Onwards To Victory
Welcome to Onwards To Victory, the show where the world’s most fascinating performers lift the velvet curtain and reveal what really happens behind the spotlight.
Hosted by Magnus Danger Magnus, a multi award winning international showman with more than 25 years performing at the biggest theatres and arts festivals across the globe, this is your backstage pass into the minds of the most creative, chaotic and passion driven humans on the planet.
Every episode, Magnus sits down with the performers who have survived it, shaped it and kept it alive. The drag icons, circus legends, comedians, freak show artists, burlesque royalty and the new generation of wild creative geniuses who are reshaping live entertainment.
This is the real conversation, not the PR version.
The stories nobody tells.
The failures nobody admits.
The resilience, the heartbreak, the obsession and the victories that define a life in showbiz.
If you want to understand how extraordinary people think, create, survive and succeed in one of the most unforgiving industries in the world, or if you simply love creativity, chaos and a proper laugh, you have found your new favourite show.
Join Magnus and his guests on their journey to greatness.
This is Onwards To Victory, the greatest podcast in human history.
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Onwards To Victory
Saving an Outback Spiegeltent & Taking On a Religious Hate Campaign With Tom Oliver | EP 22
Actor, singer and festival Producer/ Founder Tom Oliver joins Magnus to share one of the wildest modern fringe stories you’ll ever hear, from accidentally becoming the guy who runs a suburban arts festival to rescuing a 400-seat Spiegeltent that was rotting in outback Queensland and turning it into the beating heart of Wynnum Fringe. Tom breaks down the tent’s unbelievable origin story, the half-a-million-dollar headache of bringing it back to life, and how a last-minute $100K crowdfund, a mountain of steel and mirrors, and a village of dedicated locals, team members and artists made the impossible happen.
We dive into what fringe culture really does for a community, the reality of building a festival from scratch when you’ve got more passion than money, and the Bay Pride saga where religious bigots tried to shut the event down with illegal flyers and a coordinated smear campaign. Tom opens up about being trolled, protecting his team, and what it felt like to stand his ground, then watch 5,500 people flood the Wynnum foreshore in rainbow colours to say “we’ve got you.”
We also talk about the strange currency of community and culture, the toll and responsibility of leadership, and Tom’s big-picture dream for the Augathella Spiegeltent to host world-class shows in Brisbane and beyond. It’s part origin story, part war story, part love letter to fringe, and a powerful reminder of what happens when one strong-willed, sparkly human refuses to back down.
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