Backstage

Priscilla Jackman

Priscilla joins Regina to talk theatre business. For Sydney Theatre Company, she directed the award winning production of White Pearl, by Anchuli Felicia King, she wrote and directed Still Point Turning: The Catherine McGregor Story (2018), assistant directed The Father and The Hanging.  She has directed for Ensemble theatre, and is currently working on productions with Opera Australia.

Paige Rattray

Director Paige Rattray talks about her life in the theatre. Currently the Associate Director at Sydney Theatre Company, Paige was previously the Associate Artistic Director at Queensland Theatre and was chosen as Sydney Theatre Company’s Richard Wherrett Fellow for a consecutive two years (2015, 2016). She is a co-founder of award-winning, independent theatre company ARTHUR, and a graduate of NIDA.

Helen Thomson

One of Australia’s finest actors, Helen Thomson, joins Regina in an interview about her life and how she came to be an actor.  Helen is one of the darlings of the theatre scene.  She has stomped the boards since the 90’s and never ceases to amaze with her comic timing, charismatic charm or depth of character on stage.
She shares her early life and the know-how of a skilled craftsperson.

 

Wesley Enoch

Wesley Enoch joins Regina Botros to discuss this moment in theatre history and the sliding doors of choices. Wesley Enoch AM has been the Sydney Festival Director from 2017–2021.  Wesley Enoch, a proud Noonuccal Nuugi man, is a writer and director and was the Artistic Director at Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts; Ilbijerri Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-operative; Queensland Theatre Company; and the Associate Artistic Director at Belvoir Street Theatre. 

Genevieve Lemon

Genevieve Lemon, a darling of Sydney theatre, joins Regina to talk about her life as an actor. She’s been in everything from The Young doctors and Prisoner to the Secret River and Rake on TV, Sweetie to Holy Smoke, The Dressmaker and Ladies in Black for film. And for Stage Billy Elliott, Death of a Salesman, A Taste of Honey Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf -and so many more..

Jonathan Biggins

Jonathan Biggins joins Regina Botros to talk about his life as an entertainer, where he's from, his working relationships and how he got to where he is now. One of the creators of the STC’s Wharf Revue, winner of two AWGIE’s, he is also the author of three books, including The 700 Habits of Highly Ineffective People.