Hi, my name is Kimi Lovegrave. I'm a proud Ngunnawal woman from the Lower Murray River and Coorong Lakes in South Australia. I run my own business, Kungari Productions.
At RMIT, while I was studying, I studied three programs:
They were in communication, business administration and public relations.
What inspired me to start my own business was I saw that there was a gap in the community in comedic arts, and so that's how Kungari Productions was established and that's how Kungari Comedy got started.
The advice I would give anybody wanting to start their own business, especially women, it is scary when you first start, especially when you don't have money, which is how I got started. But the money will always come. It will come after you put in the work.
I see the future of comedy involving social media a lot more. I also see the industry involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their culture a lot more and really massively highlighting First Nations comedians that are coming through.
One of my biggest highlights in my career so far is performing at Upfront, which is a program with Melbourne International Comedy Festival that highlights emerging and established female comedians that are killing it in Australia. I was extremely nervous. I usually have all my support people sitting in the front, which makes me even more nervous. But then I kill it because then I write jokes about the people in the front.
I have been heavily involved in the Ngarara Willim Centre since day one. Ngarara Willim is a space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. It's a safe space to feel at home if you need help with scholarships or finance stuff. Pretty much anything that you're worried about whilst you're doing your studies. And they're a really good contact for you to have. Just name drop me and they'll get in contact because I'm kind of a celebrity.
