Brisbane Powerhouse

So that sounds absolutely amazing.

You can check that out on the Brisbane Powerhouse website and tag along.

That's so fantastic.

Gosh,

So my name is Daniel Cunningham.

I'm the co-founder and sort of artistic director of Miss First Nation, which we've been running for nearly 10 years now, since 2017, and the inaugural Mr First Nation, which is happening right now here as part of the Melt Festival at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Marzi Pan is my alter ego, who...

That is a bit more wild than I am, if I'm to be honest.

So we've had lots of rehearsals and I should probably explain to you that there's quite a number of heats that happen throughout the week.

So we started off with our photogenic heat where they shot with a fantastic photographer, Joseph Mayers, who has shot all of our competitions before.

So he did a big group shot with them here at the Brisbane Powerhouse and then did solo portraits of them all and chose a winner for the Mr Photogenic Award.

Then last night we had the Best National Costume, which was a really beautiful way for the audiences to meet the kings for the very first time.

So if you want to get onto that party, you should.

There's also a Queer PowerPoint at the Powerhouse, which is a bit of a comedy on the 28th of October.

That'll be worth seeing as well.

I'm also from the generation of loving the L word.

And on the same night, on the 7th, there's also Tropical Fruits Melted.

So you have two epic parties.

We've got one at Quiver and then one with guava at Melting Pot at the Powerhouse.

So you'll have to toss up between those two.

This is exciting.

At the Powerhouse, Brisbane Powerhouse in February.

I think we, I don't remember on the top of my head when we opened, but I believe we're there from the start of Feb to like the 21st, I think.

Yeah, I guess.

so special so glad we could do this now as i mentioned i was watching some of the work that you've done since we last spoke and what what else can you share about what's in the pipeline for you two in the next couple of months what are you working on

So we're just about to open our exhibition in Brisbane Powerhouse, the Bloodlines exhibition, which is on us.

We lost to HIV and AIDS and it's so special to take it to different queer communities.

So I'm so excited about being, and Garrett's from Queensland.

So it's particularly special to go back there and take this project there.

It opens on the 21st of October and runs through to the 10th of November.

It's for Melt Festival at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Brilliant.

On the 1st of March in 2002, Mosaic congregate, congregated in the Victorian seaside town of Rye for six days of intensive rehearsals.

The Australian tour that followed com- culminated in two gigs recorded at the Brisbane Powerhouse on the 30th and 31st of March that year.

And, uh, it's a selection of songs and tunes from the Powerhouse concerts that we're about to hear now.

This is Mosaic.