William's Ode To Granny, Sam Kerr Signs With Gotham & Musical Theatre's Final Curtain
6/29/202621 min
On The Solo Bureau today we speak to Melanie Tait, a playwright and journalist about the state of Australian theatre after the cancellation of yet another musical tour.
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Guest: Melanie Tait, journalist and playwright
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First 90 secondsClaire Murphy· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Good morning. I'm Claire Murphy. Welcome to the Solo Bureau. How do you go on Tuesdays? Everyone talks about Mondayitis or the Sunday blues, but it is Tuesday for me. I don't know, adrenaline gets me through Monday. Wednesday, you know you're halfway to the weekend. Thursday's basically Friday, and Friday's a party from the get-go. But Tuesday, it's a rough day for me. Hope you're doing it better than I am. First world problem, I am aware. Okay, today, if you wanted to catch big stage productions of musicals like Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, or Waitress, then I'm sorry to tell you, but you are fresh out of luck. 2025 and '26 has seen a stack of musical productions canned. What is going on behind the curtain? We find out from someone who basically lives backstage. But before we do that, what's been going down while you were sleeping? Let's find out. It's Tuesday, June 30. [upbeat music] A father and son have been pulled from beneath the rubble left behind after the double earthquake in Venezuela four days earlier. Rescue workers carried the pair from the collapsed building, giving hope to rescuers that they can still find people alive. Their recovery comes a day after a mother and her nine-month-old baby were also freed from the ruins. The death toll from the twin quakes that hit the region on Wednesday