Category Archives: Suzy’s 5 Questions

5 Questions with Olivia Stambouliah

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oliviastambouliahWhat is your favourite swear word?
Cunt.

What are you wearing?
Skirt, tank, boots and rehearsal sweat.

What is love?
Trust. To surrender and to evolve. A tingle down below helps too ;)


What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
I just saw Falsettos. I’d never seen it before and was super surprised, in a great way! A beautiful production.

Is your new show going to be any good?

Come along and see for yourselves. If you like to kiss, you won’t want to miss this…

 

Olivia Stambouliah is starring in Stop Kiss.
Show dates: 5 – 22 Mar, 2014
Show venue: ATYP Studio 1

5 Questions with Lara Lightfoot

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laralightfootWhat is your favourite swear word?
Cunt. Gosh, I can’t believe I just said that. It never used to be. I blame our trip to Scotland, they use it like lose change.

What are you wearing?
A black pencil skirt, singlet and sandals – squeezing what I can out of these sunny days.

What is love?
Generosity in listening and in being.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
All My Sons at Darlinghurst Theatre. 4/5 stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
Yes, I think it will be. The play is already heartbreakingly brilliant, and we’re working with a fabulous team of creatives. I hope our audience connect with the elements that drew us to this script, but ultimately it will be for them to decide.

Lara Lightfoot is starring in Stitching.
Show dates: 26 Mar – 12 Apr, 2014
Show venue: TAP Gallery

5 Questions with Nathan Lovejoy

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rsz_nathan_lovejoy_from_clybourne_park_168_1What is your favourite swear word?
Shit that’s a tough one. Cunt? Gets a run in Clybourne Park and I love that it’s head and shoulders above other swear words, in that it’s deemed more offensive – which is odd to me.

What are you wearing?
I’ve been test driving some verrrrrry low crotch jeans I have to wear in the show. Getting used to them, might even buy them after!

What is love?
Baby don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me no more.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Well I’ll go with the best thing I’ve seen this year, so far… Sport for Jove’s Cyrano De Bergerac. Damian Ryan is a genius and so is his cast. 5 stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
I hope so. It’s an amazing play that’s played around the world and won a swag of awards. I hope we do it justice and that cunts like it.

Nathan Lovejoy is starring in Clybourne Park.
Show dates: 13 Mar – 19 Apr, 2014
Show venue: Ensemble Theatre

5 Questions with Ben Winspear

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rsz_benwinspearWhat is your favourite swear word?
Aaghfufuuugenwhoputthatbloodythere?The noise you make when you step on a toy with bare feet in the dark.

What are you wearing?
I lost my favourite tracky dacks… So I’m rehearsing in something that looks a lot like a pair of old Qantas pyjamas.

What is love?
When you hear your daughter say in her sleep “I have the best dad in the whole world.”

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Jump For Jordan, Griffin Theatre. There are six wonderful performers in this beautiful, funny mirage, all of them stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
If you enjoy your demonic possession, WWE wrestling and pole dancing with a dash of Daoism, you’ll probably feel right at home.

Ben Winspear is directing UNSW students in their production of Monkey – An Epic Tale of Cosmic Struggle.
Show dates: 11 – 15 Mar, 2014
Show venue: Io Myers Studio, UNSW

5 Questions with Orlena Steele-Prior

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orlenasteelepriorWhat is your favourite swear word?
‘Chupalo conchetumadre!!’ It’s one of the few phrases I know in Spanish.

What are you wearing?
100 denier opaque tights with reeboks and a stripy skirt and cardigan.

What is love?
Love is like a gentle sunny breeze on your face – it’s nurturing, compassionate and light.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
I last saw Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and enjoyed it – was demanding in parts though. I’d give it 3.5 stars.

Is your new show going to be any good?
My new show is going to be awesomeness! Funny, endearing, insightful, charming and sexy. Ooops did I just describe myself? 😉

Orlena Steele-Prior stars as the angel Michaela in Heaven Help Us.
Show dates: 12 – 29 Mar, 2014
Show venue: Bordello Theatre

5 Questions with Sarah Hodgetts

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sarahhodgettsWhat is your favourite swear word?
Malakas (my one fluent word in Greek).

What are you wearing?
Brown sandals and a long floral dress with jelly beans in the pockets.

What is love?
Watching someone vomit and not wanting to find someone else to deal with the mess.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Empire. 4 1/2 stars. It has everything: bendy people, bananas and a strong man balancing a feather.

Is your new show going to be any good?
Define ‘good’… if you mean a slick production then yes, but if you mean a well behaved show then absolutely not.

Sarah Hodgetts stars in Tidy Town Of The Year, from Sydney Independent Theatre Co’s 2014 season.
Show dates: 4 – 22 Mar, 2014
Show venue: The Old Fitzroy Hotel

5 Questions with Wayne Tunks

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waynetunksWhat is your favourite swear word?
I do love the F word, it is useful for so many things. And as a writer I love to give the C word to women, for me it sounds best when said angrily by a woman.

What are you wearing?
I’m about to head to a Hawaiian themed birthday party so wearing a very dodgy shirt that could burst into flames if I go near an open fire.

What is love?
A great 90’s song by Haddaway and also the theme of my new show. In fact one of the Madonna lyric quotes I use near the front of the show is, “I’m going to tell you about love”.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
James And the Giant Peach that I directed at Christmas featuring 24 students aged 8 – 12 years. I give it 5 wines.

Is your new show going to be any good?
Well the Melbourne audiences seemed to enjoy it for Midsumma at La Mama. And most of the show is set in Sydney, it’s going to be great to come home with this show!

Wayne Tunks stars in Everything I Know I Learnt From Madonna, part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2014 season.
Show dates: 18 – 22 Feb, 2014
Show venue: The Old Fitzroy Hotel

5 Questions with Major Scales

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majorscalesWhat is your favourite swear word?
I don’t use swear words, just the words around them (Son of a *** / Mother ***).

What are you wearing?
I’m relaxing at home in my smoking jacket and pince-nez.

What is love?
Love is never having to say “You’re wearing THAT?”

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
4 stars to the man on the street who swallowed a balloon whole. 5 stars for getting it back out.

Is your new show going to be any good?
That’s for history to decide.

Major Scales is appearing in The Vaudevillians, part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2014 festival.
Show dates: 18 Feb – 2 Mar, 2013
Show venue: The Vanguard

5 Questions with Jinkx Monsoon

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jinkxmonsoonWhat is your favourite swear word?
Not to be too on the nose, but I would have to say shit.

What are you wearing?
Three girdles, five pairs of tights and Opera gloves.

What is love?
I wish I knew.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Briefs. 5 out of 5. It has everything I love in a circus show, plus ten times more man butt.

Is your new show going to be any good?
That’s for history to decide.

 

Jinkx Monsoon is appearing in The Vaudevillians, part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2014 festival.
Show dates: 18 Feb – 2 Mar, 2013
Show venue: The Vanguard
Image by Jose A. Guzman Colon

5 Questions with Ben Hall

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benhallWhat is your favourite swear word?
Oh! Fuck wank bugger shitting arse head and hole! Courtesy of Bill Nighy.

What are you wearing?
A smile. Because I worked out how to avoid answering this question.

What is love?
A decision.

What was the last show you saw, and how many stars do you give it?
Cyrano De Bergerac by the Sport for Jove Theatre Company out in the Blue Mountains. Five Stars. I have two methods for a good show 1. when I’m not critiquing every scene and 2. I don’t check my phone. Didn’t do either. Was easily one of the funniest plays I have seen in years and set that against the mountain backdrop, you don’t even notice that the sun has set behind you.

Is your new show going to be any good?
Put it this way it has a cast including Katrina Retallick and Margi Diferranti (that alone should get you in the door), a lyric that will have you laughing hysterically and crying in the same number, plus Tamlyn Henderson and I boxing half naked which then turns into passionate lovemaking… and that’s just the 3rd number.

Ben Hall is appearing in Falsettos, from Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s 2014 season and part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2014 festival.
Show dates: 7 Feb – 16 Mar, 2014
Show venue: Eternity Playhouse