About
(designed by Kate Moon)
Credits & Info
Tagline
If Star Trek and the L Word had a weird, hilarious audio baby.
Title
A Q Star, also known as a grey hole (lol), is a heavy neutron star with an exotic state of matter. Oh yeah, and the ship is full of queers!
Synopsis
When a tone deaf space agency sends the “first all non-men crew” on a PR mission to Mars, they inadvertently end up the last six humans in the galaxy. Lead by Co-Captains (and exes) Aurelia and Sim, STARSHIP Q STAR follows this extremely queer crew on their quest across the galaxy to find a new home.
Crew
Co-Creators/Writers: Lauren Anderson (she/her) & Meegan May (she/her)
Director: Lauren Anderson
Producer: Meegan May @ So Nice Productions
Writer Episode 4: Lena Moon (she/her)
Sound Engineer: Darius Kedros (he/him)
Sound Designer: Darius Kedros, Sonic State Design
Recorded & Mixed at: The Garden Studios, Melbourne
Editors: Lauren Anderson & Meegan May
Original Music: Jack Lewis
Cover Art: Kate Moon
Cast
AURELIA: ANNIE LUMSDEN (she/her)
SIM: DREY MENDEZ (they/them)
MO: LENA MOON (she/her)
DUSTY: SUNANDA (they/them)
SOLARIS: ISHA MENON (they/them)
BOB: SCOTT LIMBRICK (he/him)
GENERAL SWAN / MISC: BEN RUSSELL (he/him)
COMPUTER: MEEGAN MAY
Chart Highlights:
#1 in Fiction - Apple Podcasts Australia
#2 in Fiction - Apple Podcasts South Africa
#3 in Fiction - Apple Podcasts Canada
#1 in Comedy Fiction - Apple Podcasts Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and over 50 more countries!
Featured by both Apple Podcasts and Spotify multiple times in different featured categories.
Details
Festivals and awards:
More awards and nominations here
Official Selection: Cusco Webfest, LA Webfest, NZ Webfest, Minnesota Webfest, Apulia Web Fest, New Jersey Webfest, Baltimore New Media Webfest, Bilbao Series Land, Sydney Webfest, Rio Webfest, Hollywood Series (Asia Web Awards)
Winner:
Australian Writers’ Guild’s AWGIE Awards - Nominated for Best Audio - Fiction
Silver Winner in the Signal Awards for Craft - Best Writing (Fiction)
Semi-Finalist in the Austin Film Festival Script Competition in the Fiction Podcast category
LA Webfest - Best Comedy (Podcast) and Best Director (Podcast)
New Jersey Web Fest - Outstanding Comedy (Narrative Podcast)
Sydney Web Fest - Best Fiction Podcast
Minnesota Web Fest - Best Comedy Podcast, Best Comedic Performance in a Podcast - Annie Lumsden
New Zealand Web Fest - Best Podcast Writing Fiction
Baltimore New Media Webfest - Best LGBTQ Content
RSS: Here
Directories:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starship-q-star/id1655788604
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Cm9F8tREsR0BNcqk2sey7
Listen ad-free on Apollo Plus
Website:
www.starshipqstar.com
Premiere Date:
08 December, 2022
Accessibility:
Full transcripts available here.
TikTok: @StarshipQStar
Instagram: @StarshipQStar
Twitter: @StarshipQStar
YouTube: Starship Q Star
Tumblr: starshipqstar.tumblr.com
Contact:
starshipqstar@gmail.com
STARSHIP Q STAR was written and produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the lands of which we work and live. Sovereignty was never ceded.
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