The Drawing Room

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The Drawing Room episodes

  • My Fiona: Learning it's ok to not be ok.
    Kelly Walker has been making movies since she was twelve, back when her family were getting tired of being cast in the roles.
    Now, after a move to LA and years in front of the camera, Walker's feature debut, My Fiona, is about to hit cinemas.
    But she didn't expect that the film's exploration of grief would hit so incredibly close to home.
    21 min
  • Ken Done: Art, Design, Life
    Ken Done is one of Australia's most recognised and recognisable artists.
    His brightly coloured paintings have adorned the walls of Australia's most important galleries and are synonymous with a time in Australian culture.
    A recent monograph with Amber Creswell Bell looks back on his work and his life so far.
    24 min
  • Ken Done: Art, Design, Life
    Ken Done is one of Australia's most recognised and recognisable artists.
    His brightly coloured paintings have adorned the walls of Australia's most important galleries and are synonymous with a time in Australian culture.
    A recent monograph with Amber Creswell Bell looks back on his work and his life so far.
    24 min
  • Changing the gaze on older women
    After hearing many women ask, with absolute horror, 'Will I become an old woman?' Martha Hickey wanted to change the perception on aging.
    That has led to a new exhibition, Flesh After Fifty, which includes a series of hundreds of naked images taken by Ponch Hawkes and seeks to remind the world that older women exist and are happy in their lives.
    20 min
  • Changing the gaze on older women
    After hearing many women ask, with absolute horror, 'Will I become an old woman?' Martha Hickey wanted to change the perception on aging.
    That has led to a new exhibition, Flesh After Fifty, which includes a series of hundreds of naked images taken by Ponch Hawkes and seeks to remind the world that older women exist and are happy in their lives.
    20 min
  • Pauline Menczer shows girls can surf
    In 2019, the World Surfing League matched the prize money between the men's and the women's competitions.
    But why did it take so long?
    In the Drawing Room, Pauline Menczer shares stories from her time on the pro circuit, and introduces us to the new documentary, Girls Can't Surf.
    23 min
  • Pauline Menczer shows girls can surf
    In 2019, the World Surfing League matched the prize money between the men's and the women's competitions.
    But why did it take so long?
    In the Drawing Room, Pauline Menczer shares stories from her time on the pro circuit, and introduces us to the new documentary, Girls Can't Surf.
    23 min
  • A Series of Fortunate Events
    How much do we owe our very existence to chance?
    The Earth is a large and complex place and it has been shaped by major events that occurred long before we were ever around.
    So how did we come to be here?
    In the Drawing Room, Sean B. Carroll walks us through A Series of Fortunate Events.
    22 min
  • A Series of Fortunate Events
    How much do we owe our very existence to chance?
    The Earth is a large and complex place and it has been shaped by major events that occurred long before we were ever around.
    So how did we come to be here?
    In the Drawing Room, Sean B. Carroll walks us through A Series of Fortunate Events.
    22 min
  • Finding a community in Nomadland
    Nomadland was a big winner at the Golden Globes this year, but before it was a movie it was a deeply researched book.
    Jessica Bruder spent three years following a community of older Americans who took to the road, living in caravans and cars, when retirement wasn't an option.
    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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