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ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
March 14, 2019
Interview with gabrielle brady and poh lin lee Filmmaker Gabrielle Brady and therapist Poh Lin Lee have been close friends since 2007. They met while both were living in Mongolia where they worked: Gabrielle was directing a TV series for teenagers...
Technology in our theatre stories
February 25, 2019
The Rise of Technology In Our Theatre Stories Arguably, the stage has been much slower than film to consider the rise of digital technologies and the virtual realm, but over the past decade, theatremakers have become increasingly intrigued by its ...
Capharnaüm director Q&A
February 25, 2019
An Interview with Nadine Labaki, director of Capharnaüm Receiving a 15-minute standing ovation as well as the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and the Audience Award at the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival, Nadine Labaki’s ...
The Caretaker comes to Riverside…
February 18, 2019
Nicholas Papademetriou chats to us about Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker We caught up with Nicholas Papademetriou, who is playing the title role of the Caretaker, Davies, in The Caretaker by Harold Pinter. We asked him what audiences can expec...
Last Train Home
February 12, 2019
Q&A with director of Last train home, Lixin Fan From Antidote Films Q: Why did you pick the plight of migrant workers in China as the subject of your first film? Has this issue touched your own life in some way? A: I was born to an average fam...
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
February 1, 2019
5 Questions with Jesus, Judas and Mary Opening next week at Riverside we have Packemin Productions’ iconic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Leading the cast in the role of Jesus is Joe Kalou, who has just finished performing in ...
KIM CARPENTER DIRECTOR OF BRETT & WENDY
December 19, 2018
Theatre Maker: Kim Carpenter By Elissa Blake In taking a deep dive into the world of the extraordinary and turbulent artistic partnership of Brett and Wendy Whiteley, theatre maker Kim Carpenter had to confront some of his conflicted feelings abou...
OMAR MUSA: SINCE ALI DIED
December 17, 2018
What You Need To Know About… Omar Musa The calligraphic tattoo on Omar Musa’s right arm says it all: Penglipur lara. In Malay it has multiple meanings but in its simplest terms, it translates to ‘storyteller’. It’s something Musa was born i...
Interview: Playwright Rachael Coopes
October 31, 2018
“When I arrived in Bathurst, I had no idea what the story would be,” Coopes says. “But from my very first trip I felt that Bathurst was like some kind of ghost town." Elissa Blake from Audrey Journal chats to playwright, actor and single mum Racha...