"Clowning is all about embracing failure and reveling in being stupid and low status, which is the antithesis to what was expected of me growing up."

Asked to describe his Edinburgh Fringe show, 'Right About Now', James said: "It’s a little bit about my Mum, a little bit about anti-vax cousins, and a little bit about transphobia being a colonial mentality being forced on pacific people… but with jokes."

"It is very important to actively develop and focus one's practise and also build relations with other forms of art in your community. Best wishes, I'm still trying to crack the code."

Vera speaks about the process of putting together the Last Frame Queer Festival last month, and her role in that as Festival Director. We also talk about Last Frame's film club, which is all year round, and their queer horror nights with Token Homo!

"The Lorente family trade is artisan carpentry - spanning three generations for the Catholic church. So being a guilt-ridden, idealistic perfectionist is in my blood."

"This is probably the last interview I do before my full descent into madness. The next you hear of me, I could be living in the woods, feeding off Salmon and trying to get mobile data so I can stream GB News."

"I don’t come from much- a struggling family growing up, but they were all very serious about me gaining an education and educating myself about the world, its history and my place in it."

"We accidentally performed in a strip club in Canada... We thought it was going to be a variety show. I think we got paid $8 profit share and were slow clapped onstage by a father and son duo who were definitely not our target market."

Natasha's new show, 'Clown Sex', will be at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August. 

"All I could think about as I was laying facedown was how nice those $400 Australian Dollars would feel landing in my bank account."

"A good week on the circuit, you’ll gig 5 times for 20 minutes. That’s just over an hour and a half total on stage and probably 15-30 hours in the car. At the fringe, you do an hour every single day, minimum."

"I went to what’s known in the US as a charter school, which is code for very weird and strange theatre kid school where no one does any sports and instead all must be in band or choir and learn Latin, the most useful language of all."