Creative Connections

Satirist. Topics: What's funny, people-pleasing, mental health, politics, social media.

Theatre Director. Topics: Being an Asian Australian Actor, stage fright, Aladdin, Nida, directing, Tokyo, political correctness in the Arts.

Film & Theatre Director. Topics: Nida, Sarah Kane, timing, directing kids, feature film.

Actor. Topics: how performance has changed, theatre or film, agents vs networking, career advice.

Artist. Topics: training, portraits, Ita Buttrose, Cambodia, risk-taking.

Professional Drag Queen.

Topics: Downton Abbey, who is Maxi, creative team, how drag has changed.

Supervising Director for Opera Australia.

Topics: Dance, Musical Theatre, Opera Australia, directing overseas, arts grants, advice for up-and-comers. 

Stage/screenwriter: Holding The Man, Packer & Sons, Mark Colvin’s Kidney, Strangers in Between. Devil’s Playground and Fighting Season for Foxtel TV.

Topics: Writing a play, resilience, Arts in Australia, balancing work and family.

Singer-songwriter. Albums: Hiding Place, Sons Can Rest, Circles. 

Topics: Craft, rest, striving for perfection, purpose.

Renowned theatre practitioner, Stephen Thomas, discusses finding purpose, musical theatre, acting, and his upcoming book on creativity.