This week, for TW Talks Tuesday, Romi Kupfer sits down with us to talk about her work developing Singing Swallows, opening up about how this vital work came into being, the challenges she has faced teaching young people about the Holocaust and the importance of telling these stories. I am a theatre maker that has been […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview with Sarahlouise & Ashley Taylor
This week, for TW Talks Tuesday, we chat to Sarahlouise Younger and Ashley Taylor from Salty Theatre. SL: Hello my name is Sarahlouise Younger. I am the co-founding artistic director of Salty Theatre and the director of Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody. AT: Hi I’m Ashley Taylor I’m one of the co-founders of […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview with Krystalla Pearce & Bridget Balodis
We sat down with Krystalla Pearce and Bridget Balodis, to talk about their upcoming collection of short plays known as She is Vigilante at Theatre Works. In February 2019, Bridget Balodis and Krystalla Pearce put a call out for women writers to develop a series of short works to be presented at Theatre Works St.Kilda in late 2019. […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview With Karen Corbett & Deborah Leiser-Moore
It took Karen Corbett, the award-winning theatre maker, now in her 60s, two decades to realise that what she’d experienced as a young woman was homelessness. KC: I was pregnant. I was on the run. I went to a home for unmarried mothers … from caravan to caravan, to couch surfing, to living in a […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview With Christopher Bryant & Jessica Dick
Goodbody’s unexpected death left an enigma. In Melbourne 45 years later, playwright Christopher Bryant read about her and was transfixed. Her story seemed to flow into that of another pioneering theatre figure, Betty Burstall, founder of Melbourne’s La Mama. CB: As I was widening my research I discovered that Buzz had toured with a show, […]
So You Want My Arts Job: An Interview With Dianne Toulson
With over 25 years experience in the sector, why does Theatre Works’ Dianne Toulson think the title ‘General Manager’ is outdated in the arts? With extensive skill in theatre management and touring, Dianne joined the Theatre Works team in late 2017 with a deep understanding of Australia’s independent arts landscape. Since her appointment as General […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview with Mitch Jones
Unique, creative, and just a little bit wild, Mitch Jones’ experimental work, AutoCannibal, opens at Theatre Works next month. Drawing together elements of circus, performance art, BDSM culture, and clowning, Jones tackles some significant themes in a meaningful fashion, striving, at times, to shock us out of the more than comfortable stupor some of us […]
Freak Stalker Magazine Interviews Theatre Works’ GM Dianne Toulson
1) Firstly, congratulations for the awesome season of shows you’re putting on at Theatre Works. There’s always an inspirational story and wonderful performances to enjoy. And now, Chapter Two season is running! What can you tell us about this concept? What inspired you to make this Program of shows happen? In 2019 our programming focus […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview with Rebecca Meston
Inspired by true events, playwright Rebecca Meston, has written a tale of loss and heartbreak set to a backdrop of time and space. Drive is a play that was inspired by former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, who in 2007 drove from Houston to Orlando to confront her ex-lover’s lover and supposed attempt to kidnap her. […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview With Holly Austin
This week on TW Talks Tuesday, we chat to Holly Austin, the writer and performer of the comedy show Alphabet Soup. What can people expect from your show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival? HA: My show Alphabet Soup is a beatbox-filled choose-your-own-adventure for the whole family. I play Dr AudiYO!, a beatboxing clown, […]