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STAGES with Peter Eyers
STAGES is the podcast that accesses a variety of professional life connecting with an audience. A host of creative artists reflect on their career, their process and what matters – to them. Some have made the arts a lifetime pursuit, some explain how their career became a happy accident … but all describe the challenges and demands – and ultimately celebrate why there’s no business like show business! STAGES talks to talent from front of house and backstage - directors, designers, drag artists…
Episodes
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
STAGES Episode 530: BERT LABONTÉ
Growing up Bert LaBonté had eyes on an AFL career. A chance meeting with legendary actor Terry Norris gave him the confidence to pursue a life on the stage and…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
STAGES Episode 528: EMMA POWELL
Emma Powell’s first performance was at the age of three when she appeared on US television with Ronald McDonald. As a grown-up, she toured Australia in The…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
STAGES Episode 527: STUART GREENE - A History of Sydney Theatres
STAGES welcomes back passionate theatre historian Stuart Greene in an episode which details the life of some of the Sydney’s iconic theatre venues. It’s…
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STAGES Episode 526: ARAX MANSOURIAN
Arax Mansourian is one of the superstars of the Armenian Opera and classical music. She started her career in her native Armenia and continued in Australia…
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STAGES Episode 525: WENDY-LEE PURDY
Wendy-Lee Purdy’s performing career has been varied and exciting. After completing a Bachelor of Music Education degree at the Conservatorium of Music in…
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STAGES Episode 524: BRUCE SPENCE - PT2
Bruce Spence is a cherished elder and pioneer of Australian theatre and cinema. He remains a vital presence on these platforms and was recently seen in the…
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STAGES Episode 523: BRUCE SPENCE - PT1
Bruce Spence is a cherished elder and pioneer of Australian theatre and cinema. He remains a vital presence on these platforms and was recently seen in the…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
STAGES Episode 522: JULIAN LOUIS
Julian Louis is a theatre maker and has been the Artistic Director of NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts) based in Lismore, NSW since 2007. The company has…
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STAGES Episode 521: NATALIE GAMSU
Natalie Gamsu is a singer, actor and cabaret artist whose performances have been acclaimed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Sydney…
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STAGES Episode 519: RUPERT NOFFS & MARK TREVORROW
Old Friends Mark Trevorrow, Rupert Noffs and Bev Kennedy have much in common; great musicianship and their love of Stephen Sondheim’s extraordinary songbook…
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STAGES Episode 518: GREGG ARTHUR
Gregg Arthur is an original voice who has learned from and performed with music industry giants all over the world. His warm baritone and huge range allows him…
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STAGES Episode 517: WEST END REPORT - SIMON PARRIS & IAN PHIPPS
Two of STAGES favourite Arts workers have recently returned from pilgrimages to London …. and have inhaled the smorgasbord of musical and play offerings…
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STAGES Episode 516: SILVIE PALADINO
Silvie Paladino has established herself as one of Australia’s most versatile and talented entertainers. Her first theatrical role was Eponine in the…
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STAGES Episode 515: ANTON BEREZIN
After originally studying double degrees in Law and Arts (Politics and Economics) at Monash University, Anton Berezin found success as an Actor, Producer…
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STAGES Episode 514: BENJAMIN OSBORNE
Originally from Melbourne Australia, Benjamin Osborne made his stage debut in the original production of The Boy from Oz. This was followed by appearing in…
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STAGES Episode 513: EWAN CAMPBELL
Ewan Campbell, Australia's No. 1 television warm-up artist, is the creator and founder of Stentorian Communications. He is an actor, director and presentation…
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STAGES Episode 511: RODNEY FISHER - Part 2
Rodney Fisher is a stage director who has worked in most major theatres in Australia and for all Australian theatre companies as well as Opera Australia, VSO…
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STAGES Episode 510: RODNEY FISHER - Part 1
Rodney Fisher is a stage director who has worked in most major theatres in Australia and for all Australian theatre companies as well as Opera Australia, VSO…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
STAGES Episode 510: VALE John Newman (30/8/1930-28/7/2024)
In July we lost one of the pioneers of entertainment in Australia - Mr John Newman. We featured John in an episode recorded in March 2022. John Newman is the…
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STAGES Episode 509: JOHN BELL
John Bell has been named by the National Trust of Australia as one of ‘Australia’s Living Treasures.’ Born in Maitland, NSW, in 1940, he is a theatre polymath…
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STAGES Episode 508: ANGELA PUNCH MCGREGOR
Angela Punch McGregor graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1974. Her early roles were in a renaissance period of Australian cinema, with…
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‘It’s Opening Night!’ - Playwright; James Elazzi
James Elazzi is an award winning playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays have been nominated in the NSW Premier's Literary Award three years…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
‘Stairway to Paradise’ - Remembering Theatre Architect Vivian Fraser; Sharon Fraser
Born in 1936, acclaimed Architect Vivian Fraser passed away in 2021. His name may not be immediately recognisable, but this Master Architect left a legacy that…
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‘New Ways to Dream’ - Choreographer; Fabian Aloise
Fabian Aloise’s choreography has been critically acclaimed and has garnered multiple nominations including two Olivier Award Nominations for Best Theatre…
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‘Liz, Margaret, Molly, Marion and Mel’ - Playwright; Melanie Tait
Melanie is a writer for stage and screen with a proven track record in Australia and the UK. Her first play The Vegemite Tales won critical and popular…
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‘Make ‘em Laugh!’ - Actor, Producer, Presenter; Shane Jacobson
Shane Jacobson is one of Australia’s most loved, award-winning actors, presenters and entertainers. His incredible and varied career spans over 40 years both…
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‘It’s Not Where You Start But Where You Finish’ - Highlights from 500 Episodes of The STAGES Podcast
To celebrate the 500 milestone we give you a highlights package - just a few of the stand-out moments from 7 years of the STAGES podcast. It is by no means ALL…
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‘Hey Look Me Over’ - Episode No:1 Revisited; The Legendary Toni Lamond
To celebrate reaching this milestone of 500 … the podcast will be dropping an episode a day for the next week. It’s a stellar line up and I cannot wait to…
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‘Together Again For The First Time’ - Mark Humphries chats to STAGES Producer/Host; Peter Eyers
After many requests and prompts, I’ve given in. The A-listers were not available for this milestone episode of the STAGES podcast, so you get me in the chair…
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‘Stories on a Grand Scale’ - Opera Singer; Warwick Fyfe
Warwick Fyfe is an Australian opera singer, considered to be one of Australia’s leading exponents of the Wagnerian repertoire and is the recipient of Helpmann…
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‘I Lived for Art; I Lived for Love’ - Opera Director; Edward Dick
Edward Dick trained as a theatre director with Cheek by Jowl, and has directed acclaimed theatre and opera productions across the UK and abroad. Edward’s first…
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‘Look What Happened to Mabel!’ - Stage Legend; Caroline O’Connor
The annual TONY Awards ceremony celebrates the best and brightest of the Broadway season. And I’m delighted that one of our favourite performers, who has…
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‘Stories that Sing’ - Renowned Director; Neil Armfield
Neil Armfield AO is a leading Australian director of theatre, opera and film. Alongside Rachel Healy, Neil was Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival between…
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‘Satin on my Shoulder and a Smile on my Lips’ - Stage and Screen Favourite; Genevieve Lemon Pt2
Genevieve Lemon has appeared in many premiere Australian productions in a 40-plus year career including Steaming, Steel Magnolias, Seventeen, Miracle City…
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‘Luck Be a Lady’ - Stage and Screen Favourite; Genevieve Lemon Pt1
Genevieve Lemon has appeared in many premiere Australian productions in a 40-plus year career including Steaming, Steel Magnolias, Seventeen, Miracle City…
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‘Fascinating Rhythm’ - Cabaret Icon; Dillie Keane
Dillie Keane is one-third of iconic Cabaret trio Fascinating Aida. She is presently in Australia for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, where alongside her…
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‘The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms’ - Veteran Actor; Robert van Mackelenberg
Extensive experience throughout Australia in theatre, film, radio and television, over several decades, established Robert van Mackelenberg as one of our…
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‘If They Could See Me Now’ - STAGES 5-Year Catch-Up; Alexander Berlage & Todd Jacobsson
The STAGES podcast is now in its Seventh year. Over that time we’ve garnered a vast number of insightful and glorious conversations with a broad range of…
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‘This is My Life!’ - Drag Legend; Doug Lucas
Entertainer Doug Lucas has been delighting audiences around the country for several decades as a comic, a creative and much loved drag performer. Chiefly his…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
‘Play Time!’ - Director, Dramaturge, Teacher; Iain Sinclair
Iain Sinclair is one of Australia’s finest, award winning theatre directors specialising in new writing and contemporary international work. Iain established…
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‘The Perfect Year’ - Stage and Screen Actor; Tim Draxl
Tim Draxl is an actor and singer with a career spanning more than two decades. Most recently he was seen in the SBS anthology television series Erotic Stories…
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‘A Wild and an Untamed Thing’ - The Original Australian ROCKY HORROR SHOW turns 50!
Happy Anniversary to the original Australian company of The Rocky Horror Show - the production opened at the New Art Cinema, Glebe on April 19th, 1974. This…
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‘Come With Me, And You’ll Be In A World of Pure Imagination’ - VIVID Sydney Artistic Director; Gill Minervini
Vivid Sydney is an annual celebration of creativity, innovation and technology, which transforms Sydney for 23 days and nights. In 2024, for its 14th year…
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Vale Frank van Straten (1936-2024)
In this Vale episode of the STAGES podcast, we remember Arts Historian - Frank van Straten, who passed away in April. Frank was the inaugural archivist at the…
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‘Hooray for Hollywood’ - Writer, Journalist, Actor, Presenter; John-Michael Howson
John-Michael Howson worked as a journalist, starting in Mildura, Victoria, before moving to print and radio in Melbourne where he began writing comedy sketches…
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‘High Flying Adored’ - Stage and Screen Star; Stephanie Beacham
Stephanie Beacham is without a doubt one of Britain's most talented, beautiful and well-known actresses. Despite becoming world famous and an icon of the 1980s…
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‘The Name on Everybody’s Lips ….’ - Musical Theatre Leading Lady; Lucy Maunder
Since graduating from WAAPA in 2006, Lucy Maunder has cemented her reputation as one of Australia’s musical theatre leading ladies performing in a huge range…
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‘A Pal, a Sister and Advisor’ - Stage and Screen Favourite; Lucy Durack
Lucy Durack is one of Australia’s most well-known leading ladies with major roles to her credit including Glinda in Wicked, Sophie in The Letdown…
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‘I Think I’m Gonna Like it Here!’ - Musical Theatre Legend; Robyn Arthur
Robyn Arthur is one of Australia’s leading theatre performers who soon celebrates 50 years working in the Industry. Robyn toured with Jonathan Church’s Singin’…
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‘Today is for Amy’ - Musical Theatre Leading Lady; Amy Lehpamer
Amy Lehpamer is currently starring in the hit pop musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway. Amy earned nation-wide critical acclaim playing Maria in The Sound of…
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‘… Full of Game’ - Actor/Manager/Artistic Director; Damien Ryan
Damien Ryan is managing director and artistic director of Sport for Jove Theatre Company, now in its twelfth year, where he has directed more than 30…
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‘Ghost Light’ - Actor; Daniel MacPherson
One of Australia’s most highly regarded leading actors, Daniel MacPherson has most recently been seen starring as Sam Levine in Russell Crowe’s feature Poker…
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‘The Trees are Full of Starlight’ - Legendary Musical Theatre Performer; Jodie Gillies
Jodie Gillies commenced her dynamic career in 1983, following her graduation from the Nepean College in Sydney. In the same year she was cast as one of Major…
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‘Consider Yourself at Home’ - Actor, Hotelier; Andrew Sharp
Andrew Sharp began his professional career playing The Artful Dodger in J.C.Williamson’s 1966 revival of Oliver! He went on to work steadily in theatre and on…
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‘The Wheels of a Dream’ - Composer, Dramatist, Storyteller; Stephen Flaherty
Stephen Flaherty is a composer who writes for theatre, film and the concert hall. With longtime collaborator Lynn Ahrens, he won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer…
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‘If I Can Make it There …’- Broadway Debut Performer; Daniel Assetta
Australian musical theatre performer Daniel Assetta is currently based in New York City, where he recently made his Broadway debut in the hot-ticket show, &…
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‘Give Me Your Hands If We Be Friends’ - Theatre Director, Designer, Devisor, Visual Artist; Kim Carpenter
Kim Carpenter AM is an Australian visual artist, theatre director, designer and devisor. For thirty years he was artistic director of his company, Kim…
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‘Glorious’ - Actor; Diana McLean
Diana McLean has had a long career in TV, Film and Theatre and is best known by the public for her role of Vivienne Jeffries in the iconic TV Soap, The Young…
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‘Centred Stages’ - Performing Arts Counsellor, Coach & Mentor; Sophie Carter
The Arts are widely recognised as a unique tool for human expression and offer a valuable contribution to society. They define our humanity. For anyone working…
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‘Hey Old Friend!’ - Actor, Director, Writer; Barry Creyton
Barry Creyton began his career at the age of 17 in theatre and in radio in Australia and by age 20, was playing leads on stage, and in national radio…