Exeunt
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Written by Kevin Trask
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Kevin Trask AustraliaOver the years Kevin has worked in non-professional theatre as an actor and director in Melbourne and has won several Victorian Drama League awards. He hosts a weekly radio show at noon each Sunday on 96.5 Inner FM. Kevin has interviewed many famous overseas and Australian actors from stage, film and television.
Kevin can be heard on 3AW on Sunday nights in his regular segment, The Trask Time Tunnel, while his experience working professionally as a broadcaster includes stints on 3AK, 3AW, and 4BC. He has also produced shows featuring prominent artists such as Ted Hamilton, Reg Gorman, Dorothy Baker, Paul Jennings, Robert Grubb and his cousin, Diana Trask.
Written by Peter Fitzpatrick
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Peter Fitzpatrick AustraliaPeter taught for many years at Monash University, where he was Foundation Head of Performing Arts. During his career as an academic, he wrote three books and a lot of articles about Australian theatre, produced a dual biography of Louis and Hilda Esson, Pioneer Players, and directed some thirty productions of plays and musicals. He also wrote three feature film scripts, including Hotel Sorrento, for which he won an AFI Award for best adapted screenplay, and two novels, Death in the Back Pocket and Promontory. Since leaving Monash Peter has written mostly for musical theatre, and several of his shows (Life’s a Circus and CrossXRoads, both written with Anthony Costanzo, and flowerchildren –The Mamas and Papas Story) have had professional productions. But he has also produced another double biography, The Two Frank Thrings, which won the National Biography Prize in 2013, and last year another novel, Mayo Street. In July 2024, Peter’s latest musical, Castro’s Children (written in collaboration with composer Simon Stone), enjoyed a highly-acclaimed premiere season at Melbourne’s Gasworks Theatre.