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BackstageBackstagePeter Evans Takes on CoriolanusPeter Evans, Artistic Director of Bell Shakespeare, talks with Regina Botros about his new production of Coriolanus as well as, how he came to be the Artistic Director of the company. One of Shakespeare’s least performed and most politically charged plays, it's staged at the Neilson Nutshell Theatre at Wharf 2/3—Bell Shakespeare’s home. Evans has long been a driving force in Australian theatre, with a career spanning decades and stages across the country. Come Backstage!   2025-07-0830 minBackstageBackstageJessica Arthur Talks KoreabooIn this episode, Regina Botros speaks with Jessica Arthur, director and dramaturg of Koreaboo, a bold new work for Griffin Theatre Company.  Currently the New Work Associate - Artist Development at Malthouse Theatre, Jess has held key creative roles at Sydney Theatre Company, including Resident Director (2019–2022), Directing Associate, and Richard Wherrett Fellow. Her directing credits span Belvoir, Griffin, La Mama, Kings Cross Theatre, Old Fitz, Melbourne Theatre Company. In this conversation, we dive into the making of Koreaboo, its cultural resonance, and Jess’s process of developing new work that speaks to contemporary audiences. ...2025-07-0122 minBackstageBackstageAlex Berlage - Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownIn this colourful episode, Regina Botros is joined by the talented Alexander Berlage, the award-winning director and lighting designer, to dive into his dazzling new production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at the Hayes Theatre. How do you take a cult Almodóvar classic and reimagine it for the stage? Alex shares the creative journey behind bringing this bold, emotional, and hilariously chaotic story to life. From navigating the musical’s tone to crafting a visual world that captures the spirit of 1980s Madrid, this conversation is a must-listen. 🎭 Alexander Berlage has made...2025-06-0213 minBackstageBackstageJess Fuchs and Sex Jokes For Women🎙️ Regina Botros in Conversation with Jess Fuchs On this episode, Regina chats with the brilliantly chaotic Jess Fuchs about her upcoming comedy festival show, Sex Jokes for Women. Jess is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, actress — and self-proclaimed forgotten middle child. Known for her razor-sharp wit and unfiltered storytelling, she’s been called “whip smart,” “boisterous,” and “pure chaos” (in the best way possible). She doesn’t just tell jokes — she invites you into her world, where oversharing is a superpower and awkward silence doesn’t stand a chance. 🎭 Catch Sex Jokes for Women: 15 & 16 May – Bondi...2025-05-0717 minBackstageBackstageTom GleisnerTom Gleisner joins Regina Botros to talk about his musical Bloom, playing at Sydney Theatre Company. He's an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer, director, writer, occasional actor and author. Gleisner currently hosts Network 10's Have You Been Paying Attention?. 2025-04-1615 minBackstageBackstageIzabella LoukIzabella joins Regina to talk about her play These Youths Be Protesting a finalist for the 2024 Martin Lysicrates playwriting award. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Don’t Look Up, this new Australian play is a comedy about climate change, about the chaos of youth and how these intersect with the campaign trail of a federal election. The production will have its world premiere at Kings Cross Theatre (KXT) on Broadway, and will play from the 4th-19th of April.  Izabella is a performer, writer, producer, and environmental activist. Since returning to Australia, Izabella produced and p...2025-03-2115 minBackstageBackstageLucy ClementsLucy Clements joins Regina Botros to talk about her latest show Iphigenia in Splott at Old Fitz Theatre and her position as the Artistic Director of the theatre space. Lucy is the Founder, Managing Director and CEO of New Ghosts Theatre Company Inc, and the Artistic Director of the Old Fitz Theatre. She specialises in the creation and presentation of new theatrical works and strives to champion playwrights & women in theatre. In 2019 she established the IGNITE Collective - a women-led, inclusive collective of theatre makers from across the nation, formed with the mission of putting new women-driven...2025-03-1810 minBackstageBackstageKeegan Joyce - No Love SongsKeegan Joyce joins Regina Botros to talk No Love Songs using songs from the real life Scottish musician Kyle Falconer from his band The View. You might have seen Keegan in Rake and Please Like Me. He was also the longest serving 'Oliver' in the history of the production "Oliver!" where Keegan from the age of 12, toured Singapore, Sydney, and Melbourne for over a year. He's done heaps! NO LOVE SONGS is a powerful and uplifting modern love story that packs an emotional punch with beautifully written songs and honest storytelling that will star KEEGAN...2025-03-0518 minBackstageBackstageTom Wright and Picnic at Hanging RockTom Wright joins Regina Botros to talk about his adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock at Sydney Theatre Company. Wright's adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock for the Sydney Theatre Company has received rave reviews. It's  an eerie, beautiful, and visionary take on Joan Lindsay's gothic tale. The production, directed by Ian Michael, features a talented cast and combines modern elements with the haunting mystery of the original story.   Tom Wright started as a member of Barrie Kosky’s Gilgul Theatre in the early 1990s, then with Michael Kantor’s Mene Mene in the la...2025-02-2828 minBackstageBackstageAlana Valentine and her new work NucleusAlana joins Regina Botros to talk about her new work for the stage Nucleus at the Seymour Centre as part of the Griffin season. Alana Valentine is a librettist, playwright and director. Photo (c) Brett Boardman Gabriel is a nuclear engineer. Cassie is an anti-nuclear campaigner. For nearly thirty years their lives have collided and entwined, with Cassie’s cause dominating public opinion across the decades. But with political change rumbling underfoot, Cassie’s life’s work could yet be undone—and it’s all led to this explosive night. 2025-02-2021 minBackstageBackstageShiv Palekar in 4000 MilesShiv joins Regina Botros to talk about how he came to acting and his role in 4000 Miles for STC. Shiv Palekar was born in India, raised in Hong Kong and is now based in Sydney, Australia. Since graduating from NIDA, Shiv has appeared in Counting and Cracking (Belvoir); The Tempest, The Real Thing, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, and Disgraced (Sydney Theatre Company); The Sound Inside (Melbourne Theatre Company); The Almighty Sometimes (Griffin Theatre Company); and has toured nationally twice in The Merchant of Venice and The Players (Bell Shakespeare).   Photo C...2025-02-1720 minBackstageBackstagePatrick KennedyDirector & Designer Patrick Kennedy joins Regina Botros to talk about THE FLEA at the New Theatre.   Hailed as "one of the country’s most fascinating theatre practitioners" (British Theatre), Patrick Kennedy is an Offie Award nominated director and producer recognized as one of the leading European avant garde figures.  Originally trained as an acting teacher under the Globe Theatre’s Jacqueline Bessel, Patrick began producing and creating experimental theatre in 2009 at Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Eugene Ionesco’s 'The Lesson'. With over 15 years experience at the heart of arts and culture...2025-02-1112 minBackstageBackstageBrendan CowellBrendan joins Regina Botros to talk about his latest work Hamlet Camp on at the Carriageworks till the 25th January. A laugh out loud look at acting and the roles that haunt you!  Brendan Cowell, Ewen Leslie, and Toby Schmitz – three stars of Australian stage and screen – come together for the first time for the world premiere of Hamlet Camp, a night of poetry, pith and play.  Photo credit: Daniel Boud 2025-01-2015 minBackstageBackstagePriscilla Jackman and The Cost of Living (back catalogue)Priscilla Jackman joins Regina Botros to discuss The Cost of Living for Sydney Theatre Company. First broadcast 24th July, 2024. Sydney Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre’s co-production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Tony-nominated Broadway smash-hit, Cost of Living. Priscilla Jackman (RBG: Of Many, One) and internationally acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Dan Daw (The Dan Daw Show) direct this Australian premiere production of one of the best pieces of new writing to emerge from the US in the last decade, written by former carer turned playwright, Martyna Majok. Co-director and performer Daw leads an exceptional cast inclu...2024-12-0620 minBackstageBackstageSilia Kapsis and Eurovision on tour Sydney 2024  Backstage at the Enmore Theatre with Regina and Benito, the youngest 2024 Eurovision entrant at 17 years old, Sydney's Silia Kapsis.  The biggest live music show on earth is touring for the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956, presented by Eurodrama Entertainment, SL.    Following concerts in London, Paris and Madrid, EUROVISION ON TOUR brings the Eurovision experience to the fans and will tour to three Australian cities: Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney on 13, 15 and 17 November 2024.  2024-12-0503 minBackstageBackstageSenhit at Eurovision on tour Sydney 2024Senhit talks to Regina and Benito backstage at the Enmore theatre. Known globally as the 'Freaky Queen', Italian-African pop star Senhit’s single ‘Adrenalina’ saw her collaborate with American rapper Flo Rida, who famously performed on stage with her at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. ‘Adrenalina’ has had 18 million streams on Spotify, with a further 3 million Spotify streams of a remix by one of the world's biggest DJs Steve Aoki. Her new album 'Dangerous' has just been released ahead of the Eurovision world tour.  2024-12-0503 minBackstageBackstageMatt DayMatt Day joins Regina Botros backstage to talk through the life and times of his character John Reed in Sunday on at Sydney Theatre Company until the 7th December. An Australian work by Anthony Weigh  - based on the life and times of Sunday and John Reed and the Heide Circle – the renowned group of friends, lovers, and rivals that ruled Australia’s visual art scene in the 30s, 40s and 50s. It is also the story of the fiery love triangle between the irrepressible Sunday    2024-11-1317 minBackstageBackstageDean BryantBackstage with Dean Bryant and Dear Evan Hansen at Sydney Theatre Company. Dean Bryant is an award-winning Melbourne-based director and writer who moves between plays, musicals, opera, cabaret and, most recently, screen. A Little Night Music received the 2024 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Musical and Best Director of a Musical, and Hubris received the award for Best New Australian Work. This follows his reception of the 2022 Sydney Theatre Award and 2023 Green Room Award for his direction of the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company co-production of Fun Home. Presented and Produced by...2024-11-0515 minBackstageBackstageKate Britton Liveworks FestivalKate joins Regina Botros to talk about the Liveworks festival highlights and spotlights. Kate Britton is the Aritsitc Producer of the Performance Space, a producer, curator and arts manager with more than 10 years experience in festivals, performance, visual art and public programs, with a focus on cross-disciplinary and queer practices.    2024-10-2322 minBackstageBackstageDi Smith & Katrina FosterDi Smith & Katrina Foster join Regina Botros to talk about Seventeen on at the Seymour Centre.  Joyful and profound, Matthew Whittet’s Seventeen tells the story of a group of high school students, experiencing something we all remember well, the last day of school – for ever. Through a fog of stolen alcohol, six teenagers gather in a playground late at night to share the moment in their lives when the past gives way to an uncertain future, and where secrets are spilled, and friendships are changed. But in a revelatory theatrical twist, all roles are perform...2024-10-1624 minBackstageBackstageJack SymondsJack Symonds joins Regina Botros to talk about the production Gilgamesh at the Carriageworks.   Jack Symonds is a composer, conductor and pianist, and Artistic Director of Sydney Chamber Opera. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music, London under Kenneth Hesketh and at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he received the University Medal. His stage works represent “a striking and impressive new operatic voice” (Sydney Morning Herald) and he is “one of those performers who seemingly can play anything” (Australian Book Review). 2024-10-0820 minBackstageBackstageMerlynn Tong with Golden BloodMerlynn Tong joins Regina to talk about Golden Blood. Writer and performer in golden blood - first staged at griffin in 2022 Back to stc from 17th sept at wharf 1 Theatre for STC   Originally from Singapore Merlynn is known for her screen roles in Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake and ABC’s In Our Blood. Her previous works for the stage, in which she also starred, include her one-woman shows, Ma Ma Ma Mad, the true story of her mother’s suicide, and Blue Bones, a semi—----autobiography of teenage romance.2024-09-2515 minBackstageBackstageLucinda GleesonThe gorgeous Lucinda Gleeson joins Regina to talk about the show The Arrogance on at KXT Broadway. Lucinda Gleeson is an actor, director, producer, sometimes lighting designer and most recently the newly appointed Artistic Director of Playback Theatre Sydney. As a director, Lucinda cut her teeth at Tamarama Rock Surfers (TRS), the theatre company that started The Old Fitzroy Theatre.  Here she directed the trilogy of Benito di Fonzo plays, the first of which was 'The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman, AKA Bob Dylan, (A Lie) A Theatrical Talking Blues and Glissendorf.' T...2024-08-0818 minBackstageBackstageDalisa PigramDalisa joins Regina to talk about Cut the Sky, Marrugeku's latest show. She is an award winning practitioner, co-artistic director of Marrugeku and one of the people behind the concept, as well as a co-divisor, performer and choreographer on this work. Marrugeku is a leading Indigenous intercultural dance theatre company. And this work CUT THE SKY is set in the north of Western Australia, the story follows climate refugees, traditional owners, miners, and more as they navigate a near-future world. A stunning production on at the Carriageworks.   Don't miss i...2024-07-0928 minBackstageBackstageLizzie SchebestaLizzie joins Regina Botros to talk about Shakespeare and in particular King Lear a Bell Shakespeare production. She plays Goneril and has been performing and directing the bard's work since graduating from WAAPA. Lizzie Schebesta has worked extensively in Film, Television and Theatre as an actor, director, choreographer.    2024-07-0420 minBackstageBackstageOde to Isaiah Walsh with Ben Chapple and Austin HaydenWriter and Director Ben Chapple and Director Austin Hayden join Regina to talk abou this new Australian work, on at the Old Fitz Theatre. A dead body has been found in the penthouse of SINGER, an aging pop star in the vein of David Bowie. SINGER’s management team hustle to clean up the mess, but the tragedy has convinced SINGER that he must make drastic changes – to reclaim his lost artistic voice. SINGER must confront the trade-offs made in pursuit of celebrity and purpose. His past haunts him, while his future becomes increasingly uncertain. 2024-06-2516 minBackstageBackstageJoseph TwistJoseph Twist joins Regina Botros to talk about  Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan for Opera Australia. Joseph is a composer and musician and straddles film music and concert music arenas, crosses genres from ancient vocal music, opera, contemporary orchestral music, jazz, music theatre and cabaret.  He has a long list of awards working with Moby, on Bluey, in Hollywood as well as his own music. It's such a treat to talk with him about his music and his art.   2024-06-1128 minBackstageBackstageEmma DiazActor Emma Diaz joins Regina to talk about her role in Never Closer on at Belvoir Theatre. Emma Diaz is an actor and producer based in Sydney. A graduate of WAAPA Acting, her theatre credits include Blessed Union (Belvoir), The Great Divide (Ensemble), On The Beach (Sydney Theatre Company), The Crucible (Sport for Jove), Hamlet (Bell Shakespeare), and so many more She is in Belvoir's production of NEVER CLoser set during the conflict in Northern Ireland in the late 80’s - a return after its first rendition in 2022. 2024-06-0318 minBackstageBackstageEmma WhiteheadEmma joins Regina Botros to talk about the Australian premier of SHOOK. Emma is a director, creative producer, and performer from London, UK, grateful to be living and creating work on unceded Bidjigal land. She is the founder and artistic director of experimental company Lost Thought. Shook is playing at the Substation at Qtopia in Darlinghurst. Locked up in a dangerous youth offenders’ institution, teenagers Riyad and Cain trade insults, barter for sweets, and dream of their imminent fatherhood. When they meet conspicuously quiet new inmate Jonjo at a parenting skills course, they speculate wh...2024-05-2914 minBackstageBackstageThomas ES KellyThomas ES Kelly joins Regina Botros to dig into his work SILENCE  playing at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Unwrapped season, dedicated to uncovering extraordinary creatives.   SILENCE pulls the Treaty conversation out from under the rug and slams it back on the table. Funny, irreverent and reverberating with power, this is contemporary dance as you haven’t seen it before. This is one not to miss! Thomas E.S. Kelly is a proud Minjungbal-Yugambeh, Wiradjuri and Ni-Vanuatu man. He studied at NAISDA Dance College and graduated in 2012. Thomas is an artist that works...2024-05-0228 minBackstageBackstageSarah GilesSarah joins Regina to talk about how she has paved her way in as a director and the things that interest her. As well as her latert production No Pay? No Way! on at Sydney Theatre Company.      Sarah Giles is an award-winning opera and theatre director. Described by Limelight Magazine as one of Australia’s most thoughtful theatre-makers, she has a passion for comedy and opera and has directed over 25 productions for companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, State Theatre of South Australia, Malthouse Theatre, Griffin Theatre, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydne...2024-04-1733 minBackstageBackstageManuel Stark SantosManuel Stark Santos from West Side Story joins Regina Backstage to talk about growing up dancing in the US to making it big on Broadway in New York to landing in Sydney to dance on the Handa Opera Stage.  What a treat! Opera Australia's production opens on the 22nd March, 2024.     2024-03-0620 minBackstageBackstageVan BadhamVan Badham joins Regina Backstage to talk about A Fool In Love for Sydney Theatre Company. Badham said, “The greatest Australian virtue is our readiness to laugh at ourselves. What an honour it is to let loose the local sense of humour on a classic farce like Lope de Vega’s La dama boba, in which an aspirational scheme to marry off an heiress comes so spectacularly undone. Van Badham is a writer, critic, trade unionist, feminist, activist and occasional broadcaster, an internationally award-winning theatremaker and one of Australia’s most controversial social commentators. 2024-02-0929 minBackstageBackstageAnita HeissAnita Heiss joins Regina to talk about her adaptation of the play TIDDAS - on at Belvoir theatre. Tiddas- Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books, lovers, and the jagged bits of life in between. Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure. Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they? Dr Anita Heiss AM is a proud member of the Wiradyuri nation of central New South Wales and one of Australia's most...2024-01-3114 minBackstageBackstageLeigh SachwitzLeigh Sachwitz is the founder and leading creative director of  flora&faunavisions. She is an award winning creator and visionary, and the mastermind behind the content that will be displayed across 23 LED screens for Opera Australia’s The Ring Cycle. Her work spans across immersive experiences, exhibitions, music stages, theatre and opera performances, fashion shows and art installations. Leigh has characterised a unique style through design in space and time.   2023-12-0630 minBackstageBackstageThomas DeAngelisThomas De Angelis is a playwright, theatre maker and researcher.  He joins Regina Botros to talk about the operatic odyssey of a lifetime; the site-specific pastiche opera TRACK WORKS will take centre stage at Sydney’s iconic Mortuary Station in all its historical splendour (November 21 – December 19).     2023-11-2124 minBackstageBackstageTom ConroyTom Conroy joins Regina Botros to dive into The Master and the Margarita on at Belvoir Theatre. Tom’s credits for Belvoir include Tell Me I’m Here, My Brilliant Career, Ghosts, Jasper Jones, Mortido, Mother Courage and Her Children, and Small and Tired. Find out more here. 2023-11-1416 minBackstageBackstageJane Montgomery GriffithsJane joins Regina to talk Malvolia (yes a twist on the role) in Twelfth Night for Bell Shakespeare. Jane Montgomery Griffiths is an actor, writer and academic. Currently Director of Monash University’s Centre for Theatre and Performance, Jane is an expert on Greek drama and theories of performance, and has taught at Cambridge, Leeds, Melbourne, and La Trobe universities. Twelfth Night opens at Sydney Opera House 26th October 2023 until 19 November.   2023-10-2617 minBackstageBackstageThomas Campbell and Betty Is a ButcherThomas Campbell joins Regina Botros to talk through the inspiration for Betty Is a Butcher for Sydney Fringe. Five characters, five reasons to live, an odyssey towards death.  A collage of memory, these characters jostle for existence in a theatrical phantasmagoria A Siren Theatre Production, directed by Kate Jane Gaul.   2023-08-3119 minBackstageBackstageChris Mitchell and The Marvellous Elephant Man the MusicalChris Mitchell joins Regina Botros to see the spectacle of this Sydney Fringe show at the Speigeltent. The Marvellous Elephant man the Musical. The story of the “Elephant Man” has been told in many books and in the famous David Lynch film starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. The co-director of this production Chris Mitchell takes us into this new musical production, the inspiration and the exploration.   Chris Mitchell is a Melbourne-based entrepreneur, major art grant recipient, graduate of 16th Street Actors Studio and founding partner of the brand...2023-08-3116 minBackstageBackstageKerri Glascock Sydney Fringe 2023Kerri Glasscock Sydney Fringe Festival Director joins Regina to talk about what's hot this Sydney Fringe Festival. So much to see - catch the hot tips - here!   A month of delicious, unfiltered, utterly unbelievable performance performances, where literally anything could happen.  Spread across every inch of the city, from Parramatta to Hurstville, the Western Harbour, the CBD, and the Inner-East festival gardens. No matter where you find yourself at The Fringe, we guarantee an unforgettable experience that will stay with you long after the festival ends. Get a variety of pe...2023-08-1729 minBackstageBackstageMargaret Thanos director of A Very Expensive PoisonMargaret joins Regina to explore this award winning play based on true events.   Margaret Thanos is an award-winning Cypriot-Australian director and actor for theatre and film, based in London.  THE PLAY:- London, 2006. A brazen political assassination is carried out in broad daylight. Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy, drinks green tea laced with radioactive poison. Subsequent investigations uncover a conspiracy generated from the very heart of the Russian government, and a murder probably approved by President Vladimir Putin. In this award-winning play, based on the facts as laid out by...2023-08-1425 minBackstageBackstageDebra OswaldDebra Oswald joins Regina to talk about tow shows playing at the Ensemble Theatre, plus how she came to writing from a young age. Debra Oswald is screenwriter, playwright and fiction author. She was the co-creator and head writer for series 1-5 of the award-winning Channel Ten series Offspring. Debra won the 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for the Offspring telemovie script and won the 2014 AACTA for Best Television Screenplay for an episode in series 4.  Her other television credits include award-winning episodes of Police Rescue, Palace of Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, Swe...2023-08-0628 minBackstageBackstageGareth DaviesGareth joins Regina to talk about his life from wanting to be a philosopher to the stage and his current production performing in Benefactors at Ensemble Theatre. Gareth Davies is an actor and playwright based in Sydney. He has written and performed for the Black Lung Theatre (of which he’s a member), Belvoir St Theatre, the Malthouse and many more. Gareth’s theatre credits include The Cherry Orchard (Melbourne Theatre Company); The Government Inspector (Malthouse Theatre/Belvoir); The Rover, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Peter Pan, As You Like It, And They Called Him Mr Glamou...2023-07-2121 minBackstageBackstageErica Brennan and The Hero Leaves One ToothErica joins Regina to talk about her play The Hero Leaves One Tooth described as a ferocious new satire set in a world where women have developed vagina dentata as a means of protection against sexual assault.    Erica is a director, writer, & producer of live performance. She believes that making art is a compulsion. She is passionate about holding space for artists to develop their practice and find sustainable ways to make work in an ever-changing environment. She is a champion of experimental and collaborative processes and for innovative storytelling having di...2023-07-2125 minBackstageBackstageBass FamBass Fam talks with Regina about his show Oracle and his life as a theatre maker. Originally from a fine arts background, Bass is a passionate story teller at heart, a dreamer and an all-round creative with a colourful career spanning over a decade, with his work showcased around the world. With sell-out Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide seasons, ORACLE returns to Sydney following its first Sydney season in August 2022 at Sydney Opera House, and will bring more intoxicating magic to Roslyn Packer Theatre. It is a fusion of circus, burlesque, dance & contemporary sto...2023-07-1210 minBackstageBackstageJames Evans from Bell Shakespeare  James joins Regina to talk about Bell Shakespeare's lates production Romeo & Juliet in the new space and his role as Juliet's father. James Evans is Associate Director at Bell Shakespeare. He is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art and holds a Master of Arts from the University of Sydney. He has directed a production of Much Ado About Nothing, the Julius Caesar national tour, previously directing productions of Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He has performed on many stages around town and is Capulet in Rom...2023-07-0617 minBackstageBackstageAnchuli Felicia King and The Poison of PolygamyAnchuli joins Regina Botros backstage to talk about her motivation for bringing this story to the stage and how her career has developed as a playwright, screenwriter and multidisciplinary artist of Thai-Australian descent. As a playwright, King is interested in linguistic hybrids, digital cultures and globalization. The Royal Court Theatre’s mainstage production of King’s play White Pearl marked her professional debut in May 2019, directed by Nana Dakin. White Pearl was subsequently produced by Sydney Theatre Company / National Theatre of Parramatta in Sydney in 2019 and the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC in the United States...2023-06-2325 minBackstageBackstageAbbie-Lee Lewis & Harriet Gordon-AndersonTwo of the cast from Scenes From a Climate Era (Belvoir) join Regina Botros to talk about the state of our world and bringing the issues of today to the stage in this theatrical telling. Harriet Gordon-Anderson (Bell Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ensemble Theatre’s Boxing Day BBQ) Abbie-Lee Lewis (Belvoir’s Wayside Bride, Counting and Cracking) This aired on Wednesday 31st May, 2023 on 2SER - the opening night of the production. A collective of more than 50 scenes written by the acclaimed climate playwright David Finnigan, Scenes from the Climate Era is an immersive and thought-provoking production...2023-06-0117 minBackstageBackstageEloise SnapeEloise joins Regina Botros to share with us the birth of this new production. Eloise is an award-winning writer, actor, producer and voice artist. She completed a Bachelor of Media in Writing at Macquarie University and received a scholarship to study in London. She has worked extensively as an actor in theatre and she works consistently on screen, most recently in Colin from Accounts. She has worked with her own independent theatre company, MopHead Productions, as well as Ensemble Theatre and Griffin Theatre Company. She is currently a Creative Producer with Critical Stages. ...2023-05-3029 minBackstageBackstageVashti HughesVashti goes backstage with Regina Botros to talk about her life as a writer and performer. Vashti Hughes is a writer / actor and originally trained at UWS Nepean, graduating with a BA in Performance. Vashti has written and self produced works that are based in Sydney’s local history. Currently Vashti is performing in Kate’s final home, a site specific piece “Dinner with Kate Leigh the Gangster Queen” at 212 Devonshire St, Surry Hills, now the Jazzy Café Bar . “Dinner with Kate Leigh the Gangster Queen” is a spin off of work that she wrote and per...2023-05-1831 minBackstageBackstageAri Maza Long and Alex Malone from AT WHAT COSTOn this episode of Back stage Regina Botros is joined by Trisha Starrs to talk about:-  2023-05-0923 minBackstageBackstageJess Fuchs Sydney Comedy Festivaljess Fuchs joins Regina Botros to talk comedy, improv and how to be chill! Jess has traveled the world as an improviser and stand up comedian. She has graced the stages, clubs, theaters and dirtiest pubs around the globe, including Gotham Comedy Club in New York, Second City Toronto, The Comedy Store Sydney, to name a few. 2023-05-0211 minBackstageBackstageLisa Fa’alafi - Hot Brown HoneyLisa Fa’alafi, joins Regina Botros to talk about Hot Brown Honey's return of THE REMIX> Lisa is the fierce femme leader of the multi-award-winning collective of global First Nations women, Hot Brown Honey which will be returning to the Sydney Opera House after eight years in May as part of its UnWrapped season. Hot Brown Honey – THE REMIX (4-13 May) it will dance the line between theatrical and social activism mashing up hip-hop, dance, cabaret, circus, poetry, and comedy will spin tradition on its head, challenge boundaries and embrace resilience. 2023-04-2722 minBackstageBackstageRachael Swain from MarrugekuRachael joins Regina Botros to share her beginnings as a creative to the current Marrugeku show at the Carriageworks. Racheal grew up around activism and protests with her parents in New Zealand and has forged a career as a director and dramaturg of trans-disciplinary and intercultural dance theatre as well as a dance and performance scholar and researcher. She specialises in creating platforms for Indigenous and intercultural choreographies and dramaturgies in dance and in facilitating these practice-led research projects to redefine contemporary arts practices.  Prior to Murrageku she was founding member and Co-Artistic Director of S...2023-04-2025 minBackstageBackstageSolomon Thomas and UFO at Griffin theatreSOLOMON THOMAS joins Regina Botros BACKSTAGE. He is a theatre maker and performer and is a core member of re:group performance collective, He explores the intersection between the physical and digital in theatre, experimenting with how theatre and film can co-exist in a live context. He works as a performer, puppeteer, theatre maker and video designer and is driven by how these practices meet formally. UFO by Kirby Medway and Solomon Thomas at the SBW Stables Theatre from 18th to 29th April 2023. Part of the Griffin Lookout program. Described as a blend o...2023-04-1820 minBackstageBackstageReview of JULIA at Sydney Theatre CompanyRegina Botros reviews Julia at the Sydney theatre Company at the Sydney Opera House.     JULIA By Joanna Murray-Smith Directed by Sarah Goodes Not now, not ever In 2012, Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, gave a speech that sent shockwaves around the world.  Now, ten years later, one of Australia’s most esteemed and celebrated playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith, brings the human story behind that speech to the stage. Julia is an extraordinary new play that will see the glorious Justine Clarke (Children of the Sun) embody the li...2023-04-1103 minBackstageBackstageMetropolis with Julia Robertson and Zara StantonTwo directors from this new musical Metropolis - wow - join Regina Botros to talk theatre. Julia Robertson is an actor, director, and musician. She is the current Artistic Director of the award winning devising group, the Little Eggs Collective. Acting credits include Jess and Joe Forever (25A Belvoir, 2019 dir. Shaun Rennie), The Astral Plane (25A Belvoir, 2019 dir. Charlie Garber), The Real Thing (STC, 2019 dir. Simon Phillips), The Oyster (Critical Stages, 2021 dir. Scarlet McGlynn) and Wherever She Wanders (Griffin, 2021 dir. Tessa Leong). Julia also stars in the film Hot Mess (Emerald Productions) that is currently a...2023-04-0624 minBackstageBackstageZoe HollyoakZoe joins Regina Botros to talk about her life in the arts and in particular, Collapsible, playing at the Old Fitz. Zoë Hollyoak is a director and creative producer with nearly 10 years of experience working across a range of organisations including Belvoir, Performing Lines, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) and Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA. Zoë is currently the Program Producer for Performance Space, SHE has worked across theatre, film and mixed media projects for PICA, triple J Unearthed, Belvoir, The Blue Room Theatre and the State Theatre Centre of WA...2023-03-3021 minBackstageBackstageJustin SmithJustin Smith joins Regina Botros to talk all things theatrical. His life in the theatre and how he's come to be thrilling audiences in the role of the Baker in Into the Woods, with music by mastermind Stephen Sondheim. Justin has starred in numerous stage productions, most recently Hayes Theatre’s Dubbo Championship Wrestling and Bangarra’s, Wudjang: Not The Past, with some of his other theatre credits including Billy Elliot The Musical, and National Theatre of Parramatta’s Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam. 2023-03-1623 minBackstageBackstageTom Dawson and Meg Hyeronimus in Cherry SmokeTom Dawson and Meg Hyeronimus join Regina Botros to talk Cherry Smoke and theatre! Cherry Smoke follows four young kids trying to grow in to the adults that the society that neglected them will accept. We can try to build the dream, but at what cost? When you're not taught to use your words but your fists can you ever truly change, or are you destined to repeat the past?  2023-03-1423 minBackstageBackstageNicholas BrownNick joins Regina to talk Sex Magick his new work to hit the Griffin Stage. Nicholas Brown has forged an international career as an actor, singer, writer, and Bollywood leading man since graduating from NIDA. Brown recently featured in Belvoir St Theatre’s Counting and Cracking, which won the Helpmann Award for Best Play, and The Long Forgotten Dream and Still Point Turning for Sydney Theatre Company. His writing credits include Lighten Up for Griffin, The Unlisted for Aquarius Films and Tantra 2 for Playwriting Australia. 2023-02-2319 minBackstageBackstageDaniel ClarkeSydney Pride Festival director Daniel Clarke joins Regina Botros to get the insight into the festival colours. Listen up - listen proud! Daniel has worked as an Artistic Director, Creative Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Programmer and CEO across Australia and the UK. He is a respected arts leader with a commitment to inclusivity, bold voices, independent artists, new works and artistic development. He has championed the works of many visionary LGBTIQA+ artists throughout his career from independent producing to within large cultural institutions. 2023-02-1917 minBackstageBackstageAnnalouise PaulAnnalousie Paul joins Regina Botros in this episode to talk about her experiences as a flamenco dancer; how she came to it, the stories she tells and the new @Salon Flamenco series she is curating for Sydney World Pride.   Tickets and general info for https://prideamplified.au/events/salon-flamenco/ Facebook event page with full program details https://www.facebook.com/events/654379352729685   Photo credit: Binu Photography   2023-02-1528 minBackstageBackstageLewis TrestonLewis talks with Regina Botros about his play Hubris and Humiliation - on at Sydney Theatre Company at the moment. Lewis is an AWARD Winning playwright and In this Sydney world pride (and prejudice ) production…think Jane Austen’s drawing rooms and country estates are switched out for the dizzying dancefloors and leafy avenues of post-plebiscite Sydney---is what it says online Lewis is a former STC Patrick white award winner. This production is Presented in association with Sydney WorldPride and directed by Dean Bryant (Fun Home), this mode...2023-02-1524 minBackstageBackstageBlair Cutting and David Hooley - In A Little RoomActors Blair and David talk to Regina about the life and times Queen Elizabeth I's reign in 1593. Double agent, spy and famous playwright, Christopher Marlowe has been called to a lodging house in Deptford on the Thames to answer to his secret double dealings...In a Little Room written by David Allen. A deep dive into the much speculated happenings on that fateful night and a knife fight. Listen in to a very informative chat about the times of this play's history and what may have happened...   2023-02-0223 minBackstageBackstageRachel HealyRachel 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. 2023-01-3116 minBackstageBackstageMelanie Tait talks A Broadcast CoupTrisha 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 next sting. It’s been a year since she brought down one of TV’s most lauded stars fo...2023-01-3115 minBackstageBackstageSydney Festival Show 11th January 2023Sydney 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. 2023-01-1329 minBackstageBackstageS ShakthidharanShakthi 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 community. The script won the Victorian Premier’s overall...2022-11-3028 minBackstageBackstageIain SinclairIain 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 directed celebrated major productions for state companies at STC, Belvoir, MTC and Queensland Theatre, he has directed for...2022-10-2735 minBackstageBackstageBert LaBonteBert 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 include: Cloudstreet, I am A Miracle, Time Share.  Musical theatre credits...2022-10-1134 minBackstageBackstageKatie PollockKatie 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... 2022-08-3125 minBackstageBackstageRyuichi FujimuraRyuichi 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 stories as a dancer, I b...2022-07-3119 minBackstageBackstageSamah Sabawi and Bagryana PopovWriter, 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.   2022-07-2627 minBackstageBackstageMichelle LawMichelle 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, and broadsheet newspapers including Frankie magazine, The Griffith Review, and The Saturday Paper. Her stories and essays have...2022-07-2112 minBackstageBackstageEmme HoyEmme 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 Globe Award-winner Sarah Snook. Shortlisted for the 2019 Bruntwood Prize and recipient of the Belvoir’s...2022-07-1316 minBackstageBackstageMichael HoneymanMichael 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.    2022-06-3018 minBackstageBackstageScott SilvenMentalist 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 performing at some of the world's most exclusive events and theatres. From recent sell out runs...2022-06-1620 minBackstageBackstageDino DimitriadisDino 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 in America Parts I & II and Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, All My Sleep and Waking, Doubt...2022-06-0825 minBackstageBackstageAlana ValentineMy 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 Theatre and most recently worked on Wudjang Not t...2022-05-2526 minBackstageBackstageChris RyanComic 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 as a journalist and running her own communications business for 20 years.   2022-05-0920 minBackstageBackstageMarg HorwellMarg 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 for Malthouse including Because the Night (interiors), Blasted, Melancholia, Bli...2022-05-0526 minBackstageBackstageLeeanna WalsmanLeeanna 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 many more. Leeanna is perhaps best known for her role as Zam Wesell in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), for playing...2022-04-2030 minBackstageBackstageAmber McMahonAmber 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 Night, Angels in America, and The Power of Yes for Belvoir...2022-03-0923 minBackstageBackstageGlace ChaseGlace 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 stars in, ran at the Queensland Theatre and has subsequently moved to Sydney Theatre Company. Glace was a finalist for...2022-02-1128 minBackstageBackstageKate GaulDirector 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.     2022-02-0410 minBackstageBackstageBernadette FamRegina 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 Fellow, current Creative Producer of Green Door Theatre Company and Critical Stages Touring and Artist in Residence at PYT, Fairfield. 2022-02-0416 minBackstageBackstageSydney Festival 2022 special with Olivia AnsellOlivia 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. 2021-12-2123 minBackstageBackstageJulian MeyrickRegina 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 Writing Australia 2004-09. He has been published widely on the Australian theatre, culture, and c...2021-12-0329 minBackstageBackstageRajan VeluRegina 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 (Independent Shakespeare Company LA). His  screen credits include All Saints, Doctor Doctor, RFDS, Diary o...2021-11-1629 minBackstageBackstageLex MarinosActor 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 2021-11-1028 minBackstageBackstageGeraldine HakewillThe 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 that and more in this episode. 2021-10-1429 minBackstageBackstageGlenn HazeldineThe 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, Mongrels, Historia, Two Weeks With The Queen, Dead White Males (also national tour).  And so so so many more....2021-09-2929 minBackstageBackstageRussell CheekThe 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 the Adelaide Festivals in Australia. He became a core m...2021-09-0849 minBackstageBackstageSteve RodgersSteve 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 Theatre Company), Dreams in White, Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography and Diving for Pearls  (Griffin Theatre Company), Boys...2021-09-0724 minBackstageBackstageWilliam ZappaThe 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 - Stratford East. Moving to Australia in 1976 to take up a post as...2021-09-0240 minBackstageBackstageGrant DodwellGrant 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 abroad. Grant has well over three decades of experience in theatre, film and television and was awarded Best Actor at th...2021-08-2424 minBackstageBackstageMegan WildingMegan 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 Rover for Belvoir St Theatre. Her television credits include Sheilas, The Edge of the Bush...2021-08-1320 minBackstageBackstageJames WinterJames 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 Youth, AIT Arts, Shopfront, Ashfield Youth Theatre, Brand X Theatre and The Studio at...2021-08-1326 min