After many requests and prompts, I’ve given in. The A-listers were not available for this milestone episode of the STAGES podcast, so you get me in the chair.

But who to fire the questions and prod the guest? There was only one person in my mind; longtime listener and champion of all things theatre, Mark Humphries.

The talented Mr Humphries is urbane, informed and care personified. What else could one ask for?

And yes!!! It is an old headshot. I know. It’s from the attic!

Thankyou Mark. And thank you listeners. Episode 500! Here we go!

Peter Eyers is a graduate of the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He is presently the Head of Drama at an Independent School in Sydney. 

Peter is a passionate advocate for the Arts in education and a keen proponent of Australia’s rich Arts heritage. These qualities have contributed to the evolution of the STAGES podcast and a quest to record oral histories from the artists, the creatives and the ancillary roles that have contributed so vividly to what we relish on stages and screens.

As producer and host, he features an array of guests that range from the elders who rightly wear the mantle of legend and star, to the emerging talents, set to shape and define the content of the future. 

As an actor his work has encompassed theatre, television and film. Theatre roles include My Fair Lady (WA Music Theatre Company), The Judgement of Paris (Hole in the Wall, Perth), Winnie the Pooh & The Magic Faraway Tree (Garry Ginivan Attractions), How To Succeed In Business Without ReallyTrying (The Production Company), The Voyage of Mary Bryant (Ensemble Theatre),The Wizard of Oz (Gordon Frost Organisation), An Ideal Husband directed by Sir Peter Hall (Gordon Frost Organisation), Fallen Angels (Downstairs Belvoir), La Cage aux Folles (Miranda MS), Rope (Bondi Pavilion), On Golden Pond (The Actor’s Company), and Privates on Parade, Harvest, Australia Day & The Real Thing (The New Theatre). 

His screen credits include Home & Away, Farscape, Backberner, Water Rats and Danny Deckchair. 

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