Headliners on ABC and ABC iview S1E4 – With two weeks until the Mundi Mundi festival, Elly-May Barnes has upped the ante, organising a gig at the fully accessible Red Rattler in Sydney’s Inner West.
There is a lot riding on this – Elly-May has asked along Poppy Reid, renowned critic and Editor in Chief of Rolling Stone*, to watch. She’ll know if the bands are good enough for Mundi Mundi.
To add to the pressure, Ella Hooper’s band arrives minus their bass player, Sarah, who is unwell.
While Ella combs her contacts to find a replacement bass player, Tim’s band look forward to their performance. Both groups also reveal their band names – Tim’s is Together With Strangers, and Ella’s is Sync Or Swim.
As the doors open for a sold-out crowd of discerning music lovers, the pressure builds backstage. Prairie feels very under rehearsed, but Mikky is the positivity the bands need, reassuring her to laugh off any mistakes – “just have fun.”
Following the gig and Poppy’s feedback, Elly-May has called in some star power: multi-ARIA award winning pop icon, Delta Goodrem. During the meeting with Sync Or Swim, Delta works to bring up their energy, encouraging shy guitarist Mikky to come out of his shell and reveal his rockstar potential. For the workshop with Together With Strangers, Delta encourages them to give each other the space to shine. Rapper Nathan moves to centre stage during his solo, and everyone is connecting during their parts.
Poppy Reid is no longer the Editor in Chief of Rolling Stone Magazine.
Production credit:
Commissioned by the ABC, Headliners is an Endemol Shine Australia (A Banijay Entertainment Company) production. Major production investment from the ABC in association with Screen Australia. Financed with support from Screen NSW. Developed and produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Filmed and post produced in New South Wales. International sales by Banijay Rights. Developed with the assistance of Screen NSW. Post, digital and visual effects supported by Screen NSW.
Director of Content, Endemol Shine Australia: Tara McWilliams. Executive Producer: Penny McWhirter. Series Producer: Kate Paul. Post Executive Producer: Kate Feely. ABC Head of Screen: Jen Collins. ABC Head of Factual: Susie Jones. ABC Commissioning Editor: Kalita Corrigan.
Headliners on ABC and ABC iview – Tuesday 10 December at 8.00pm
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Headliners on ABC and ABC iview S1E4
