<p><span><span>- There’s a ghostly voice floating up out of northern New South Wales. Touched with a world weary sadness, it’s the sound of a soul that’s seen more than plague and flood. In fact it’s seen the world and at every stage of that journey the sound of its longing has become more plaintive and piercing. It’s as though Stephanie Cherote travelled the globe, looking for something, and all she ended up with is the memories of what she left behind.</span></span></p>

<p><span><span>- Anya Anastasia is many things, but is perhaps most known in popular culture as the amnesiac, orphan, composite Russian heroine of the late ‘90’s animated feature <em>Anastasia.</em> The name has been borrowed for a newer incarnation however, adding still more composites to the character, our Anya here is a “chanteuse, comedian, singer/song-writer, and terrible, lanky, Swarovski-encrusted, wannabe acrobat”, or at least that’s how she describes herself.