The Drawing Room

The Drawing Room

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The Drawing Room episodes

  • Queer as Flux
    A time-travelling drag queen, an adult tomboy, and a whole host of secondary characters: Queer As Flux is a big show.
    But it's all brought to the stage by a single person: Stace Callaghan.
    In the Drawing Room, Stace discusses binaries, queer history, and their own path to the stage.
    21 min
  • The Dream Factory
    What goes into the design of an iconic car?
    When GM opened a design studio in Australia, it was only their third one in the world. The work done there went on to have a huge impact, locally and internationally.
    What happened behind those doors? And what's changed now that it's gone?
    20 min
  • The Dream Factory
    What goes into the design of an iconic car?
    When GM opened a design studio in Australia, it was only their third one in the world. The work done there went on to have a huge impact, locally and internationally.
    What happened behind those doors? And what's changed now that it's gone?
    20 min
  • Nadine Garner: facts, lies, and imagination
    When telling the story of someone's life, or their death, is it the details that matter? Or should you try to capture the truth of the person, even if the facts don't quite add up?
    In the Drawing Room, Nadine Garner talks about The Lifespan of a Fact, which takes audiences into that debate, as a prestigious magazine tries to fact check a brilliantly written essay with the deadline fast approaching.
    23 min
  • Nadine Garner: facts, lies, and imagination
    When telling the story of someone's life, or their death, is it the details that matter? Or should you try to capture the truth of the person, even if the facts don't quite add up?
    In the Drawing Room, Nadine Garner talks about The Lifespan of a Fact, which takes audiences into that debate, as a prestigious magazine tries to fact check a brilliantly written essay with the deadline fast approaching.
    23 min
  • "Let no troll be wasted" How Hans handled conservative America
    Matt Gilbertson, aka Hans the International German Wonder Boy, found a worldwide audience during his two stints on 'America's Got Talent' variety television competition.
    After trying to 'Make America glitter again', Matt reflects on how he handled trolling from conservative Americans, performing during a pandemic and what he's learned on taking Sing-Along-A Sound of Music on tour through regional Australia
    19 min
  • "Let no troll be wasted" How Hans handled conservative America
    Matt Gilbertson, aka Hans the International German Wonder Boy, found a worldwide audience during his two stints on 'America's Got Talent' variety television competition.
    After trying to 'Make America glitter again', Matt reflects on how he handled trolling from conservative Americans, performing during a pandemic and what he's learned on taking Sing-Along-A Sound of Music on tour through regional Australia
    19 min
  • Finding her voice
    Leah Crocetto had an untraditional path to opera, but she's become a star, singing Puccini at The Metropolitan Opera and Verdi at The Kennedy Centre.
    Now, for her first performance since Covid shut down the industry, she's taken on the title role of Aida in the Opera Australia's latest production.
    22 min
  • Finding her voice
    Leah Crocetto had an untraditional path to opera, but she's become a star, singing Puccini at The Metropolitan Opera and Verdi at The Kennedy Centre.
    Now, for her first performance since Covid shut down the industry, she's taken on the title role of Aida in the Opera Australia's latest production.
    22 min
  • The Magic of Animation
    Over the last century, Disney have built a collection of more than 65 million pieces of art.
    From the original design sketches to the final animation cels, it's all been stored in a carefully maintained and guarded library, which is only available to Disney employees.
    Mary Walsh is the managing director of the Animation Research Library and in the Drawing Room, she talks about the eras of animation, digital preservation, and the exhibition of the work in Australia.
    21 min

About The Drawing Room

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Retire to the eclectic environs of the RN Drive Drawing Room, for music, musings and unexpected conversations. The Drawing Room is equal parts performance space, salon, and kitchen table confessional.

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