Yve Blake is a playwright, composer, musical comedian and actor. Yve is one of the first to receive the Rebel Wilson Theatre Making Scholarship where she developed a musical call Fangirls, which also stars Yve and has just completed its first s

DJ Sunshine: Gospel Tech

Jan 22nd, 2020 31m 27s

Sunshine Trott is a Melbourne dance floor institution – combining electronic sounds with a live gospel choir Disco Faith. Growing up in Perth, Sunshine found herself at her first rave at 12, instantly being draw in by the “energy and how it mov

Russell Goldsmith: Tony Award Nominated Sonic Dramaturg

Jan 15th, 2020 54m 51s

Russell Goldsmith is a multiple award-winning and Tony Award nominated Melbourne based Sound Designer, Composer, Producer and Audio System Designer. If you have seen theatre around Melbourne you have almost certainly heard his work. When Russel

Sam Cooney - Unafraid of Intervention

Jan 8th, 2020 54m 30s

Sam Cooney is a Melbourne based publisher, writer and editor. He runs the not-for-profit publishing organisation that produces the quarterly literary magazine The Lifted Brow. Sam is also a member of a number of literary boards and is a session

Tammy Lee Rock - Control of Narrative

Jan 1st, 2020 59m 10s

Tammy Lee Rock is an award-winning actor, playwright, director and trailblazer. Her one-woman show, I don’t wanna play house, has the honour of being Australia’s longest running show which explores: poverty, racism, physical and emotional viole

Joanna Murray-Smith - Main Stage Main Stay

Dec 25th, 2019 1h 3m

Joanna Murray-Smith is a world-renowned playwright, novelist and screenwriter. In this first episode of Backstories, Joanna talks about her life growing up and what influenced her journey into the arts; from her mother taking her to shows as a

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Backstories Trailer

Dec 9th, 2019 2m 29s

When a story is told it's rarely the same as what it was in the first draft; that journey is what we're interested in. Backstories is what goes on in-between projects and an exploration of the different ways stories are brought to life. Our fir

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