performing and creating since she was 8 years old. Vanessa loves to sing, play piano, guitar, ukelele and has been writing lyrics and songs since the beggining of her musical journey. She looks forward to finally sharing some creative pieces and personal insights into this ever-evolving music scene.

Rudy Rigg

After spending several years completing his Bachelor of Professional Writing and Editing (Cinema Studies), Rudy has gained momentum exploring more creative mediums than just what can be put to pen and paper. He is what some would call an 'all-rounder', but he prefers the title 'amateur virtuoso'. Forever learning, Rudy spends most of his time illustrating, writing small volumes of poetry and producing videography. That is, however, all asides from seeking out the next television show or film to completely enthral him. In accompaniment, Rudy has been involved in music his whole life; having played piano from a young age, he moved into being involved in stage bands, theatre and independent music groups throughout his teen and early adulthood. Once able, Rudy will begin his endeavour to produce both live and filmed productions.