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Backstage

Regina Botros talks with the best theatre makers of our times about their life on and off the stage. Theatre, Dance, Comedy and Performing Arts. Theme music by Dave Wray Image by Tuo

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10:17

Kate Gaul

Backstage ·

2022/02/04

Director Kate Gaul joins me, Regina Botros, to talk about her show The End of Winter at Griffin Theatre. Kate Gaul is a theatre and opera director, creative producer, festival director, and designer based in Sydney, NSW. She is a graduate of NIDA (Directing 1996) and Artistic Director of Siren Theatre Co. Kate undertook a residency with SITI Company (NYC) and was Associate Director at Ensemble Theatre.

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16:41

Bernadette Fam

Backstage ·

2022/02/04

Regina Botros talks with director Bernadette Fam and her show Chewing Gum dreams on at the Old Fitz theatre. Bernadette Fam is a multidisciplinary artist working across Dramaturge, Directing, Writing and Creative Producing. Her recent directing credits include: directing the Young Artist Ensemble for Q Theatre and assistant director for Young Frankenstein (Hayes Theatre), and Lady Tabouli (National Theatre of Parramatta/Sydney Festival). Bernadette is a past Create NSW Young Creative Leaders

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23:15

Sydney Festival 2022 special with Olivia Ansell

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2021/12/21

Olivia joins Regina to talk all things Sydney Festival. Catch up on what's hot. Olivia Ansell is the Sydney Festival Director and comes from a family of performers. She is a curator an artist and the woman at the helm of Sydney Festival 2022.

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29:23

Julian Meyrick

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2021/12/03

Regina speaks with theatre historian and cultural policy analyst Julian Meyrick. Julian is an award-winning theatre director having directed over sixty theatre shows, and is winner of the Helpmann Award for Best New Work in 2012 and is Professor of Creative Arts at Griffiths University. He was AD of his theatre co---Kickhouse theatre which ran from 1989-98. Previously he was Associate Director and Literary Advisor at Melbourne Theatre Company, and was founding member and Deputy Chair of Play

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29:34

Rajan Velu

Backstage ·

2021/11/16

Regina Botros talks with Rajan about his life and his role in Norm & Ahmed. Rajan Velu is a graduate of Actors Centre Australia and has worked extensively across Theatre, Television, and Film in Australia and the United States. His credits on stage include Counting and Cracking (Belvoir), Life of Galileo (Belvoir), The Last Highway (Urban Theatre Projects), The Drum (Sydney Opera House), Friends in Transient Places (Fresh Produced LA), The Changeling (Independent Shakespeare Company LA ), Henry V

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28:59

Lex Marinos

Backstage ·

2021/11/10

Actor Lex Marinos has worked across all areas of the entertainment industry as an actor, director, writer, radio commentator, producer and festival director. Awarded an OAM for his services to the performing arts. Presented by Regina Botros

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29:58

Geraldine Hakewill

Backstage ·

2021/10/14

The gorgeous Geraldine Hakewill joins Regina in this episode of Backstage. You may have seen her on the stage of Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir, Darlinghurst Theatre and Bell Shakespeare in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Peter Pan, Dangerous Liaisons, The Real Thins, Macbeth, Chimerica, Platanov, Tartufee and Baal to name just a few. You may have seen her on television or in many films. She was in a live reading of Homebody Kabul by Tony Kushner raising funds for Afghanistan. We talk about all

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29:39

Glenn Hazeldine

Backstage ·

2021/09/29

The actor Glenn Hazeldine joins Regina to dive deep into the craft, the psychology of acting and the importance of the Actors Benevolent Fund for the industry. Glenn graduated from NIDA in 1994. Theatre work includes, for Sydney Theatre Company: No Pay?No Way!, Cosi, The Father (also MTC), Away (also Malthouse), Disgraced, Arcadia, Love and Information (also Malthouse), After Dinner, Perplex, Tot Mom, Elling, The Pig Iron People, Don’s Party (also MTC), Julius Caesar, Victory, Love For Love,

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49:09

Russell Cheek

Backstage ·

2021/09/08

The charming Russell Cheek joins Regina to talk through his life to the stage, the key to improvisation, where his inner clown lives and the remarkable teachings of Le Coq - and so much much more. Russell has a BA Hons, University of Sydney, (German) and also studied French After graduating theatre-school, the École Jacques Lecoq, Paris - Russell performed with companies in Italy and Germany. He created DOUBLE TAKE co. in Paris, playing one season there, touring Holland, and then to the Sydney and

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24:23

Steve Rodgers

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2021/09/07

Steve Rodgers joins Regina to talk about his life stomping the boards as an actor and writer for the stage. Steve trained at Theatre Nepean at Western Sydney University and has been working as an actor for thirty years. Theatre credits include Every Brilliant Thing, Cloudstreet, Twelfth Night, The Blind Giant Is Dancing, Night on Bald Mountain, The Pillowman, The Kiss, A Christmas Carol and Jasper Jones (Belvoir), Riflemind, Three Sisters, Dance Better At Parties, Democracy, As You Like It, (Sydney

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40:47

William Zappa

Backstage ·

2021/09/02

The ever charming William Zappa takes Regina from the beginning moments of an actor on stage, to his early life in repertory theatre, to head of the movement department of the VCA, to preparing the Iliad for the stage. William Zappa's career has crossed continents and spanned four decades of elite performances in film, television, and theatre. After training at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, William worked for The Bristol Old Vic, Marlowe Theatre, Dukes Playhouse and the Theatre Royal

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24:19

Grant Dodwell

Backstage ·

2021/08/24

Grant Dodwell joins Regina to talk about his extraordinary life, his stages shows, his television fame and fans and Australian Theatre Live. Grant is a professional actor, writer and producer with over 40 years’ experience in theatre, film and television. Grant is a co-founder of ATLive and is passionate about ensuring younger generations have affordable access to theatre. He is a consistent advocate for actors and theatre creatives, ensuring their work is preserved and celebrated both locally and

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20:39

Megan Wilding

Backstage ·

2021/08/13

Megan was recently announced as the winner of the Griffin Award, you may have seen her in Blackie, Blackie, Brown she's ambassador for poetry month and she joins Regina here to talk about all things theatrical. Megan Wilding, a proud Gamilaroi woman, has established a reputation as a prolifically talented actor, writer and director. Recent winner Since graduating from WAAPA, Megan has appeared in leading roles in Banging Denmark and Blackie Blackie Brown for the Sydney Theatre Company and The

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26:56

James Winter

Backstage ·

2021/08/13

James joins Regina to talk about his life in Papua New Guinea, his life on the stage and the brains behind Brand X. James Winter graduated as an Actor from the Centre for the Performing Arts (Adelaide) in 1993 before performing for Magpie Theatre Company, Springboard, Queenbitchery, Fleshdollies, Not So Straight and Brand X. As a Theatre Director, James has worked for the State Opera Company of South Australia, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Restless Dance Company, Urban Myth Theatre of

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28:23

Patrick Dickson

Backstage ·

2021/08/02

Patrick takes Regina through his life as an actor and into his current show about Victor Hugo. Patrick is co-artistic director and founding member of O'Punksky's. Essentially an actor he also designs, directs, produces, teaches, builds sets, [this web site] etc etc...... Patrick met Maeliosa Stafford at the Crossroads Theatre in Sydney's Darlinghurst in late 1989 and accepted his offer to join the cast of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme. There was a tiny budget so Patrick also

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18:24

Tommy Murphy

Backstage ·

2021/07/21

Tommy joins Regina to talk about the last two decades in his award winning writing career. In 2020 Tommy Murphy received the National Theatre Prize from the Australia Council for the Arts. His most recent stage play was Packer & Sons broke box office records at Belvoir. Another recent work, Mark Colvin’s Kidney is currently in development for a screen adaptation. Murphy’s earlier stage adaptation of Timothy Conigrave’s memoirs, Holding The Man, is regularly produced around the world with recent

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25:46

Dean Walsh BACKSTAGE

Backstage ·

2021/07/15

Dean is an award-winning Australian contemporary dance and performance practitioner, teacher and writer. Dean has made over 45 works to date, solo to group, including 24 works he identifies as queer and/or disability integrated, due to their content, cast members, compositional methodology and the communities they were reflecting. He is Autistic (higher functioning) and identifies as living with disability through a co-morbidity of ADHD and Complex-PTSD that influences his Autism and life

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25:19

Richard Piper BACKSTAGE

Backstage ·

2021/07/08

Backstage with Richard Piper. Richard joins Regina Botros to talk about his life in the theatre. Richard has spent almost his entire 43-year career on stage. Trained in London, he was soon performing on the West End in Grease and Elvis, and came to Australia in 1985 with cult cabaret band The Bouncing Czecks. MTC: The Lady in the Van, Twelfth Night, Born Yesterday, Double Indemnity, Ghosts, Music, Queen Lear, The Gift, Drowsy Chaperone, Rockabye, Entertaining Mr Sloane, The Give and Take, Dumb

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20:49

Shane Placentino BACKSTAGE

Backstage ·

2021/06/24

Shane goes Back Stage with Regina Botros to talk about Aida the Opera and his life on the stage. OPERA AUSTRALIA- AIDA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER Adelaide born Shane Placentino graduated from The Australian Ballet School in 1990 and was accepted into the Australian Ballet in 1991. As a member of the Ballet, Shane danced in the entire classical and contemporary repertoire. He also worked with Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon appearing in Murphy’s Nutcracker and Beyond Twelve. After ten years

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22:07

Melita Rowston BACKSTAGE

Backstage ·

2021/06/16

Backstage with Melita Rowston. The gorgeous and articulate Melita Rowston joins Regina Botros in this episode to dig deep into her life as a theatre maker and the stories behind her work. Melita is a writer, director, painter and performer. Melita's in her happy place writing and directing plays, painting, telling stories about Australia's Shit Tourism, performing poetry, writing about travel (while travelling) and she delights in interviewing interesting people. Melita started writing for theatre

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