Q THEATRE’S FREE TALK AND IDEAS SERIES : THE SUBJECT – BINGE CULTURE

As part of Q Theatre’s FREE Talks & Ideas series BINGE will examine our appetite for dropping deep into our favourite long running TV series. This is a chance to talk about what binge culture means for how we connect with art, stories and entertainment.

Talking about television generates many words relating to ingestion, like TV appetite, fare, diet, menu and now, especially, binge. Is binging just another stage in the evolution of television viewing or a fast-flowing pipeline to unhealthy cultures and bodies?

Keynote Speaker, David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, will explore the notion of the television binge in his presentation ‘Binge: Television Feast or Cultural Famine?’ to kick off a panel discussion that will delve more deeply into these ideas from a variety of perspectives. 

Panellists include: Patrick Lenton (Writer and Journalist – Junkee, Daily Life, VICE), Loretta Farrell (Emu Plains based filmmaker and creator of Watcha Doin’ Today), Vonne Patiag (Writer, Director, Producer, Actor).

Talks & Ideas is a series of FREE events taking on big questions with a healthy dose of humour from leading artists, thinkers, scientists, agitators and local heroes. Wrapped up as a tight sixty minute experience each Talks & Ideas event includes a keynote introduction, a panel discussion and a chance to ask questions.

BINGE is online, on Thursday, 16 Sept 2021 at 6:30pm. Tickets are FREE. Booking is essential and will close at 3pm on the day. A Zoom webinar link will be supplied to audience members ahead of the event – 

https://www.thejoan.com.au/events/binge/ 

FurtherTalks and Ideas Free events include: 

28 Oct – Will You Marry Me Alexa?

This talk is about technology, identity and the space in between.

18 Nov – Good Neighbours

This talk is about community, connection, local heroes and what it means to be a Good Neighbour.