Brian Nankervis

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.