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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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16:20

Rachel Healy

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2023/01/31

Rachel Healy joins Regina Botros Backstage. Rachel is the Interim Director of The Pavilion Arts Centre, Sutherland, which has just opened with its first show, Bangarra’s ---Waru. Rachel has been working in the arts and cultural sector for more than twenty years including Director of Performing Arts for Sydney Opera House and ten years as General Manager of Belvoir St Theatre. Adelaide festival and so much more. We delve into the new space and what theatre looks like after a pandemic.

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15:48

Melanie Tait talks A Broadcast Coup

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2023/01/31

Trisha Starrs talks with Melanie about her new work. Ensemble Theatre is thrilled to stage the long-awaited world premiere of writer and broadcaster, Melanie Tait’s (The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race) thought-provoking, sharp comedy, A BROADCAST COUP, from 26th January to 4th March 2023. A major highlight of the 2023 Sydney Festival, A BROADCAST COUP incisively delves into the abuse of power and lack of accountability from controversial public figures. Cut-throat journalist Jez Connell is out for her

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29:05

Sydney Festival Show 11th January 2023

Backstage ·

2023/01/13

Sydney Festival fills our Backstage podcast this week. Tracker with Artistic Director of ADT -Daniel Riley. Neighbours with Albanian contemporary dancer, and choreographer Brigel Gjoka. Werk It with fierce-as-hell director Malia Walsh. Antarctica composer Mary Finisterer.

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28:39

S Shakthidharan

Backstage ·

2022/11/30

Shakthi joins Regina to talk about The Jungle and The Sea and the power of theatre. On at Belvoir Theatre at the moment. Shakthi is a Western Sydney storyteller with Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry. He’s a writer, director and producer of film and theatre, as well as a composer and performer of original music. Shakthi’s debut play Counting and Cracking had a sell-out season at Sydney Festival 2019, followed by the Adelaide Festival, with rave reviews and a profound impact on the Sri Lankan

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35:42

Iain Sinclair

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2022/10/27

Iain Sinclair joins Regina Botros to talk about life, theatre and Pinter. Iain Sinclair is well recognised as one of Australia’s finest directors of actors in performance consistently helping them generate empowered, sophisticated and dignified work. After graduating from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and King’s College London where he specialised in directing actors and developmental dramaturgy Iain has had a rich and successful career alternating between bold new plays and the classics, he has

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34:02

Bert LaBonte

Backstage ·

2022/10/11

Bert LaBonte joins Regina Botros to talk about life in the theatre and A Raisin in The Sun. Sydney Theatre company. One of Australia’s leading men, Bert’s Melbourne Theatre Company credits include: The Truth, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Lungs, Rupert, Birdland, The Mountaintop, Elling, A Behanding in Spokane, Clybourne Park, Richard III and others. For Sydney Theatre Company, he has performed in A Raisin in the Sun, All My Sons, The Grenade and Spelling Bee, and his Malthouse Theatre credits

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25:32

Katie Pollock

Backstage ·

2022/08/31

Katie is an award-winning writer for stage, radio and screen. She joins Regina to talk about her play ROUGH TRADE playing as part of Sydney Festival Her plays for theatre are Normal ; The Becoming ; The Hansard Monologues—Age of Entitlement ; Blue Italian/Nil by Sea ; The Hansard Monologues—A Matter of Public Importance ); The Blue Angel Hotel; A Quiet Night in Rangoon ; A Girl Called Red ; and numerous short works, including Contact and as part of The Curve an so much more...

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19:35

Ryuichi Fujimura

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2022/07/31

Ryuichi Fujimura is an independent dance artist and joins Regina to talk about this trilogy of shows based on his life. Two, How Did I Get Here and How Do I Practice My Religion have toured internationally and the final part (Fall! Falter!! Dance!!!) is his premier performance, taken from his experience at a story telling event where he came second and tells the tale of a dance improv performance that failed. "I really want to show this work to people in all walks of life. Even though I tell my

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27:04

Samah Sabawi and Bagryana Popov

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2022/07/26

Writer, Samah Sabawi and Director, Bagryana Popov, both award winning theatre makers join Regina to talk about their production THEM. This story about a young family facing the decision whether to flea their war-torn city. Them is playing at the Riverside theatre before going to Casula Powerhouse.

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12:09

Michelle Law

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2022/07/20

Michelle Law joins Regina Botros to talk about her Sydney Theatre Company production Top Coat playing at the moment. Michelle Law is a writer working in print, screen and stage. She wrote the highly acclaimed play Single Asian Female – commissioned by La Boite Theatre Company – which earned 5-star reviews before transferring to a sold-out season at Belvoir St Theatre in 2018. In 2016, she won the Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award. She has written for many magazines, journals,

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16:17

Emme Hoy

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2022/07/13

Emme Hoy joins Regina Botros to talk about her adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Emme Hoy was appointed Sydney Theatre Company’s new Patrick White Playwrights Fellow, one month before her adaptation of Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – opened at Roslyn Packer Theatre. Hoy’s relationship with STC began in 2017 when she became a member of the inaugural Emerging Writers Group; she then went on to write additional scenes for the Company’s 2018 production of Saint Joan starring Golden

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18:27

Michael Honeyman

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2022/06/30

Michael Honeyman joins Regina Botros to talk about Madama Butterfly on at the Sydney Opera House as an Opera Australia production. He is a multi-award winning lead baritone singer including Helpmann and Green Room awards. He has many years experience and takes us back to when he first started singing and how he prepares for a role such as Sharpless. He has sung this role a number of times for OA, including for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in 2014.

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20:07

Scott Silven

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2022/06/16

Mentalist Scott Silven joins Regina Botros to talk magic and mentalism. Scott returns to Australia to debut his show Wonders in Sydney at the Sydney Opera House from 14 – 26 June 2022. From studying hypnosis in Milan at the age of 15, gaining recognition from David Blaine at 19, and headlining one of the UK's most prestigious theatres at 21 – this innate fascination with the enigmatic and unexplainable guided him to the craft of illusion at a young age. Scott has over 15 years of experience

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25:42

Dino Dimitriadis

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2022/06/08

Dino joins Regina to talk about their life as a theatre maker and their current production Cleansed by Sarah Kane. Dino Dimitriadis (they/them) is an award winning theatre director, creative producer and curator. They have worked widely as a director and founded Apocalypse, an independent engine room for responsive theatre and live art projects. Recent directing credits include Lady Tabouli, De Profundis with Paul Capsis, Omar and Dawn, multi-award-winning productions of Tony Kushner’s Angels

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26:26

Alana Valentine

Backstage ·

2022/05/25

My guest is Alana Valentine. Alana Valentine is a multi-award winning playwright Librettist and screen writer. Her works include:- The Sugar house, Ladies Day, Paramatta Girls, Letters to Lindy, Barbara and the Camp Dogs with Ursula Yovich which is being adapted to the screen and won both a 2019 Helpmann Award and 2020 Green Room Award for Best Original Score, as well as a Helpmann for Best Musical and Green Room for Best New Australian Work. Also Alana is a long time dramaturg with Bangarra Dance

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20:32

Chris Ryan

Backstage ·

2022/05/09

Comic Chris Ryan joins Regina backstage. A journalist, a mum and now one of the most exciting new voices on the Australian comedy scene. In 2021, Chris’ solo show was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Two years prior she took home the coveted Best Newcomer title at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Her laconic take on everything from romance to passive aggressive co-workers has seen her fast become a crowd favourite. Chris turned to comedy later in life after working

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26:07

Marg Horwell

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2022/05/05

Marg joins Regina to talk through a life as a theatre designer and in particular The Picture of Dorian Gray. Marg has an extensive list of design credits spanning theatres across Australia. For STC, Marg has designed for The Picture of Dorian Gray, Avalanche (with Barbican Theatre), How to Rule the World and The Histrionic (with Malthouse). As Costume Designer she also worked on STC productions of Lord of the Flies and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. She has worked on a wide range of productions

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30:50

Leeanna Walsman

Backstage ·

2022/04/20

Leeanna Walsman talked with Regina during her run of Opening Night at Belvoir Theatre. Leeanna Walsman has enjoyed an extensive career in film, theatre and television. Leeanna previously performed at Belvoir in the production of Peribanez. Selected stage productions include Solaris, Melancholia (Malthouse Theatre),Stockholm, Saturn’s Return, The Shape of Things and La Dispute (Sydney Theatre Company), Speaking in Tongues (State Theatre Company of South Australia), Othello (Bell Shakespeare) and so

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23:11

Amber McMahon

Backstage ·

2022/03/09

Amber is starring in North By Northwest, playing at the Lyric Theatre. Here she talks with Regina about how she came to the stage and how to take this classic Hitchcock film to the stage. She's playing the femme fatale Eve Kendall with all her complexities. Best known for her work in theatre, Amber boasts an extensive list of credits. Recent credits include; Stop Girl for Belvoir and Rules for Living for Sydney Theatre Company. Other theatre credits include; Dance Nation, Bliss, Atlantis, Twelfth

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28:21

Glace Chase

Backstage ·

2022/02/11

Glace Chase joins Regina Botros to dive into the world of theatre through Glace’s new work Triple X, playing at Sydney Theatre Company. Glace is a multiple award winning multi-disciplinary “trans-queen” / performer / playwright / comedienne / screenwriter / tour guide / bon vivant. As a playwright Glace has won two Griffin Awards and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award, and has been shortlisted for almost every playwriting award in Australia. Glace’s play Triple X, which she created, wrote and

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