Bryce Ives is well known television host, radio host, producer, actor, artist and manager based in Melbourne, Australia. B

Bryce Ives was born on the 11th of November, 1983 at the Ballarat Base Hospital. He spent the bulk of his childhood and teenage years living in Ballarat.

At age 13, Bryce decided he'd had enough of local radio, walked into the community radio station 3BBB FM and asked if he could have his own show. Two weeks later he was on air with his own talkback comedy program, marked with a kind of mayhem which would become his on-air trademark. It was ABC TV's Race around the Corner which brought him the most notoriety during his teenage years. During his time on the show, he was evicted from Central Square Shopping Centre in Ballarat for a television stunt and interviewed Jeff Kennett and Pauline Hanson paparazzi-style.

Bryce is perhaps best known as the General Manager of SYN Melbourne, a dynamic youth community media organisation.

The Australian Newspaper wrote in 2004 “IF Graham Kennedy was the king of live variety then Bryce Ives must be a prince in training or something of a court jester,” which was quite a compliment for the self-confessed Graham Kennedy nut.

SYN

Bryce is currently employed as the General Manager of the 90.7_SYN Melbourne. SYN is a leading example of youth participation in the media. Within the Australian community broadcasting sector it is seen as an innovative trainer and broadcaster within a multimedia platform of television, print, radio and web.

The Student Youth Network Inc. (SYN) aims to provide young people with opportunities, access and training within the media. It is a leading example of youth participation in the media, SYN currently manages and operates a full-time Melbourne-wide community radio station (90.7 SYN-FM), produces 5 hours a week of live television (broadcast on Channel 31 Melbourne), publishes a quarterly magazine (Pecado) and maintains a full-time internet presence (www.syn.org.au). Bryce has been the General Manager of SYN for two years, and has been involved in SYN for four years.

Community Television

Bryce was part of a dynamic team which has helped create and sustain a number of large youth television programs on Australian community television. This includes the Tony Staley Award Winning program ‘Dawns Crack.’ During 2003 and 2004, Bryce was the Executive Producer of the Channel 31 live youth television programming ‘Pluck’ ‘Syn TV’ and ‘SYN City.’

'Dawn's Crack' was a cheap and cheerful mix of interviews, music and comedy with segments such as The Young and The Useless, a send-up of daytime soap, which aired every Saturday morning on Channel 31 Melbourne. The show gained a cult status in Melbourne and broadcast live from the basement of RMIT University. The show was produced by Shona Devlin, who Bryce had met on the ABC TV series 'Race around the Corner.'

He recently returned to hosting television on the interview programs ‘Buskerama’ and ‘The Roaming Couch’ both for C31 and Federation Square. Both programs were produced by Ron Frim and RMITV Television.

In 2004 Bryce’s television achievements were nationally recognised when he was awarded ‘Television Producer of the Year’ at the CBAA Awards.

In 2006, Bryce was the host of the annual Antenna Awards alongside Stella Young from 'No Limits.' The awards were a live gala ceremony at Federation Square.

Community Broadcasting Sector

Bryce has been involved in the community broadcasting sector for nine years, starting at community radio station 3bbb FM in Ballarat, Victoria. He has served as a Board Member of SYN (Student Youth Network Inc) and NYMN (National Youth Media Network.)

Bryce sits on the National Committee of the CBAA (Community Broadcasting Association of Australia.) The CBAA is the peak body for community radio and television stations. The organisation provide leadership, advocacy and support for our members to actively provide independent broadcasting services and to build and strengthen local communities.

Performing Arts

Bryce has been involved in theatre for the past fourteen years. As a teenager Bryce worked on local Ballarat productions and a range of styles from Shakespeare: ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream,’ ‘Much ado about Nothing;’ Brecht: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle;’ Euripides: ‘Medea’ and more contemporary pieces such as ‘Hating Alison Ashley’ and ‘Away.’ In his later teen years Bryce became well known in Ballarat for staging a number of innovative theatre shows. This included co-writing and producing an original play ‘The Black Book,’ directing and producing an Australian premiere ‘Tangled up in Blue’ and directing a sell-out season of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ as part of the 2003 Ballarat Begonia Festival.

In more recent times, Bryce has been heavily consumed with his media work and this has severely limited his theatrical pursuits. He has however, enjoyed directing 'Once on This Island' for Westbourne Grammar School and in 2005 returned to the stage as a performer to play Darryl Van Horn in the Victorian Amateur Theatre Premiere of 'The Witches of Eastwick.' The reviewers described his performance "Bryce Ives portrayed the role with real flair, prowling the stage like a cat, and worked the audience well. He has a nice voice and true stage presence" - www.theatrepeople.com.au and " charismatic Bryce
Ives playing Darryl Van Horne dominated the stage whenever he appeared – which was
much of the time. The sleazy grin rarely left his face and exuded a dangerous sexuality,
which I’m sure affected more than just those on stage. He sang well and moved beautifully"- STAGE WHISPERS.

In 2006, he returned to 'The Witches of Eastwick,' this time successfully directing the Geelong premiere with Geelong Lyric Theatre. The show was an enormous success, the review noted, "it was one of those performances that made you want to jump up on
stage with the cast and dance. Everyone was having such a great time and
their enthusiasm leap from the stage and kept the audience firmly under the
shows spell...
The show was directed by Bryce Ives. This young man did a great job. He
understood the comedy of the show and made sure that everyone onstage from
the principals to the large chorus were given a distinct characterization.
The flying sequence in particular was most impressive and was one of the
highlights of the show. Clever lighting added greatly to the overall effect
of this sequence. The audience applause said it all."- www.theatrepeople.com.au

Ballarat

Bryce is a familiar face within the Ballarat community as a lively master of ceremonies, performer and director of local events.

As a child, Bryce was a member of Vertex Theatre at Creswick and the Ballarat Light Opera Company, BLOC Juniors, Theatre Movement Inc, Ballarat Youthworks, Ballarat Lyric Theatre and MAYTE. During his early teens, Bryce quickly found the thrill of writing and directing his own plays and toured to Singapore in the Soverign Hill production of 'Gold in the Hourglass.'

He is also remembered for his radio work on 3BBB FM and later 99.9 Voice FM alongside Alan Edmonson, Andrew Hare, Tom Curtis and many others.

In 2002, Bryce was awarded ‘Young Citizen of the Year’ for his contribution to the Ballarat community.

External links

SYN 907 website

C31 Melbourne website