From the Embers 2: Phoenix - The Stage Goes Dark - Ep 9

Melbourne became a ghost town during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pubs and venues closed their doors, leaving many of the city’s artists and creatives without a stage or an audience. Yet over the months, it was the creative industries, that have kept communities strong by adapting to unprecedented circumstances. 

In this episode, four artists share their struggles and victories during the pandemic and cry out for an overlooked community, calling for a lifeline.

This is the final episode of From the Embers 2: Phoenix, a nine part series sharing first-hand accounts from communities across Australia about how they rebuilt their lives as they struggled through a pandemic. 

From the Embers, Season 2 Episode 9 Guests:

• Eilish Gilligan
• Brenton Harris - Catholic Guilt
• Neil Morris - DRMNGNOW
• Virginia Gay

From the Embers, Season 2 Episode 9 Credits:

• Producer Erin Dick
• Executive Producer and presenter Sarah Mashman
• Engineer Tegan Nichols
• Theme composer Oliver Beard
• Management team: Abe Killian and Sime Knezevic

This episode was made on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and the muwinina people from Country around nipaluna. These lands were never ceded. 

From the Embers Season 2: Phoenix is supported by The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, Monash University’s Fire to Flourish program and The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative and broadcast across Australia via the Community Radio Network, and available to listen on Community Radio Plus.