Category Archives: Suzy’s 5 Questions

5 Questions with Grace O’Connell

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graceoconnellWhat is your favourite swear word?
My favourite tends to be whatever comes out at the most inappropriate of moments. “Fuck”, in the style of Four Weddings And A Funeral, is kind of my go to, however.

What are you wearing?
I’m off to a rehearsal so I’m wearing a pair of Blundstones and a vintage Italian army shirt. Practical shabby.

What is love?
The last thing you expect to get and the first thing you expect to lose.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
I am ashamed to say that it was a couple of months ago now, but the last show I saw was The Winter’s Tale directed by John Bell (for Bell Shakespeare). The entire play was set in a child’s bedroom which gave it this indelible lightness making the storytelling quite haunting. He littered it with these fantastic Cat Stevens-esque moments as well which were brilliantly crafted. I’d give it 4/5 stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
It will rip the audience apart. So, yes, it will be very good. There is no way about it but to say that you’ll get a brutal slap in the face while having all of your social, moral and political structures questioned. It’s the play that famously divides audiences and thats what we expect to do. I think that is exactly what makes good theatre, something that will intellectually challenge an audience in an exceptionally profound way.

Grace O’Connell is appearing in Oleanna, by David Mamet.
Show dates: 25 Jun – 6 Jul, 2014
Show venue: Sydney Theatre School

5 Questions with Julia Ohannessian

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juliaohannessianWhat is your favourite swear word?
My all time favourite swear word is fuckwit, which apparently my friend’s dad invented… interesting. Also cunt never goes astray particularly when playing a game of ‘up the river, down the river’.

What are you wearing?
At the moment… nothing. But I am about to put on some pink underwear and a black bra and dance around the house to Jennifer Lopez 😉

What is love?
Love comes in all forms. I think love is a wonderful thing and also a very heartbreaking thing. When you find it it can be the best place on earth. It’s also sharing dairy products.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
The last show I saw was Mojo at Sydney Theatre Company. I give it 4 stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
If Shannon Murphy is directing the play it is definitely in good hands, so I will say yes. Also there’s an awesome little dance number that is sure to win the crowds over.

Julia Ohannessian is appearing in Every Second, from Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s 2014 season.
Show dates: 27 Jun – 27 Jul, 2014
Show venue: Eternity Playhouse

5 Questions with Rebecca Martin

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rebeccamartinWhat is your favourite swear word?
Balls. Or bollocks. Anything testicular.

What are you wearing?
Skirt, top, stockings, cardigan. And a swimsuit top as a bra because I haven’t done washing.

What is love?
The worst.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Bell Shakespeare’s Henry V. Performances – 4.5; show – 3.

Is your new show going to be any good?
It’s going to be an event, one way or another. I mean, of course it is.

 

Rebecca Martin is appearing in The Mercy Seat, with Gentle Banana People and Pantsguys.
Show dates: 24 Jun – 5 Jul, 2014
Show venue: The Old Fitzroy Hotel

5 Questions with Jonathan Wald

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jonathanwaldWhat is your favourite swear word?
My favourite swear word in Winter is cocksucker, and the best profanity anyone has called me is butt-pirate. Hmm, I notice a pattern there.

What are you wearing?
A very comfortable and warm Mexican blanket.

What is love?
Love is seeing the worst of a person’s behaviour and still caring about them just as much.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Sport for Jove’s Alls Well That Ends Well – 4 stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
If it isn’t, then I’ll probably be muttering my answer to question number 1 a lot.

Jonathan Wald is directing Winter by Jon Fosse.
Show dates: 7 – 22 Jun, 2014
Show venue: The Old 505 Theatre

5 Questions with Graeme McRae

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graememcraeWhat is your favourite swear word?
Seeing as it’s a kid’s show it’s probably best to keep that one to myself.

What are you wearing?
A red hoodie and some old jeans, very comfortable.

What is love?
An amazing thing to have in life. It keeps you going and is very much worth pursuing.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
I saw 8 Gigabytes Of Hardcore… (again, kids show) at the Griffin. I give it a 4.5/5. Loved it.

Is your new show going to be any good?
It’s going to be great. I know it’s a cliché but it really is fun for the whole family. It has a good amount of varying levels of humour that should keep everyone entertained.

 

Graeme McRae is appearing in The Gruffalo, for children aged 3 and up.
Show dates: 25 Jun – 5 Jul, 2014
Show venue: Seymour Centre

5 Questions with Stephen Sewell

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stephensewellWhat is your favourite swear word?
“Abbott”, as in “holy Abbott!!” or “what the Abbott??!!” somehow it just seems to suit the times.

What are you wearing?
Nothing. What are you wearing?

What is love?
A good reason to stay on the diet.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Hamlet – 11

Is your new show going to be any good?
I believe we’ll all be sent to jail, it’s so good.

 

 

Stephen Sewell is playwright for Kandahar Gate, presented as part of NIDA Student Productions 2014.
Show dates: 17 – 24 Jun, 2014
Show venue: NIDA Parade Theatres

5 Questions with Hilary Cole

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hilarycoleWhat is your favourite swear word?
Fuck because it can go before or after any word and always makes sense.

What are you wearing?
Staple cold weather gear. X-Tall super thick stockings, socks, brown boots, a long sleeved dress and my favourite leather jacket (It’s made from off cuts of the meat industry, but still I’m a terrible vegetarian). I also just noticed I still have my aviators on because you can never be too careful, the UV lights in this artificially lit shopping centre are pretty dangerous…

What is love?
The deepest kind of obsession.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
The last show I saw was Violet on Broadway and it was beyond brilliant. I’m gonna give it 4.5 stars, just a tiny notch down from Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill which I’d give a 5. Perfection.

Is your new show going to be any good?
Hah! What a fantastic question. Yes it is. (Gotta be confident in this industry right?) It’s completely original and I think it presents these songs and stories in a way people probably haven’t seen before. It’s my first go at cabaret so I’m trying to be really truthful, unashamed and hopefully entertaining. Because it’s about me I don’t have the luxury that I usually do of hiding behind a character, which is scary as heck but it means that the audience will get a fair chunk of my soul each night.

Hilary Cole is starring in O.C. Diva, part of Hayes Theatre’s Cabaret Season 2014.
Show dates: 15, 22, 29 Jun 2014
Show venue: Hayes Theatre Co

5 Questions with Olivia Satchell

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oliviasatchellWhat is your favourite swear word?
Fuck.

What are you wearing?
A black-and-white polkadot dress and a tartan cape.

What is love?
I’ve been struggling with this one for a while. I have to try and describe it in my show and I think the closest I can manage is this:

“If you don’t care about someone you don’t know where their scars are. You can’t describe the beauty of their smile.”

Failing that, the best definition I’ve read comes from Rochester in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre:

“It is a long way to Ireland, Janet, and I am sorry to send my little friend on such weary travels: but if I can’t do better, how is it to be helped? Are you anything akin to me, do you think, Jane?”

I could risk no sort of answer by this time: my heart was still.

“Because, he said, “I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you – especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous channel, and two hundred miles or so of land some broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I’ve a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, you’d forget me.”

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
8 Gigabytes Of Hardcore Pornography at Griffin Theatre Company. Four stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
Yes, I think it is. It’s about our need to understand our family and our need to make our lives meaningful, which I think nearly every person can relate to because it is, essentially, what makes us human.

Olivia Satchell new work is My Name is Truda Vitz, by Somersault Theatre Company.
Show dates: 25 Jun – 6 Jul, 2014
Show venue: TAP Gallery

5 Questions with Yannick Lawry

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yannicklawryWhat is your favourite swear word?
I don’t swear a huge amount but I’m a fan of using ‘dickhead’ as a term of endearment.

What are you wearing?
An old, familiar purple hoodie and a pair of stonewashed jeans. Today is a comfort day!

What is love?
Total equality in terms of support and responsibility.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Belvoir’s adaptation of The Government Inspector. It was the most passionate, involved and committed set of performances I’d ever seen in Sydney. 5 stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
You know what? I reckon it’s going to be a blast.

 

Yannick Lawry is appearing in Brad Checked In, with Citizen Content.
Show dates: 3 – 21 Jun, 2014
Show venue: The Old Fitzroy Hotel

5 Questions with Melita Rowston

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rsz_img_4054What is your favourite swear word?
Crikey.

What are you wearing?
Polka dots.

What is love?
A holocaust.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Scenes From An Execution at The Old Fitz, it was full of stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
Theatre is good for nothing but to inspire something.

 

 

Melita Rowston is directing Why Torture Is Wrong, And The People Who Love Them, at the New Theatre in Newtown.
Show dates: 3 – 28 Jun, 2014
Show venue: New Theatre