NO FEELING IS FINAL
CREATIVE AUSTRALIA 2025
Letters of confirmation and SUPPORT
This page contains a letter of confirmation and support from:
Science Gallery Melbourne - providing in-kind venue for residency and presentation, and venue support
Auspicious Arts Projects - Agreement to Auspice
It also contains support letters from:
Joel Werner - Executive Producer of original ABC podcast series
Australian of the Year Prof Patrick McGorry AO speaking about the importance of the live show
RMIT, who commissioned the previous development showing of the show at The Big Anxiety Festival
Other support letters included
I have also included, as they are references in this application, the following letters of confirmation that demonstrate the interest in this project funding leading to national tour for this Melbourne-born performance, giving the work life beyond this project funding:
WA Museum Boola Bardip - interest in presenting tour-ready work
Big Anxiety Festival / Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC) - interest in presenting tour-ready work
Fraser Orford - Independent Theatre Producer who’s leading the national tour strategy
Dr Timothy Sharp - Psychologist / Mental Health Consultant on this project and sought after speaker, also confirming interest in this project being presented at mental health conferences and professional development
LETTERS OF CONFIRMATION
SCIENCE GALLERY MELBOURNE - VENUE PARTNER
Science Gallery Melbourne will provide in-kind venue access to their state-of-the-art theatre space for a two-week creative development residency and public presentation in early 2026. This venue support is valued at $30,260 and reflects their belief in the project's artistic and social impact.
“We believe No Feeling Is Final – Live will make a valuable contribution to Melbourne’s arts landscape and to public conversations around mental health. We are excited to support the next phase of this work and hope to see it ultimately tour widely as a work developed in and through Melbourne.”
— Tilly Boleyn, Head of Curatorial, Science Gallery Melbourne
AUSPICIOUS ARTS PROJECTS - AUSPICE PARTNER
Auspicious Arts Projects - Agreement to Auspice Letter (click here)
LETTERS OF SUPPORT
JOEL WERNER - Executive Producer of the original ABC No Feeling Is Final podcast series
Joel Werner Support Letter (click here)
“Honor brings a unique voice to the mental health arena – she tells stories of complex mental illness in a way that is engaging, unexpected, provocative, and moving. Occasionally deeply, darkly funny. And, most importantly, relatable – especially for people dealing with their own mental health concerns. Honor embraces production innovation, and is unflappable, even when deadlines and production cycle pressures loom large.”
PROFESSOR PATRICK MCGORRY AO - Australian of the Year and Mental Health Advocate
Prof Patrick McGorry Support Letter (click here)
“Honor has maintained and established herself as a unique creative voice, using her art to speak to the heart of the mental health systems failings, and the very real human fall-out of a broken system.
I unequivocally support Honor’s grant application and believe in the positive impact of Honor’s creative work to be part of the cacophony of voices calling for change. I hope this new version of her incredible performance will be able to be seen by many more Australians who need it.”
RMIT - Project Partner
RMIT Culture Support letter
(click link)
“Given the incredible reception to No Feeling Is Final Live at The Capitol as part of The Big Anxiety 2022, RMIT wholeheartedly supports Honor Eastly’s grant application. Honor's show is an important work for people facing significant mental health challenges, as well as their friends and family, and we strongly support the creative development of a tourable version of the show to ensure it is accessible to all those who need it.”
OTHER SUPPORT LETTERS FOR PROJECT CONTEXT
VENUES AND FESTIVALS INTERESTED IN PRESENTING TOUR READY WORK
WA MUSEUM BOOLA BARDIP - Confirmation of Interest
WA Museum Confirmation of Interest in presenting tour ready work (click here)
WA Museum are interested in presenting a tour-ready version of No Feeling Is Final, this grant would fund the creative development required to create this tourable version and enable us to take it to WA Museum and beyond.
“The WA Museum Boola Bardip is very interested in the prospect of presenting a touring iteration of No Feeling is Final… No Feeling is Final is beyond brave and a performance WA audiences deserve to experience…WA Museum Boola Bardip is one of seven Museums across the State and the opportunity to be presented by the WA Museum offers a partnership that will support a scale of touring across Western Australia.”
THE BIG ANXIETY (TBA) FESTIVAL / BIG ANXIETY RESEARCH CENTRE (BARC) - Confirmation of Interest
The Big Anxiety Festival / BARC Confirmation of Interest in presenting tour ready work (click here)
Jill Bennett, Director of The Big Anxiety Festival and BARC is interested in presenting a tour-ready version of No Feeling Is Final at an upcoming Big Anxiety Festival. They will also support this Creative Australia development through sharing audience support protocols, “specifically designed to enhance audience engagement with sensitive subject matter”.
“I am pleased to confirm The Big Anxiety Festival's interest in presenting the tour-ready version of "No Feeling Is Final" at a future festival. We see strong potential for this work to tour nationally and internationally, reaching diverse audiences in both arts and mental health contexts.”
The Big Anxiety is an initiative of UNSW and one of the largest mental health arts festivals, attracting over 140,000 visitors.
New non-creative team members for this project funding
FRASER ORFORD - INDEPENDENT PRODUCER
Fraser Orford Confirmation Letter (click here for pdf)
“The extraordinary audience response demonstrates clear market demand for this boundary-pushing and challenging work… I have committed to developing a comprehensive touring strategy following this development period.”
DR TIMOTHY SHARP - PSYCHOLOGIST AND MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT
Dr Timothy Sharp Confirmation and Support Letter (click for pdf)
“I am committed to supporting this development phase and can confirm substantial interest from my networks in presenting this work once tour-ready.”
As a renowned keynote speaker - Tim also informs avenues for presentation not just at cultural events but conferences and symposiums aimed at educating the healthcare sector.