Life On Tour
Hosted by Manon GB, this is a podcast that celebrates the highs and lows of being a touring musical theatre performer in Australia. Whether you're in the industry right now, whether you want to learn something new, or if you just want to have a laugh, this is the podcast for you!
Life On Tour
20. Parenthood On Tour ft. Angela Scundi
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Manon Gunderson-Briggs
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This week, Manon interviews the incredible performer and mother of two, Angela Scundi about touring with kids. They discuss:
- Functioning on low sleep while caring for two kids and learning 3 tracks
- The decision to tour and all the factors that went into it
- The challenge of finding childcare on tour
- How Angela told her kids that they’d be touring with her first postpartum full time job
- Angela’s decision to have kids while balancing her career, fomo and “having it all”
- How performing arts workplaces can better support working parents
- What an average day looks like for Angela
- The logistics of rehearsing with two kids on the road
- Job-sharing and the isolation of different priorities
But first, Manon and Jasmine have a chat about an action packed week. They discuss:
- Renee Rapp
- “Rapping” the week. Yes, you read that right.
- Getting “Screeched In” and the absolute best night of our lives at H E Mark Glauser, High Commissioner of Canada and Diane Glauser’s home
- Manon “rapping” the week but then it going horribly wrong
- A surfer analogy
- The end of the tour feels
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