This week Candy chats with not one, but two creatives - Sapidah Kian and Eugyeene Teh.

Sapidah is a director, actor, theatre-maker and dramaturg, working across theatre, film, television and radio. Born in Tehran of Azeri Iranian heritage, Sapidah’s family migrated to Sydney at age 3. An outlier growing up in the suburbs of St Ives, at 16 Sapidah found her like-minded folks at a free class run by ‘Packed Theatre’ and feel in love with the arts. Nowadays Sapidah acts for both stage and screen, whilst teaching and holding space for students of colour at the VCA.

Eugyeene Teh is a Malaysian born and bred theatre-maker, architect and designer across theatre, dance, opera and fashion. With a passion for design and expanding his individuality, Eugyeene relocated to Melbourne at the age of 19 with the mission to decolonise and centre the stories of underrepresented minorities. These days Eugyeene can be found looking chic in his impeccably curated outfits.

This week Candy chats with producer, artist, multi-instrumentalist and sometimes rapper Joelistics (aka Joel Ma). Growing up in Australia with Chinese, Malaysian and Scottish roots Joel is known for his experimental and eclectic artistic style expressed through his music, writing and theatre. Joel makes art not for the Australian mainstream but for the underground, the resistance.