Australian Theatre Podcast Guide

This brand new podcast Arty Farty – A Podcast for Kids has been created especially for Kid Creatives. Here the fabulous team at the SOH to share special moments, insights, tips, tricks and more from kids themselves, and creative types who appear here at the House.

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Merrigong Theatre Co are working with MERRIGONGX 2020 artists to produce and release a series of Digital Tasters of new works in development, allowing audiences to experience a glimpse of the works that will be performed in the future. MERRIGONGX is Merrigong Theatre Company’s annual artists’ program. It focuses on supporting artists to take creative risks.
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Hosted by Sydney Fringe Team members Charley Sanders and Tiera Boo ‘On the Fringe’ is a collection of experiences and stories that talk to the core of Sydney and our creativity. On the Fringe features a few rotating segments; from conversations with leading performance makers to short-form interviews with prominent Sydney musicians and their songs as well as a range of audio art including radio plays, storytelling, short stand up (or sit down) sets and spoken word. Listen at www.sydneyfringe.com/projects/on-the-fringe-podcast/

Produced by Australia’s Circa, and hosted by artistic director Yaron Lifshitz, Producing  Heroes  is a podcast dedicated to creative producers who make impossible things happen. Every day these intrepid theatrical alchemists harness the energies of artists, hustle opportunities, dream dreams and translate them from  ideas  into shows.

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 a peek behind the scenes at Queensland’s state theatre company. Hosted by our Artistic Director Lee Lewis, every fortnight we’ll be sharing conversations with our team members and artists. Hear how they came to work in the arts industry and the many exciting stories they’ve collected along the way.

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Queerstories is a national LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with live events around the country, a book and now, an award-winning podcast.

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A conversational podcast about what happens on the other side, the behind the scenes of a show, program, tour. Laura Milke-Garner talks with all the movers and shakers behind the scenes in the entertainment industry. Chats with Producers, Arts Managers, Artists Directors, Program Managers and so much more!

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Hosted by theatre-maker Dino Dimitriadis, and produced by the National Theatre of Parramatta, each episode of this interview and podcast series will spotlight an Australian playwright, one of their key plays, and a broader discussion around the playwright’s inspirations and body of work. Previous guests have included Donna Abela and Paul Capsis.

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 STAGES talks to Australian talent from front of house and backstage – directors, designers, drag artists and doormen … performers, producers and publicists … teachers, technicians and talent! Whatever stages it takes to engage and affect an audience – or whatever it takes to carve out a career in the arts – Peter examines it in STAGES. Winner of Best New Podcaster Award at The Australian Podcast Awards in 2019.

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Podcasts from Australia’s largest theatre company. Sydney Theatre Company has been a major force in Australian drama since its establishment in 1978. The Company presents an annual season of diverse productions at its own venues at The Wharf and nearby Roslyn Packer Theatre at Walsh Bay, and as the resident theatre company of the Sydney Opera House.

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Hosted by Pete Davidson, this interview series shines a spotlight on some of Australia’s greatest puppeteers, puppet builders and practitioners. They talk sock about the business of puppetry in Australia and are putting Australian puppetry power on the proverbial podcasting map!

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The Aside Podcast exists to educate Victorian drama teachers and students about all things theatre. it is hosted by Nicholas Waxman. The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria – Australia’s oldest Drama Association .

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The Greenroom with Lauren Kheir is your weekly insight into the lives of Australia’s best film, TV and theatre designers. The Greenroom is proudly supported by the Australian Production Design Guild.

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Australia’s leading theatre radio program is available on-demand and everywhere. The Stage Show brings you in-depth conversations with the world’s top directors, performers and writers for the stage, hosted by Michael Cathcart.

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The Underground Hour is a fortnightly podcast featuring guests, live performances, live script readings, special features, an ongoing soap-opera storyline, and interviews with cast and crew of the Burlesque Underground theatrical experience.

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Inspired by this cover-note to the “first” and worst attempt at lawful cohesion between Māori and Pākeha, six Māori playwrights present a collection of imaginative and satirical short plays.

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