Tania de Jong sure does contain multitudes. At the moment, she’s preparing for the return of Driftwood The Musical to Melbourne theatres in May. De Jong stars, produces and co-pens the lyrics for the popular show, based on the memoir of her mother Eva de Jong-Duldig.
You may also recognise de Jong’s name from the prolific media releases of Mind Medicine Australia, an organisation co-founded by de Jong that advocates for “the development of safe and effective psychedelic-assisted therapies to cure a range of mental illnesses”.
What we didn’t know until this week is that she’s also a member of the United Australia Party. We got an email from the UAP spruiking not only Clive Palmer’s upcoming appearance on bellicose fact checker and sought-after stand-up Paul Murray’s Sky News show, but Driftwood‘s upcoming run “starring UAP member Tania de Jong AM”.
Driftwood covers “the epic lives of two Holocaust survivors and their groundbreaking accomplishments”. We wonder if any of the friends the UAP made during their committed anti-lockdown and vaccine sceptic campaigning will be able to make it to the show.
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