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Across the Aisle is a podcast for people who love the performing arts but don’t get along as much as they would like to. If you’re looking to be inspired to see more shows, to have the theatre going experience demystified or would like to live vicariously through our show going hosts please subscribe on your favourite podcasting app or listen here.
Join us for a special episode covering The Infirmary – a Triage Live Art Collective immersive experience. This episode is told in the first person of our experience in surrendering to the process of death and care. We hope you enjoy it.
It's summer! The gang bring you all summer related goods including how to be a Badass by Tash York at The Butterfly Club and Suddenly Last Summer by Little Ones Theatre at Red Stitch.
Melbourne International Arts Festival episode! The gang talk all things festival - featuring Song For a Weary Throat by Rawcus Ensemble (and featuring the Invenio Singers) and Re-Member Me by Dickie Beau.
About Us
Across the Aisle is an award winning performing arts criticism podcast based in Melbourne. Monthly, hosts Carla and Philip each choose a performance to attend and discuss in depth. During the episodes “intermission” Carla and Phil talk about their favourite pop culture moments of the previous month and in “coming soon” they highlight upcoming shows, exhibitions, films, anything culture related for their audience.
Meet Team Aisle
We live, love, record and make on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. Land that was never ceded. Land that was and always will be Aboriginal.
Carla Donnelly
Philip Thiel
Philip is an English and literature teacher, blogger and cultural consumer from Melbourne, Victoria. His writing and poetry has been published in Traffic, Death Mook and Victorian Writer. He has a particular interest in immersive performance pieces.
Ron Killeen
Ron is a digital media producer in Melbourne, Victoria. He is also a closet train spotter, accomplished musician and immersive theatre conspirator. Ron has performed in events appearing in Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Festival and Dark Mofo.
Support Us
Robust criticism not only provides feedback on performances but questions the cultural times we live in and Across the Aisle does not shy away from asking the big questions surrounding major festival arts programming. Across the Aisle heavily promotes LGBTIQ+, minority driven content and are primarily female maker focused. Supporting us is supporting long form arts criticism, the larger the support the further the reach of the program.
You can support us in many ways that suit you. You can do an annual subscription or once off donation through Paypal or pledge a monthly subscription via Patreon. Or you can watch out for our annual fundraiser on Pozible – with lots of fun rewards to chose from.
Carla is the creator of podcasts Across the Aisle, Club Soderbergh and re:Discovery. She is a judge for the Green Room Awards on the Independent Theatre panel and co-Director of the independent podcasting festival indiepodfest.