RAELENE BRUINSMA: Music Therapy
On her first day of a new job as a registered music therapist in a nursing home,…
EDWARD LAURS: The Birth
It was a home birth. Edward and his baby mama had whale CDs playing in the background,…
On the Road: The Chin Wagon
Since 2010, Barefaced Stories has been collecting true stories for the stage, building…
#13: ERICA FREEMAN: Death, drugs and dogs.
Erica Freeman was dealt a shitty hand, at 18 she had lost both of her parents. She…
#12: ETGAR KERET: High On The Job
Israeli author Etgar Keret says he reckons he could’ve been a social drinker…
#11: NADINE BROWNE: Divine Revenge
As a teenager, Nadine Browne was told by a church elder that her choice of clothing…
#10: MATT ROBERTS: My Cheatin’ Heart
Everyone is nice to kids, right? Wrong. Meeting his girlfriend’s family for…
#09: ERICA FREEMAN: The Dress
In the privacy of our homes, we get up to all sorts of things…., especially…
#08: GREG FLEET – Everybody Needs Good Neighbours
Australian comedian Greg Fleet has documented his heroin addiction pretty thoroughly…
#07: Brave Souls
We go there, en masse, every year. For the beer, the sunburn and the Bintang singlets.…
#06: Little Ones
It’s tricky making people from scratch, for instance, how do you even get started…
#05: What could possibly go wrong?
A bad day at work for most of us starts with a paper cut and progresses to a photocopier…