Queen Bee

Bernadette, working as Queen Bee, is a Brisbane MC with a newsroom background. Journalism, television and radio, speechwriting and communications strategy came before the microphone, and it shows in how she handles a run sheet. She reads autocue, works to tight broadcast-style cues and in-ear monitoring, moderates panels and runs awards presentations without the ceremony dragging. She has also worked alongside Auslan interpreters and accessibility teams so every guest in the room is included. Her count sits past a thousand events, mostly corporate: gala dinners, conferences, fundraisers and awards nights, plus the occasional high-end wedding. Warm, quick and prepared, with a bit of sass when the room can take it.