Brian Nankervis has been writing, producing and co-hosting RocKwiz since 2004. He also co-hosts The Friday Revue on ABC Radio Melbourne. From 2021 to 2023 he hosted Songs and Stories, a national ABC radio show. He was a writer/performer on Let The Blood Run Free and appeared regularly on Hey Hey It’s Saturday as the poet Raymond J Bartholomeuz.
Brian contributes regularly to The Age and radio 3RRR and is an MC and performer for public events and corporate functions. He performs a poetry show in schools. Brian has written, performed and produced solo shows, From The Cradle To The Grav’ and Open Road for the Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Brian was initially a primary school teacher. He fled the classroom in 1985 to work at Melbourne's legendary theatre restaurant The Last Laugh.
Sunday 26 October
2.45pm (bar from 2)
Inspired by Brian Nankervis’s own experiences and ‘classic’ beach house anecdotes,The Beach House Years is the fictional story of a ‘Seahaven’, a beach house. Seahaven shimmers in the heat, looking across grass, scrub and sea. The house faces north and is shaped like a Vita Brits box. Four rooms, louvered windows, concrete paths and a swing. This funny, heartfelt story of the beach house covers forty years of family life.
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7.30pm (bar from 6.30)
At one time or another, we all find there was something we wish we’d said aloud, someone out there in the world waiting to hear an important message, a piece of history we feel our voice could have improved. Better Off Said offers the opportunity to find closure and sing truth from the rooftops before it’s too late. Four guests will speak to the phrase ‘The words I wish I’d said’, and a special guest will deliver a Living Eulogy to someone or something still of this earth, to celebrate the best in our lives while we're here to hear it. From members of the team behind international literary phenomenon Women of Letters, Better Off Said is a spoken-word art salon celebrating words, stories, and human experiences. Created by Marieke Hardy and Emilie Zoey Baker and featuring Antoinette Lattouf, Hannie Rayson, Brian Nankervis, Shokoofeh Azar and Andrew Rule, with music by Sarah Carroll.
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