“Why were the Bee Gees so successful? What was their secret?” In this episode of the Eastside Radio Podcast, presenter Toby Creswell sits down with Australian author Clinton Walker to talk about his latest book Soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever as they delve into the history of disco, explore the Bee Gees’ “serendipitous” with music mogul […]
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Neil James Murray is one of the founding member of the Warumpi band that has performed for 20 years and produced 3 ground breaking albums and held down a successful solo career since 1989. He was awarded the 2017 Port Fairy Folk Festival Artist of the Year and is regarded as one of Australia’s finest singer songwriters. Neil […]
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull, Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. This week Alan Field welcomed him as a guest in our Bondi Studio to chat about his life, his book and his taste […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton covers some major events in Sydney on Thursday 28 November from 10:30am till noon, as well as a special local performance. We meet again this year with Wesley Enoch the Director of the Sydney Festival who gives us the inside story on this year’s program of over 150 events, […]
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Tune in this Arts Thursday 16th November for three great conversations with Maisy Stapleton, showcasing the diversity of the arts in Sydney. First up is a chat with artist Tom Carment, whose exhibition New Paintings. Old Habits at the King Street Gallery on William takes a new look at still life, […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 2 November brings the world of the arts to Eastside. First of all, Singapore comes to Sydney. Singapore: Inside Out transports Singapore’s energetic creative life to Chippendale, in a cross disciplinary kaleidoscope of visual arts, music, food and fashion, as well as design and […]
ARTS THURSDAY 7th September at 10:30 am Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 7 September presents two women, whose lives took new paths into the arts, following family-raising and a diversity of careers. Barbara Fisher is a poet whose work explores aspects of a woman’s life – her memories, perceptions and domestic details, such as […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 24 August focuses on regional galleries in NSW and the psyche of creative people.. Firstly, we explore why so many creative people suffer anxiety and self-doubt. Psychotherapist Peta Landman, herself an arts practitioner, author and former arts manager speaks to us about some of the issues creative individuals face […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 10 August 2017 welcomed star performer, Geraldine Turner in a lively and frank interview around the upcoming performances of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, to be staged in Mittagong by CMS Productions from 17th August . Jacques Brel was a symbol of the Beat […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 10 August is a colourful and diverse as the Pilipino desert Halo-halo, an eye-popping medley of shaved ice, milk, jellies, fruit, sweet beans and whatever takes your fancy. Arts Thursday continues to explore the Phillipines Art Project Bayanihan at Mosman Art Gallery and welcomes star performer, Geraldine Turner who, as […]
Arts Thursday 27 July will focus on the first in a series exploring exhibitions and events around the Bayanihan Philippine Art Project presented through the collaboration of several Sydney galleries and cultural centres, then in counterpoint, poet Jakob Ziguras will introduce his newly published works in The Sepia Carousel. VISUAL ART […]
A poet, two artists, and a conductor. This Arts Thursday, Maisy Stapleton spoke with conductor Brett Weymark who is leading a host of teenage singers and musicians in a massed choral concert featuring Benjamin Britten’s St Nicolas – whose miracles and good deeds were the original model for Santa Claus. The concert will be presented by the […]