The Drawing Room

The Drawing Room

Download on the App Store

The Drawing Room episodes

  • The War Against the Grannies
    When might a paper round be the most dangerous job in the world?
    When it pits you against a league of evil grannies, armed with deadly hankies.
    Charlie and the War Against the Grannies began life as a successful children's book, written by Alan Brough. Now it's a musical theatre extravaganza.
    23 min
  • Samantha Crain: I Guess We Live Here Now
    Samantha Crain describes her latest EP as her 'breath of relief, sighed after this really intense journey I was on.'
    Several years ago, Samantha had to deal with a nightmare situation: an injury which meant she might never be able to play again.
    18 min
  • Samantha Crain: I Guess We Live Here Now
    Samantha Crain describes her latest EP as her 'breath of relief, sighed after this really intense journey I was on.'
    Several years ago, Samantha had to deal with a nightmare situation: an injury which meant she might never be able to play again.
    18 min
  • Bleeding Audio
    Have you ever loved a band so much that you just knew that they were going to become the biggest name in the world, but then they just disappeared?
    Bleeding Audio is a new documentary that follows The Matches: a band that almost became huge.
    22 min
  • Bleeding Audio
    Have you ever loved a band so much that you just knew that they were going to become the biggest name in the world, but then they just disappeared?
    Bleeding Audio is a new documentary that follows The Matches: a band that almost became huge.
    22 min
  • There we were all in one place
    Five years ago, Hayley Millar Baker was given a box of her grandfather's photos and it completely changed the way she approached her art.
    Hayley set aside painting and turned to photographic art full-time, using composite images to tell her family's story and to present an Indigenous side to Australian history.
    23 min
  • There we were all in one place
    Five years ago, Hayley Millar Baker was given a box of her grandfather's photos and it completely changed the way she approached her art.
    Hayley set aside painting and turned to photographic art full-time, using composite images to tell her family's story and to present an Indigenous side to Australian history.
    23 min
  • Evelyn Araluen: Dropbear and the myth of Australia
    How do we imagine Australia? What are the symbols and stories that have defined our understanding of this country and our place in it?
    And how much do the meaning of those symbols change, depending on who's looking at them?
    Evelyn Araluen examines the Australian canon in her debut poetry collection, Dropbear.
    24 min
  • Evelyn Araluen: Dropbear and the myth of Australia
    How do we imagine Australia? What are the symbols and stories that have defined our understanding of this country and our place in it?
    And how much do the meaning of those symbols change, depending on who's looking at them?
    Evelyn Araluen examines the Australian canon in her debut poetry collection, Dropbear.
    24 min
  • A life in the water
    Richard Fitzpatrick is a marine biologist who has spent a lot of his career taking in the beauty of the reefs and the thrill of hungry sharks; travelling to the sort of places most of us will never get to visit in person.
    Fortunately he's also an Emmy Award winning cinematographer, so he's happy to take everyone along with him on the journey.
    21 min

About The Drawing Room

From the publisher's feed

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.

More shows like The Drawing Room

Short & Curly by ABC Australia

Short & Curly

1,735 Listeners

Conversations by ABC Australia

Conversations

814 Listeners

All In The Mind by ABC Australia

All In The Mind

761 Listeners

If You're Listening by ABC Australia

If You're Listening

309 Listeners

Unravel by ABC Australia

Unravel

871 Listeners

ABC News Daily by ABC Australia

ABC News Daily

137 Listeners

The World Today by ABC Australia

The World Today

10 Listeners

News Time by ABC Australia, ABC

News Time

197 Listeners

No Feeling Is Final by ABC Australia

No Feeling Is Final

114 Listeners

Stuff The British Stole by ABC Australia and CBC

Stuff The British Stole

1,007 Listeners