crew interviews
daisy finch (all pronouns)
marketing manager
daisy is a boorloo/perth based creative who has been immersed in the arts as long as it can remember. while primarily a musician, they also frequently draw and write poetry that they occasionally post to social media. growing up surrounded by and learning to create music instilled a passion that led co to pursue dance as a teenager and eventually acting.
having performed in many productions and concerts over past ten years in all three areas of interest including perhaps.’ ‘recital.’, daisy is excited to officially take on a backstage role for the first time and put to use co’s passion and skill for design and social media.
what has been your favourite part of working on ‘all the stars.’?
the story, 100%. the text of the show itself is just so real and so relatable in so many ways. i couldn’t help but immediately connect to it, and seeing it come to life in the incredible acting, set and costume design has been a privilege for me beyond words.
if you were to pick one song to describe ‘all the stars.’, what would it be?
despite making a whole playlist for this show i am a mitski girlie at heart, so i’m going to go for ‘that’s our lamp’. it invokes a visual imagery that feels so similar to the story of ‘all the stars.’ for me that i just can’t unlink the two in my mind now.
how has your experience of queerness shaped who you are?
my experience of queerness has shaped so much of who i am; positively, negatively, and neutrally. there is so much trauma attached to me from growing up in and still being surrounded by christianity, and from navigating relationships within and around my queerness, that has changed how i live and how i love for the worse.
contrasting that, i have learned to love far greater than i could before. myself, others, the world we live in, everything. through gaining my own confidence and being uplifted in my queerness i have been able to put as much love out into the world as i currently do, and without that i wouldn’t be me.
which character says your favourite line from ‘all the stars.’?
my favourite line is in the final act of the show, when andie and tessa are reflecting on their relationship. tessa describes the fear of letting past relationships cloud current ones in such a perfect way for me, especially as someone who spends a lot of time thinking about this exact thing.
who do you relate most to; andie or tessa?
while there are surface level similarities between me and andie i am definitely most like tessa. i feel anxious and inexperienced in relationships, and at times feel not enough but also entirely too much. there are moments in the show where i feel as though tessa’s dialogue has been ripped straight from my past and from my mind; it was almost eerie hearing the script for the first time and seeing so much of myself, good and bad, in tessa’s character and situation.
if you could give any advice to your young queer self, what would it be?
there is so much i wish i had learned so much earlier, but the most important thing i would tell myself would be don’t put yourself back in the closet for other people’s comfort. you think it will help the situations you’re in, but really it just causes years of built up pain, confusion, and resentment both for others and for yourself. i wouldn’t wish that on anyone, least of all a fourteen year old kid with so much life and so much love ahead of it. i wish i had someone to tell me to continue being unapologetically me.
who is your favourite couple who is doomed by the narrative?
oh god i feel like any pairing from doctor who definitely fits this. but i have to go with the twelfth doctor and clara oswald because they are my favourites in general. it may be controversial but they were so in love, even though it never once worked out for them.