Behind the Scenes 17th March 2025
Helen Simondson from WA Museum Boola Bardip has been to the theatre and she’ll be telling us about that in her Perth roundup, before introducing her local guest artists, Shannon Yujnovich from The Lester Prize for portraiture which is on the hunt for young artists… Then, at Theatre Works, they hav…
Behind the Scenes 10th March 2025
Sadly, we’re without Elena Vereker this month, but she’ll be back on deck in April for our regular Adelaide round up… So, our first guest this week is trans playwright Eva Rees who’s new psychological thriller, Djuna is about to open as part of Darebin Speakeasy… Then, it’s a bumper edition of Sc…
Behind the Scenes 3rd March 2025
Here we are in March already, and Steph Speirs is here with the Theatre Network Australia round up and an introduction to our TNA Member of the Month – a former TNA regular on Behind the Scenes – Tessa Leong… After that, Susie Dee is back for a chat – this time about THREE different show’s she dir…
Chris Thompson sits down with Susie Dee
Ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day, Behind the Scenes presenter Chris Thompson sits down with one of the country’s most respected and prolific theatre directors Susie Dee. In addition to reflecting upon the long struggle of women artists to gain equal footing with their male counterpart…
Behind the Scenes 24th February 2025
Our first Darwin round-up for the year is also a chance to meet our new Darwin Correspondents. Yes, that’s right – not one but two correspondents who’ll be sharing the role (which makes sense considering they’re sharing the CEO role at Brown’s Mart!)… so, say hello to Yvette Walker, new CEO and Ar…
Behind the Scenes 17th February 2025
Helen Simondson from WA Museum Boola Bardip is first up this week which means it must be our first catch up with what’s on in Perth for the year… PLUS our first chance to meet a local guest artist – this month it’s the Blue Room Theatre’s Executive Director Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa… Then, even though …
Behind the Scenes 10th February 2025
Technically, tonight should be our first Adelaide segment for the year… but our Adelaide correspondent Elena Vereka from Insite Arts is in Melbourne. Why? We’ll find out when I catch up with her… in person for a change… (ps… here’s a clue!) Then, it’s St Kilda Festival time again and that’s a…
Behind the Scenes 3rd February 2025
Theatre Network Australia’s Co-Executive Director Josh Lowe is kicking off our first TNA spot for 2025 AND introducing us to the first TNA member of the Month for the year – it’s theatre maker, performer and producer Jeremy Goldstein who’s Theatre Works show Truth to Power Café is part of this year…
Extended Conversation with Jeremy Goldstein
On the first show of each month, Behind the Scenes welcomes the Theatre Network Australia Member of the Month. For the February 3, 2025 show, the TNA Member of the Month was theatre producer and performer Jeremy Goldstein who talks about his Midsumma Festival show Truth to Power Caféwhich has alrea…
Behind the Scenes 27th January 2025
We start the year in Seattle where we catch up with Marilyn Raichle who, for those with long memories, was last on the show in 2018 speaking about an exhibition called The Art of Alzheimer’s which included works by her mother Jean. Well, now Marilyn’s written a book about her ‘care partner journey’…