Friday Magazine

Author and journalist Graeme Johnstone presents local news, views, reviews and interviews. Featuring ‘You and Your Finance’ with Paul Goethel and the latest happenings on the Southern entertainment scene with showbiz reporter Leanne Cutler.

Meet The Phantom on Friday Magazine

This week on Friday Magazine, Colin Tyrus chats to Bayside’s own Josh Piterman who was the pre-Covid Phantom in the London West End production of The Phantom of the Opera. Josh Piterman will return as Phantom in the Opera Australia production of The Phantom of the Opera at Arts Centre Melbourne later this year (after a season at the Sydney Opera

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A PhD on The Beatles – Podcast

On this podcast from Friday Magazine (18 June 2021) Leanne Cutler chats with Bob Mason who wrote his PhD in history on The Beatles. Bob runs a Bayside U3A course “Exploring meaning in The Beatles’ lyrics”. More info: baysideu3a.org

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Cinemas open again – podcast

Independent cinemas are open again but operators are angry that their industry has been singled out for harsh treatment with several layers of restrictions still in place, limiting audience numbers. In this podcast from Friday Magazine, Colin Tyrus is speaking with Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola

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Vanessa Amorosi chats with Leanne – podcast

21 years after Vanessa Amorosi‘s Absolutely Everybody became the Sydney Olympics anthem, she has begun a new chapter of her musical career. Vanessa is speaking with Friday Magazine’s Leanne Cutler about her Soul/Gospel inspired album (Volume 2) coming out on 11 June 2021. Have a listen to the podcast and the new track Muhammad. More info: vanessaamorosi.com

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SUDDENLY it’s Jordie and Dean: podcast

On Friday Magazine, Colin introduced young Australian theatre-makers Jordie Race-Coldrey (left) and Dean Gild. They’re the creators of the new production SUDDENLY: A Short New Musical that’s now available free on YouTube. In this podcast Jordie and Dean tell us how this production came to life during the second COVID-19 lockdown. More info: suddenlymusical.com. Watch SUDDENLY: https://youtu.be/W1uLDKUQcXw

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