Lulu and Michael

What an amazing episode of Lulu And Michael – so much to talk about – Bob Dylan’s unusual choice as Nobel Prize winner, Madonna’s birthday (what is she, 86 now ?!), plus chats with the cast of The Color Purple, The Light In The Piazza, and Mikelangelo ! The post Dylan, Madonna, Colors Purple and Darker Shades appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Well, it’s been a fun ride, and we’ve really enjoyed driving you home – the time has come to say goodbye for now, but what better way to do it with a supersized Finale edition of the show ? In this edition: * Josh Thomas talks about Season 4 of Please Like Me * Geoffrey Edelsten’s new ‘girl’ gets a grilling * Talk of a new Willy Wonka movie ….and plenty more ! The post Geoff, Josh, Willy and The Lulu And Michael Finale appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

What a grab bag of fun this was – we had cast from We Will Rock You, we talked about Viktor + Rolf’s fashion exhibition (currently showing in Melbourne), Celia Pacquola dropped in to talk all things “Rosehaven” (available on ABC’s iView if you missed it on the telly), plus some slightly blue conversation about a broken appendage and the scary clown phenomenon that’s been happening in Melbourne ! The post Rosehaven, Broken Appendages and Scary Clowns ! 12 October, 2016 appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

David Strassman is no stranger to Australia – it’s almost like his second home, and was the first country outside of his native US that embraced his love of ventriloquism. He joined Lulu and Michael this week to talk about his ground-breaking new show “iTed-e”.    He also brought along his less-better-behaved friend Chuck Wood, who showed everyone in the studio who’s boss ! We don’t have footage of it, but you will hear Lulu squirted with water by Chuck Wood, and you could too if you go to his show, which is at The Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne until the 15th October, then touring regional Victoria. You’ll also see Ted E. Bear, Kevin The Alien, Grandpa Fred, Sid Beaverman, Angel and Chuck More info and tickets : DAVID STRASSMAN WEBSITE The post David Strassman And Chuck Wood Storm The Studio ! appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

What a great show it was – we were talking about everything from Agadoo to politics to dogs ! Our guests included Lyall Brook, star of A Prudent Man, Ryan Good (he had three Fringe shows !), the cast from MotorMouth Loves Suckface – An Apocalyptic Musical, which starts October 6 at Chapel Off Chapel. Plus, sight impaired photographer Andrew Follows just finished his great Soul Mates exhibition at No Vacancy Gallery in the city. If you’re interested in seeing or purchasing his work, check out his WEBSITE. The post MotorMouths, Jungle Girls, Pushing Pineapples and Guide Dogs ! appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Renowned homosexual and entertainer of 30 years, Julian Clary, came into Joy studios to talk about his new Australian tour “The Joy Of Mincing”, and relive some interesting times in the Big Brother House, talking about writing children’s books and plenty more ! You can follow Julian on TWITTER. The post Julian Clary Visits Lulu & Michael ! appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Tony-award-winning writer and director of Kinky Boots, Jerry Mitchell flew in to Australia and joined Lulu and Michael on the show to talk about Kinky Boots, which starts in October in Melbourne – it looks like a lot of fun, and now you can find out the inspiration behind it ! Tickets through the KINKY BOOTS WEBSITE. Follow Jerry on TWITTER. The post Kinky Boots On A Wednesday Afternoon appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

This week we had the wonderful Olivia Charalambous who is gunning to be in Eurovision 2017; Alexandra Keddie, who’s channelling Meryl Streep in “I See Me & Meryl Streep” in the Melbourne Cabaret Festival; screen and stage actress Catherine McClements currently starring in The Events at the Malthouse Theatre and UK singing sensation Barb Jungr dropped to talk about how she channels the music of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Plus a couple of interesting facts about Kylie and Absolutely Fabulous. The post Olivia, Meryl, Catherine, Barb and a dose of Ab Fab appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

What a big week it was! It was the Radiothon Special, which saw many new signups and renewals coming throughout the show, because of course, you want to keep hearing the malarky each week don’t you? Amongst that, our special guests were Anna Burgess (now appearing in Proof at the Alex Theatre, St Kilda), Ash Flanders (in his one man show “Playing To Win“), new artistic director for Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Mike McLeish and our very special guests Judith Owen, Welsh singer/performer and Harry Shearer – the man of many Simpsons – who happen to also be husband and wife and came to the JOY studios to talk about music, meeting and Monty Burns. The post Radiothon Special: Anna, Ash, Mike, Judith And a Simpsons Icon appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Now’s your chance to catch up with another fun show. Producer Paul was away so Chris Jamieson stepped in to be the “button monkey”! There was plenty of interesting stuff going on, including Lulu’s report on rehearsals for Avenue Q (which starts in August), sheep that were high, cheese that was rolling, plus interviews with the very talented Amberly Cull(who’s also in Avenue Q with Lulu) from The Point Of Light. They also talk to Arden Pryon and Seon Williams from new C31 Melbourne series “Fix Her Up”, which begins June 13 as well as comedian and Bayswater boy done good Lawrence Mooney, who has just had his TV pilot “Moonman” air on the ABC, which can still be seen on iView. Vote for it to go to air as a full time series. All that and more malarky in this week’s Lulu And Michael Podcast. The post The Point Of Light, Fix Her Up and a Moonman ! appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Pamela Rabe from Wentworth and The Glass Menagerie taking back centre stage with Kyle and Michael This week Lulu was away on “Puppet Camp” as she’s just been cast in Avenue Q; the not quite child-friendly puppet show coming to Melbourne soon. Michael was joined by special guest host Kyle Minall who decided to wear his ugly shoes (well, that was the consensus). Our guests this week are Pamela Rabe who you might recognise as The Freak/Joan Ferguson from Wentworth (right now she’s an inmate) who is also currently playing Amanda Wingfield in “The Glass Menagerie” at The Malthouse Theatre until June 5. The wonderfully bubbly Rafael Bonachela joins us to talk about the new Sydney Dance Company show “Counter Move” at the MTC until June 4. Amongst all the hijinks, there was a “Dolly-Off” between Kyle and Michael, they talked about the Trumps not passing wind in front of each other (as you do), talk about Daniel Andrews’ apology, the San Diego Gay Men’s Choir public let down, plus a new naked restaurant idea for Melbourne. The post Ex Prison Officers, Naked Restaurants, Special Guests And What Trump Won’t Do appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Every week there’s always something new going on and this week was no exception. There was whole lot of emotions. Tyler Coppin from Little Shop Of Horrors joined us (funny), Lulu got talking about moving out of her family home (sad), the dance version of “My Heart Will Go On” from Celine Dion (confusion), an impending trip to Bali and some timely weather advice (happy, then sad), Dirk Hoult came in to talk about his new play “The Man Of Mode” (starts soon, happy) and special guest Samuel Johnson came in with his passion and energy to talk about Love Your Sister, his effort to raise $10 million for breast cancer awareness, Molly and more (very happy). The post New Homes, Titanic Dance Mixes, Bali Trips And Samuel Johnson appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Kate Ceberano with Lulu and Michael What a bumper show! Apart from the usual malarkey, we had Mark Vincent and Marina Prior join us to showcase their new duets album “Together”.  Next, Trevor Ashley and Hilary Cole (director and star respectively) of Heathers The Musical (ends May 22). The Desperettes dropped in for a song and our favourite songstress Kate Ceberano spent some quality time talking about her career, health and new best-of album “Anthology” (it’s gone top 10 already). Check it all out in the special extended edition of the Lulu And Michael podcast. The post Marina, Mark, Trevor And Kate appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Michael returned from his short battery recharge in Darwin only to come down with a small case of man flu. Lulu and Michael are joined by John Sheedy, the new CEO of TheatreWorks, Zoy Frangos from musical “Dogfight”, Gary Abrahams drops in to talk about directing a new show “Resident Alien” about Quentin Crisp and starring Paul Capsis, plus Daniel Tobias opens up about his experience with cancer and the new show he’s doing, “The Orchid And The Crow” to explore it. Not only that, we dig into the Montague Street Bridge (or at least the 2 new drivers who hit it), the celebrities who will leave the US  if Donald Trump wins the presidency, running into old friends who don’t remember you and find out what Enya is up to these days. The post Reclusive Enya, The Donald and The Montague Street Bridge appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

Michael had the week off to recharge his batteries so our program manager James stepped in to fill the fabulous gap that Michael left. We talked about Donald Trump, dating apps, Pistol & Boo, plus special guests Luigi Lucenti from “Tick Tick Boom“, Ella Caldwell from Red Stitch Theatre to talk about “Playlist” and new play “The River” and filmmakers Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe who have produced a wonderful documentary called “Remembering The Man“, which is the real story of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo, from which came the movie “Holding The Man” (and the book). The post Lulu And Michael… and James and Paul and…? appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

What a star studded episode! We are joined by Alan Fletcher (Karl from Neighbours) who was preparing to perform alongside good friend Dolly Diamond in Alive, Intimate & Up Late. Next up we had Daryl Somers chatting about Hey, Hey It’s Saturday and his new show “You’re Back In The Room”  airing Sundays at 7pm on Channel Nine. Comedian and producer Glynn Nicholas is in to talk Eurovision and his new show “Song Contest – The ALMOST Eurovision Experience” which runs from 1 April until May at Alex Theatre, St Kilda. The gorgeous Gina Liano came in to wow us with her looks, talk about her new fragrance and dish some interesting gossip about The Real Housewives Of Melbourne (Sundays 8:30pm on Arena on Foxtel) Finally, we were joined by Juan Vesuvius from his Melbourne International Comedy Festival show “Calypso Nights: Juan Too?“ The post Alan, Daryl, Glynn, Juan and Gina appeared first on Lulu and Michael.

On this episode, there is lots of talk of Easter eggs, buns and holidays plus we had comedienne Penny Arcade in to talk about her new MICF show “Longing Lasts Longer“; Al Murray (The Pub Landlord) to talk about his show “The (British) Empire Strikes Back” plus Brian Nankervis dropped in to talk about “Rockwiz’s Really Really Good Friday“. Our favourite guest was the very adorable Bailey the staffy cross who came in with his carers and Marisa from Second Chance Animal Rescue. Bailey has an aggressive form of cancer which has shortened his lifespan, so he’s got a bucket list which is halfway done. One of those items was to join a radio show for a day. He got lots of snuggles, pats and belly rubs and had a great time.   The post Bailey the Staffy Cross appeared first on Lulu and Michael.