About this episode
This episode features highlights from The Stage Show, including discussions with playwright Andrea James, actor Jason Arrow, and comedian Damien Warren-Smith.
The Stage Show with Michael Cathcart has wound up after eight years on air. In this highlights of 2025 episode: Playwright Andrea James researched a story from the 1840s, in which colonial newspapers suggested that a 'white woman' – maybe the survivor of a shipwreck – had been taken captive by Gunaikurnai people in what is now eastern Victoria. Andrea interrogates the legend in a riveting play called The Black Woman of Gippsland . First broadcast April 29, 2025. Jason Arrow is known to many as the titular character in Hamilton where he had an extraordinary run both in Australia and internationally. In April 2025 he put his breeches and coat tails away and donned a 1950s dapper suit for the character of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Opera Australia’s Guys and Dolls on Sydney Harbour . He sings for us the showstopper Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat! First broadcast April 1, 2025. Damien Warren-Smith is the comedian behind Garry Starr , the (increasingly nude) clown who has toured highly successful shows like Garry Starr Performs Everything, Greece Lightning and Classic Penguins , which won rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe and won him an award at the Melbourne International Comedy…
People in this episode
Host: Michael Cathcart
Guests: Andrea James, Jason Arrow, Damien Warren-Smith
Topics covered
- theatre
- comedy
- colonial history
- performing arts
- musical theatre
Keywords
- theatre
- comedy
- musical
- Garry Starr
- The Black Woman of Gippsland
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Black Woman of Gippsland, Guys and Dolls, Garry Starr
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