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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
‘Grease is the Word’ - Actor/Director; Luke Joslin
Luke Joslin is a graduate of The University of Western Sydney and The Actors College of Theatre and Television, Luke has forged a successful career in both…
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‘Time to Learn, Time to Care’ - Celebrated Opera and Theatre Director; Francesca Zambello
Francesca Zambello is an internationally recognised director of opera and theatre. She is the Artistic Director of The Washington National Opera at the Kennedy…
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‘Sing Out Louise!’ - Musical Director, Performance Coach & Archivist; Michael Lavine
Michael Lavine is a Broadway Performance Coach and Sheet Music Expert. He has also worked as a musical director, pianist, vocal coach and singer all over the…
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‘New York City Boy’ - Actor/Writer; Eddie Grey
Eddie Grey was born and raised in Sydney. An accomplished musician and talented performer, he graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts and…
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‘Drama Queen’ - Designer & Arts Educator; Judith Hoddinott
Judith Hoddinott has made considerable impact as an educator and a theatre designer across all disciplines. Training at the University of New England and the…
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Vale Episode - Producer, Manager, Impresario; Martin McCallum.
On January 14th we learned of the passing of Theatre Impresario, Martin McCallum. He was a featured guest on the STAGES podcast in January 2019. The podcast…
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‘Not a Day Goes By’ - Stars of GROUNDHOG DAY; Andy Karl & Elise McCann
Groundhog Day The Musical made its Australian Premiere at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre on Thursday February 1st - (incidentally February 2nd is the actual…
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STAGES SEASON 7 - "It's So Nice to Have You Back Where You Belong!"
The STAGES podcast returns in 2024 for it's 7th Season - conversations with creatives about craft and career! Season 7 launches on March 7th.
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‘Christmas Stages’; Peter Eyers, Kate Fitzpatrick, Trevor Ashley, Rhonda Burchmore, Mark Humphries & Geraldine Turner
We’ve arrived at the end of season 6 of the STAGES podcast and we celebrate with our annual Christmas episode. It’s been a huge year for the podcast -…
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‘Give My Regards To Broadway’ - Theatre Pilgrims; Man in Chair, Simon Parris and Publicist Extraordinaire, Ian Phipps
It’s the time of year where folk are jetting off on holidays - a key destination for many theatre fans is to head to the West End of London or the bright…
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‘Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?’ - Jazz Virtuoso; Emma Pask
Award winning vocalist Emma Pask, has firmly established herself as one of Australia’s favourite voices in Jazz. Her effortless, honest stage presence combined…
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‘Seasons of Play’ - Artistic Director Ensemble Theatre Company; Mark Kilmurry
Mark Kilmurry is a writer, director and actor for theatre, film, television and radio. His writing credits for theatre include Mercy Thieves, Happy as Larry…
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‘Basking in the Limelight’ - Arts Journalist; Jo Litson
Jo Litson has been one of the Nation’s treasured Arts Journalists for some 37 years. She is the Print Editor of Limelight; the magazine that celebrates music…
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‘Starting Out’ - Actor; Anthony Yangoyan
Anthony Yangoyan was born in Sydney, where he grew up in Sydney’s inner west. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from The Victorian College of the…
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‘The Write Stuff’ - Playwright; Joanna Murray-Smith
Joanna Murray-Smith’s plays have been produced and translated all over the world, in over two dozen languages, including on Broadway, the West End and at the…
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‘Queens of the Night’ - Opera Collaborators; Kate Gaul and Andy Dexterity
Mozart’s The Magic Flute will be presented by Opera Australia during their Summer season in early 2024. At the helm of the production is Director Kate Gaul. An…
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‘When the Momentum and the Moment are in Rhyme’ - Stage Titan; Anthony Warlow Pt2
Anthony Warlow has been thrilling audiences from the moment he arrived on the theatrical scene and has successfully inhabited a diversity of roles in opera and…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
‘To Run Where the Brave Dare Not Go’ - Stage Titan; Anthony Warlow Pt1
Anthony Warlow has been thrilling audiences from the moment he arrived on the theatrical scene and has successfully inhabited a diversity of roles in opera and…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
‘Is He Really German?’ - Entertainer; Matt Gilbertson (Hans)
‘Hans' is the creation of Adelaide born entertainment journalist Matt Gilbertson. Boozier than Oktoberfest, more drive than a Volkswagen, and more sausage than…
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‘You Should Get a Medal, or be Even Made a Knight!’ - Veteran Actor; Tony Llewellyn-Jones Pt2
London-born Tony Llewellyn-Jones graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1971 and was invited to join the Melbourne Theatre Company. Over the…
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‘The Best Things in Life are Three’ - Veteran Actor; Tony Llewellyn-Jones Pt1
London born Tony Llewellyn-Jones graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1971 and was invited to join the Melbourne Theatre Company. Over the…
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‘If You Liked it Then you Shoulda Put a Ring on it!’ - Opera Singer; Daniel Sumegi
In the thirty-fifth year of his career, Daniel Sumegi has sung over one hundred operatic roles on many of the world’s major stages – including the Metropolitan…
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‘So Many Possibilities’ - Theatre Designer; Richard Roberts
Richard Roberts is an award-winning designer and educator. His body of work spans theatre, ballet, opera, musical theatre, and film, across Australia and…
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‘Defying Gravity’ - Stage Stalwart; Rod Waterworth
Rod Waterworth commenced the discipline of Dance in his twenties, and subsequently ‘opened a new window’ to a triumphant career on the stage. For several…
- STAGES with Peter Eyers
The STAGES Podcast - VALE Episode - Jacqueline Dark
Hello. Thanks for checking in to this repeat performance of a STAGES conversation, recorded with the divine Jacqueline Dark in April 2019. Jacqui's passing is…
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‘Mr Smith Goes to Canberra’ - Actor; Justin Smith
Justin Smith is presently filling the shoes of Australia's 21st Prime Minister, Edward Gough Whitlam, in Squabbalogic's world premiere production of 'The…
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‘The Music and the Mirror’ - Veteran Performer, Choreographer & Director; Karen Johnson Mortimer
Karen Johnson Mortimer began her professional career at the age of 15 in the Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes starring Toni Lamond. She has subsequently…
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‘An Actor’s Life for Me!’ - Actor; Steven Tandy
After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1971, Steven Tandy landed the role of Tom Sullivan in the iconic Australian television series…
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‘It’s Time!’ - Actor & Writer; Blake Erickson
Blake Erickson has worked throughout Australia, Asia, Britain, and the United States as a writer, actor, and singer. He studied drama and musical theatre at…
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‘Warm Face, Warm Hands, Warm Feet’ - Leading Lady; Anna O’Byrne
Anna O’Byrne has established an international career spanning opera, theatre, concert and film. Well known for her performance as Eliza Doolittle in Opera…
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‘Tim Time’ -Actor, Director, Playwright; Tim McGarry
Passionate about interrogating, developing and devising new Australian work, Tim trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and works as a…
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‘Good Guys & Bad Guys’- Actor; Damon Herriman
Damon Herriman was born in Adelaide and has been acting since the age of eight. His extensive credits are a testament to his versatility and standing. Damon’s…
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‘Everything About it is Appealing’ - Actor, Designer, Director; Doug Kingsman
Doug Kingsman now retired (or resting), has navigated an exciting career as a theatre actor, designer and director. Following a lengthy stint in showbiz, he…
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‘Baubles, Bangles and Beads’ - Stage Legend; Sheila Bradley
Sheila Bradley is one of the country's most experienced and best-loved music theatre stars, with a career that has spanned 70 years working all over the world…
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‘Ding Dong the Bells are Gonna Chime!’ - Actor and Television Pioneer; Denise Drysdale
Denise Drysdale began her career at GTV-9 when she was 10 years old, performing in the Tarax Happy Show. She has worked in and around television ever since…
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‘The World Must be Bigger Than An Avenue’ - Entertainment Legend; Julie Anthony
Julie Moncrieff Anthony (nee Lush) was born on a farm at Galga, South Australia. The population of the location was 15 and by necessity cultivated a vivid…
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‘Minuscule Musical’ - Performer, Podcast Producer & Musical Purveyor; Simon Hall
imon Hall (Yon) is best known for his work in comedy band Tripod. His solo projects include Second Wedding Singer, commissioned by the Adelaide Cabaret…
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‘Curtain Up!’ - Arts Educationalist, Administrator, Researcher & Practitioner; Dr Peter Cooke
Peter Cooke, AM PhD, is an internationally recognised performing arts educationalist, administrator, researcher and practitioner. Born in Brisbane, Australia…
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‘A Song For Somebody’ - Virtuosic Vocalist and Showbiz Shapeshifter; Bernadette Robinson
Bernadette Robinson’s acclaimed performances in multiple sell-out seasons of the one-woman musical plays Songs For Nobodies and Pennsylvania Avenue have…
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‘A Summer Song’ - Artistic & Theatre Director; Lindy Hume
Lindy Hume, AM, is one of Australia’s leading directors, acknowledged internationally for fresh interpretations of a wide variety of repertoire, and for…
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‘Chanson’ - Conductor & Opera Australia Chorus Master; Paul Fitzsimon
Australian conductor Paul Fitzsimon has been Chorus Master at Opera Australia since 2019, and has worked as repetituer and conductor with the company since…
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‘Oh, You Beautiful Doll!’ - Operatic Soprano; Jessica Pratt
Hailed by the New York Times as a soprano of “gleaming sound, free and easy high notes, agile coloratura runs and lyrical grace,” Jessica Pratt is considered…
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‘Here’s a Howdy Do!’ - Opera, Theatre & Cabaret Performer; Kanen Breen
Kanen Breen is one of Australia’s most sought-after operatic tenors and a renowned concert and cabaret artist. He made his international debut, in 2003, in the…
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‘If The Shoe Fits’ - Musical Theatre Composer and Storyteller; Anthony Costanzo
Anthony Costanzo's career as a performer spans more than 20 years. His theatre credits: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Mack & Mabel, The…
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‘Don’t Dream It, Be It’ - Performer, Choreographer, Creative; Nathan M. Wright
With nearly 30 years’ experience and nominations for his work as both a performer and choreographer, Nathan is a driving force in the performance industry…
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‘Where Painted Trees and Flowers Grow’ - Theatre Connoisseur; Stuart Greene
Stuart Green has been a fixture around theatre foyers for over 5 decades - as the genial bar manager who attends to your cocktail pre-show and at interval ……
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‘Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum!’ - Living Legend, Industry Pioneer, and Provocateur; Robyn Archer
Robyn Archer AO FAHA is a singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. Winner of the Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performer 2013 and…
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‘King of the World’ - Dancer - Shaun Parker Dance Company; Joel Fenton
Joel Fenton is a contemporary dance theatre artist. Born in Tasmania, he completed a Master of Dance at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2017 and a…
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TONY Episode - ‘Folks, It’s Funny Girl, Fiddler and Dolly Combined’ - Satirist and Broadcaster; Mark Humphries
It’s TONY time once again - the annual celebration of the Broadway community via their awards ceremony - The Tony’s - named after Antoinette Perry, an actress…
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‘I have played in my time, every possible part …’ - Esteemed Actor; Peter Carroll Pt2
Peter Carroll’s distinguished career has spanned over 100 productions and 50 years. He continues to work in musical theatre, new Australian texts, and global…
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‘Climb Every Mountain’ - Esteemed Actor; Peter Carroll Pt1
Peter Carroll’s distinguished career has spanned over 100 productions and 50 years. He continues to work in musical theatre, new Australian texts, and global…
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‘… Drew Back The Curtain, To See For Certain’ - Stage & Screen Lyricist, Storyteller and Musical Theatre Titan; Sir Tim Rice
From an early age Tim Rice was a pop music fanatic. He began his professional life as a trainee solicitor. While still an apprenticed clerk Tim approached the…
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"Whatever you please, it's okay, even if it's impossible, we'll arrange it” - Actor, Director, Producer; John Diedrich Pt2
John Diedrich is one of the Australian theatre’s greatest and most versatile talents, having contributed to the industry across many platforms as actor…
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‘There’s a Bright, Golden Haze on the Meadow’ - Actor, Director, Producer; John Diedrich Pt1
John Diedrich is one of the Australian theatre’s greatest and most versatile talents, having contributed to the industry across many platforms as actor…
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‘Bonjour Amour’ - Actor; Natalie Mosco - Pt2
Welcome back to this companion episode of the STAGES podcast and our conversation with Natalie Mosco. In Part 1, Natalie shared anecdote from her vast career…
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‘The Circus is Coming’ - Actor; Natalie Mosco - Pt1
New York born, Natalie Mosco appeared on Australian stages over a three decade period in productions that included The Rocky Horror Show, Get Happy, The…
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‘Requiem, Recorders & Ralph!’ - Artistic & Music Director; Brett Weymark
Brett Weymark is one of Australia’s foremost choral conductors. Since 2003 Brett Weymark has conducted the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs throughout Australia and…
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‘Sing Out Louise!’ - Generational Actors; Belinda Giblin and Romy Bartz
A special episode of the STAGES podcast - a Mother’s Day focus with two of our favourite Mother/Daughter acting pairs - Belinda Giblin and Romy Bartz. Many…
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‘Podium Patter’ - Conductor, Composer, Creative; Nicholas McRoberts
Born in Australia, Nicholas McRoberts studied piano, composition and conducting at the Melbourne Conservatory, the Victorian College of Arts, the CNSM in Paris…
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‘Sinners, Saints and Socialites’ - Opera Australia Chorister; Katherine Wiles
Katherine Wiles has been a full-time member of the Opera Australia Chorus since 2007. An essential and vital ensemble of players who contribute enormously to…