Nov 3, 2022

Have you ever noticed how many of our most famous acclaimed exports come from Western Australia? Heath Ledger. Kate Mulvaney. Tim Minchin.

This episode - three ‘Perthies’ who’ve made it big in theatre, film and music talk to OFF STAGE about what’s in the water across in the West of Australia and why they think...

Oct 12, 2022

Martin Philbey began his photography career capturing every part of a crime scene. It was the beginning of a life in photography that would see him becoming so acclaimed he’d be hung in the National Portrait gallery of Australia as a rock photographer.

How do you go from crime scene to rock scene? Martin talks...

Sep 7, 2022

In the late sixties, an engineering lecturer had a wild party at his home in suburban Melbourne. It was election night, and tensions were high.

The lecturer had aspirations to be a playwright and what he saw going on around him, well, he reckoned it might make a good play.

The aspiring playwright was David Williamson,...

Aug 25, 2022

Sir Robert Helpmann’s legacy remains relatively strong in 2022: his face adorned the program of the NLA’s On Stage exhibition and his name is immortalised in our biggest theatre awards, The Helpmann’s.

Yet, how many of us know much about his extraordinary life?

A life that started on a farm in Mount Gambier and...

Aug 11, 2022

By the time we’re in our mid-forties, most of us feel as though our life is pretty much sorted out.

Not Rose Quong.

After twenty-seven years, she left her public service job in Melbourne to pursue life as an actress in London.

She continued to chase adventure for all the years of her life afterwards.

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