We're all wild at heart. This, month, we invited our superstar storytellers to tell us a story of courage. A brazen moment, a fearless act, a time you stuck it to the man (or woman), and did things their way. Maybe they got divorced or quit their job or had a one-night-stand. Maybe they spoke up or acted out. Took the road less traveled or demanded more. These six true tales from our multigenerational line-up will inspire you, surprise you, and entertain us all. Join us in community at the iconic Howler for a life-affirming evening that’ll show you it’s never too late to make a bold move or big choice.
Our performer line-up:
Team 20s: Maziela Jorneo is an influencer, entrepreneur, and model who won Miss Don Bella Australia 2019. Maziela has collaborated with many well known Australian brands on media campaigns for television. She loves tattoos ,cars and food.
Team 30s: Isobelle MacFarlane works in Public Health, in the field of Breast Cancer. She would say she has had a colourful life, enduring many challenges including multiple chronic illnesses which can render life a juggling act at times. Isobelle describes herself as optimistic about the contributions she can make, and the joy she can find in life.
Team 40s: Alexandra Collier is an award winning Melbourne writer who worked in New York for over a decade in theatre, TV, print and advertising. Her memoir Inconceivable, about becoming a solo mum by choice, will be published by Hachette in April 2023. In Australia, her plays have been produced and developed at Sydney Theatre Company, La Mama and the Hayes Theatre Co.
Team 50s: Jo Deeker, aka Cherry Charleston, is a senior IT leader by day. In her 40s she discovered burlesque and by night is a professional performer and director of Phoenix - an over 50's burlesque troupe. She has learned to love her body, and proves that you are never too old to try something new!
Team 60s: Sally Goldner is an educator, speaker, MC and occasional performer. Her involvement in Victoria’s queer community has spanned more than twenty years. She has worked as executive director and treasurer of Transgender Victoria, presenter of 3CR’s queer program ‘Out of the Pan’, co-facilitator of Transfamily and treasurer of Bisexual Alliance Victoria. She is also a contributor to the 2018 book Living and Loving in Diversity.
Team 70s: Jen Jewel Brown. Author of Skyhooks Million Dollar Riff and co-author, with Tina Hutchence, of Michael, my brother: lost boy of INXS, Jen Jewel Brown has walked the planet for 70 freaking years. She's a bisexual, singleton, single mum of two young adults with five poetry books out and an ex-A&R Manager of Mushroom Records and Publishing, now working on a memoir.
Generation Women is an award-winning cross-generational storytelling night founded in New York in 2017, Sydney in 2018, and Melbourne in 2020. Each month, six women of note read an original piece on a theme. Of those women, one is in her 20s, her 30s, her 40s, her 50s, her 60s, and her 70s+.
Hosted by Rebecca Lister, Produced by Donna Logue, Hopepunk Productions. Created by Georgia Clark.