Stephanie Caccamo and Elenoa Rokobaro are two of the cast members of Well-Behaved Women - a show with music and lyrics by Carmel Dean and directed by Blazey Best - which has just opened at Belvoir Street Theatre. Well-Behaved Women celebrates extraordinary women who have made history. From Cleopatra to Virginia Woolf to Frida Kahlo and more, these women are legends who smashed the glass ceilings and refused to behave. Well-Behaved Women is on now until November 3 Get you tickets here: https://be...
Oct 11, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 37
The Melbourne Fringe Festival has just kicked off, which means that there are over four hundred and fifty events vying for your attention. One of them stars this episode's guests Hannah Camilleri and Oliver Coleman. It’s a play called Prune which is a comedy about a woman who won’t get out of the bath. Both Hannah and Oliver have been nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, so it’s guaranteed to be funny* *Not an actual guarantee Get your tickets to Pr...
Oct 04, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 36
Real life couple Hannah Waterman and Huw Higginson are performing as husband and wife in the moving play about love, loss and laughter Colder Than Here at the Ensemble theatre. On this episode of the Quiz, they do exceptionally well and take some fascinating trips down memory lane... and all sorts of other lanes too! Get tickets to Colder Than Here here: https://www.ensemble.com.au/shows/colder-than-here/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Sep 27, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 35
Julia Zemiro has been on this podcast many times before, but this time she’s brought along Susie Youssef to partner with. Which is kind of what she’s done with her tv show Great Australian Walks on SBS. She was the solo host of the first season, but now for the second season, Julis is sharing the hosting duties with Susie and Gina Chick. Great Australian Walks is a great show, and Julia and Susie are great people. This episode is an utter delight! Watch Great Australian Walks here: https://www.s...
Sep 20, 2024•40 min•Season 5Ep. 34
It’s no secret that this podcast skews towards the big cities of this country, mostly those on the Eastern Seaboard. In fact, most podcasts in general favour the big cities. Kirsten Diprose and Damian Callinan are doing their bit to change that with their brand new podcast: Town Criers . She's a journalist and and he's a comedian and together they are sharing the driving on a road trip through rural Australia, to reveal everything worth celebrating about small country towns. Support this show ht...
Sep 13, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 33
Joining John to answer the questions on this episode of The Saturday Quiz is the director Bert LaBonté and one of the actors Ras-Samuel from the Pulitzer Prize winning play Topdog/Underdog , which is playing right now in the Lawler at Melbourne Theatre Company’s Southbank Theatre. The Suzan-Lori Parks play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two down-on-their-luck brothers wrestling with the realities of the American Dream. The first play by an African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize ...
Sep 06, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 32
Alexei Tolioppoulos and Lauren Bonner have both recently joined a real-life pub trivia team. But that doesn't mean they get all the questions correct on this episode. Alexei learns that no matter how good you are at your expert category, if the questions don't tend that way, you're in for a world of pain. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 30, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 31
If you're a reader or listener of any of the Schwartz Media publications, you're sure to have encountered Erik Jensen and Michael Williams. Erik is the Editor in Chief at Schwartz and Michael is the Editor of The Monthly magazine, as well as hosting the podcast Read This . They're both intimidatingly intelligent, so it's no surprise that they do very well at the quiz on this episode. Apologies for some of the sound issues on this episode - my microphone seems to have been playing up. My thanks a...
Aug 23, 2024•33 min•Season 5Ep. 30
Runt is a brand new family movie in cinemas around the country from September 19, but if you’re in Melbourne, you can see it at MIFF on the 25th of August. Written by Craig Silvey, based on his book of the same name and directed by John Sheedy, Runt tells the story of Annie Shearer and her best friend, a stray dog called Runt. When her family's farm comes under threat from drought and a local landowner, Annie concocts a plan to save it: by putting Runt’s herding talents to good use in the Agilit...
Aug 16, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 29
The Melbourne International Film Festival has just opened! On this episode of the quiz, the guests are MIFF programmer Kate Jinx and pop culture author and critic Brodie Lancaster. Jinx's MIFF list: Matt and Mara https://miff.com.au/program/film/matt-and-mara Welcome Space Brothers https://miff.com.au/program/film/welcome-space-brothers The World According to Allee Willis https://miff.com.au/program/film/the-world-according-to-allee-willis Janet Planet https://miff.com.au/program/film/janet-plan...
Aug 09, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 28
Gabbi Bolt and Maverick Newman are both extraordinarily multi-talented performers; They sing, they dance, they act, they even play classical piano in the hilarious parody musical Murder For Two, which is an outrageous blend of music, mayhem, and murder. In this hilarious 90-minute show, two performers play 13 roles – not to mention the piano – in a rip-roaring parody of classic murder mysteries. After twice selling out the Hayes Theatre in Sydney, this show is heading to Parramatta Riverside The...
Aug 02, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 27
For only the second time, this episode of the podcast is recorded in situ (Latin) in the same room as the guests! Melbourne Shakespeare Company returns to fortyfivedownstairs to present possibly the most famous play in the English language - Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy Hamlet . And John has crashed their rehearsal room to ask the actors playing Laertes and Claudius (Laurence Boxhall and Peter Houghton) the ten questions from the quiz in The Saturday Paper. Hamlet is on at 45Downstairs from th...
Jul 26, 2024•37 min•Season 5Ep. 26
It is rare for a piece of independent theatre to earn itself a return season. Rarer still for that return season to be on the main stages and tour around the country. And even rarer yet for that piece of theatre to be a brand new play from a debut playwright. But that is exactly what has happened for actor and playwright Emmanuel Mattana and director Marni Mount. Trophy Boys is a queer black comedy and drag extravaganza about power, privilege, and high school debating. Performed by a female and ...
Jul 19, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 25
This special bonus episode is to make up for the episode missed a few weeks ago. The Canberra Theatre Centre has curated an electrifying performance series under the banner of “Valence”. Shows that will ignite the senses and challenge perceptions, made by artists exploring the now, pushing the boundaries of convention, and which invite viewers to confront uncomfortable truths and embrace the possibilities of transformation. The guests on this episode are one of the performers, Rebecca Massey and...
Jul 12, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 23
Madeleine Stewart and Bec Charlwood are two comedians who are part way through a tour around the country with a night of comedy appropriately called Are You Pulling My Leg? This show brings brings together some of Australia’s funniest comedians with disability or chronic illness for a raucous accessible comedy event offering entertaining and uncensored insights into disability and so-much more! ON Saturday the 20th of July at Parramatta Riverside Theatre It is on for one night only, before dates...
Jul 12, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 24
Claire Bird and Hugo Williams are both members of Ponycam Collective. What is a ponycam collective? Well, that is a good question that Claire and Hugo are probably well equipped to answer, but which, unfortunately, is not on the quiz, so there’s not much point in asking them. Although performing seemingly pointless tasks does seem to be very much part of the Ponycam Collective reason for being, so perhaps they’ll reveal it anyway. Regardless, they are performing their incredible show Burnout Par...
Jul 05, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Sweeney and Ethan are award winning comedians who have combined comedy and wine-tasting to create one hilarious show. That doesn't necessarily mean they're great at trivia though... Get tickets to In Pour Taste at Bondi Festival here: https://www.bondifestival.com.au/event/in-pour-taste-show/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 28, 2024•40 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Two years ago, British comedy musical duo Flo & Joan (aka real life sisters Rosie and Nicola Dempsey) came and did the quiz and were justifiably stumped by a whole lot of Australian-centric questions. This time around, they're lucky enough to get at least one question right in their trivia sweet spot. If you're in Adelaide, go see a show at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival https://cabaret.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/ If you're in Melbourne, go see John in the brand new play The Platypus https...
Jun 14, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 20
As well as making this podcast, John is also an actor. Right now, he's rehearsing a brand new play by Francis Greenslade called The Platypus which also stars Rebecca Bower. And since they are the two people he's seeing the most of these days, it seemed perfectly logical that they should be this episode's guests. They're also both very clever people with a knack for quizzes. Get tickets to see John and Rebecca in The Platypus by Francis Greenslade here: https://www.theatreworks.org.au/2024/the-pl...
Jun 07, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 19
The podcaster community is a tight one. We tend to all have the same challenges of finding fresh guests for each episode. Invite one podcast host to be a guest on your show, and they’ll put you in touch with another who could be a potential guest, or they’ll introduce you to a podcast that you may not have been aware of. Todays episode is a case in point. Alexei Toliopoulos has been on the show before - he’s a prolific podcaster whose latest show The Last Video Store is an absolute delight tailo...
May 31, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Grant Piro and Alison Whyte are two of the hardest working actors in the country. Stars of stage and screen, they are both in the very special production of Death of a Salesman directed by Neil Armfield which has just opened at the Theatre Royal in Sydney. Get your tickets here: https://salesmanaustralia.com.au/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 24, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Comedian Tarsh Jago and cabaret artist Imogen Whittaker met in the considerably unlikely world of Aboriginal health policy and advocacy. But these friends found that they share a great deal of common ground. In their defence, the first half of this quiz is pretty tricky. Question writer Cindy MacDonald really didn't hold back this week. See how you go yourself! Get your tickets to Imogen’s show “The Last Word” at the Butterfly Club in Melbourne here: https://thebutterflyclub.com/show/the-last-wo...
May 17, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Liam Pieper and Sofija Stefanovic are old friends who went to high school together. They've since both gone on to write moving and funny memoirs about their childhoods. Sofija wrote about being an immigrant kid in Australia during the dissolution of Yugoslavia, while Liam used his teenage experience of selling pot around the suburbs of Melbourne from the back of his pushbike to tell a story of family, addiction and learning how to live with yourself. And now they tackle the quiz together to prom...
May 10, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Sean Kelly and David Marr are two of the sharpest minds in the country writing about politics and unflinchingly examining our history and national character. They are both appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival on the panel discussion Year in Review: Australian Politics with Laura Tingle and Michael Williams to talk about the year in Australian politics and consider what lies ahead. But do they know the marketing tagline for AAMI Insurance? Listen now to find out. Get tickets here: https://...
May 03, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 14
This episode is possibly the most chaotic the podcast has ever been. Demi and David are masters of surfing the absurd and are both very comfortable teetering at the edge of the abyss of improvisation. They are also both very funny people. See Demi and David in their show at the Sydney Comedy Festival: https://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/event/demi-lardner-david-correos/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 26, 2024•40 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Annie Louey and Mohammed Magdi are comedians dating across continents. Annie is Chinese-Australian living in Melbourne. Mohammed is Egyptian but has lived in China for 11 years. Annie is still getting used to learning about her own Chinese culture through an Arab. They first met on Love Island , aka Hong Kong. Annie returned to Australia with a long-distance relationship, a massive medical bill and 25 minutes of new material. Meanwhile Mo stayed back in his Bachelor pad, crying into his bubble t...
Apr 19, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Fern Brady and John Kearns were both contestants on series 14 of the UK tv show Taskmaster - in fact they even scored the exact same amount of points to finish joint last. The good news for them on this podcast is that since there are no other competitors on the quiz, no matter how badly they do, they will finish joint winners Get tickets to Fern’s show - I Gave You Milk to Drink - here: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/fern-brady and John’s show - The Varnishing Days - here: https:/...
Apr 12, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Zoë Coombs Marr and Tom Walker are two of the funniest and most creative comedians at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. If this episode of the quiz is anything to go by, there are very few boundaries either of them are too cautious to cross. This one comes with a bit of a content warning, so if you’ve got little ones listening, you might wanna skip ahead once Tom talks about his show and when he shares his favourite piece of trivia. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-sat...
Apr 05, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 10
For an episode of a quiz podcast to promote two comedian's shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, there is an awful lot of chat about soccer in this one. According to the webpages for their shows Chloe Petts and Rob Auton are both English comedians "fresh from Edinburgh" - but as Rob says, what it really should say is that they're "match fit". Listen to this delightful episode and then book tickets to see them both: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/chloe-petts https://...
Mar 29, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 9
The episodes of the Quiz with Brian and Julia are always a bit longer than normal and this one is no exception. Stop reading this and just press play and enjoy. Watch the RocKwiz cover of "Keep on Rockin' In The Free World": https://youtu.be/dc455XOLGxk?si=SOrRyE54g7jQTYCq Get tickets to RocKwiz Live! RocKwiz’s Really Really Good Friday: https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2024/contemporary-music/rockwiz Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast...
Mar 22, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 8
