Mum said ‘I think you’ve done a really wonderful thing.’ That’s the first thing she said. ‘You’ve done a really wonderful thing for your friend. That’s absolutely beautiful.’ and my dad said ‘you’re not even a dad. why did you make me pause the moviE.’

In development through Create SA

In 2024, through the magic of Nate, an Airbnb, a cup of tea, a bit of porn, and a syringe, Fleur had a baby.

Beginnings is a bold new theatrical work by Fleur Kilpatrick and Nate Charles Karagiannis-Troisi, exploring the complexities of donor conception and non-traditional family-making. Rooted in their own lived experience, the play challenges conventional storytelling structures, embracing a form that reflects the uncertainty, joy, and complexity of bringing new life into the world outside of traditional frameworks. It is a story about trust, a 20-year friendship, the complexity of family-making, and the simplicity of falling in love with a baby.

Stasia sent me a letter full of the loneliness of running a tiny arts org in a little mining town. The stress and beauty of it all. She signed off ‘Your fellow lighthouse keeper’.

In development with Ramble Arts. Supported by Create SA.

Lighthouse Keepers is a podcast about arts in country towns, how you make arts your job and the ripples of impact that it can have.

But we aren’t just interested in making a great podcast: we want to do it with a great group of young people who want to learn and create with us.

If you are a young regional person aged 16 to 25 year olds (but ages are never that strict at Ramble) who is thinking about a career in arts, journalism, community development or music/podcast/audio production, get in touch via this form! This project kicks off November 2025.

Lead artists: Fleur Kilpatrick and Stuart Watkinson