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Hello dear listener. Whoever you are and wherever you are welcome to The Pursuit Pod and can you believe it, to our final interview for season one! Gosh, I’m so proud of how this show has progressed over the past 10 episodes and I will be forever humbled and thankful for your tuning in.

I’m of course Lauren Wood, your host here and this is where I chat with artists abroad about the pursuit of their creative careers. This week we are visiting one of my oldest and dearest friends the enchantingly lovable Margo Furness.

Margo now lives and works in Brisbane but has lived through some pretty interesting events whilst taking performance contracts in her early twenties in Japan.

When offered a contract before she’d even turned 18 or moved out of home this young performer was wide eyed and as enthusiastic as ever to prove to herself and her loved ones that she could cope with the challenges that working abroad might throw her way.

Little did she know what the universe had in store for her over those coming years and I’m extremely honoured that Margs has taken the time to talk to me on this episode about some deeply personal and life changing experiences that she has lived through.

Just so it’s known, today’s chat will be touching on the rather heavy topics of PTSD and exploring sexuality so please bare this in mind if you are someone that feels sensitive to content of this nature.

And with all that being said, and for the last time this season,

Without further ado, lets get to it.

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Hello dear listener. Whoever you are and wherever you are welcome to episode number 10 of THE PURSUIT POD. I’m Lauren Wood and this is where I chat with artists abroad about the pursuit of their creative careers and this week we’re off to New York City my friends as we chat with fellow Qld Conservatorium alumni Libbi Swan.

It was great to catch up with Libbi in this chat after not having seen her for a number of years since we last worked together back in Aus and after I’ve been very intrigued by the work she’s been doing in the states at a time in its history that has been extremely tumultuous. Although performance work in NY has been scarce for the past 12mths this girl has been thriving in an arts focussed role where she has begun to realise that her MT training has prepared her for more than just the onstage action.

I was keen to hear first-hand from a NY resident about what it’s been like living in the city during some hugely historic events including Trump’s presidency, the collapse of broad way and the Black lives matter movement.

I was also really thankful to have a very candid chat with somebody who also struggles with the audition process to highlight the absolute battle that it takes to get the damn performance work when it’s actually available.

It’s not something we discuss enough. The fact the we put ourselves through these rigorous and emotionally strenuous interview processes for our work and I hope this chat brings a little bit of comfort and perhaps hope to anyone who’s equally still trying to figure out auditions. It’s not easy folks. So let’s have a chat about it.

And without further ado, let’s get to it.

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