Podcasts about Timothy Conigrave

Tommy Murphy is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright based in Sydney. Tommy adapted the Australian queer classic memoir Holding the Man for both stage and screen, while his limited series Significant Others was broadcast on the ABC last year. Most recently, he adapted Nevil Shute's On the Beach for the Sydney Theatre Company.Holding the Man is currently back on stage in Sydney at the Belvoir Theatre. We discuss music by Whitney Houston, Olivier Messiaen, and Rufus Wainwright.This conversation was recorded at Forbes Street Studios in Sydney. A huge thank you to Anthony Garvin for his support.Listen to all previous guest choices in one handy Spotify playlist, Selections from Tracks of Our Queers and follow the pod on Instagram.Support the showHelp keep Tracks of Our Queers ad-free by shouting me a coffee right here. Thank you for your support.

Rebecca Massey and Shannen Alyce Quan are both actors soon to appear in Belvoir's Holding the Man.This new production comes nearly 20 years after the plays premiere in 2006. Written by Tommy Murphy, the play brings to life the heartfelt and heartbreaking memoir by Timothy Conigrave, about his fifteen year relationship with John. From falling in love at high school in the late 70s, to its devastating conclusion in the early nineties. Get your tickets to Holding the Man here:https://belvoir.com.au/productions/holding-the-man-2024/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tommy joins Regina to talk about the last two decades in his award winning writing career.  In 2020 Tommy Murphy received the National Theatre Prize from the Australia Council for the Arts. His most recent stage play was Packer & Sons broke box office records at Belvoir. Another recent work, Mark Colvin's Kidney is currently in development for a screen adaptation. Murphy's earlier stage adaptation of Timothy Conigrave's memoirs, Holding The Man, is regularly produced around the world with recent productions in Florence, Chicago, Nashville and London. His screenplay for Holding the Man, for which he was Associate Producer, won the Australian Writers' Guild Award and the Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay. Netflix distributes the film globally. The stage play Holding the Man started at Griffin, directed by Murphy's regular collaborator David Berthold, before transferring multiple times across Australia culminating in a West End production. It won multiple awards including the NSW Premier's Literary Award, the Australian Writers' Guild Award and the Philip Parsons Award. Tommy was the youngest and only dual winner in consecutive years of the NSW Premier's Literary Award, having won for Strangers in Between at Griffin in 2005. Strangers in Between was revived in Melbourne, Sydney and on London's West End in 2018. Tommy's adaptation of Lorca's Blood Wedding formed part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. His play Gwen in Purgatory (Belvoir/La Boite) won the WA Premier's Award and the Richard Burton Prize. His other plays include Troy's House (Old Fitz/ATYP) and an adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Massacre at Paris (ATYP). He is a graduate of NIDA's directing course, a former president of SUDS, a Patrick White Fellow at Sydney Theatre Company and a Sidney Myer Fellowship recipient. Tommy is the creator of an upcoming ABC TV series, having been on the writing teams for Foxtel's Fighting Season (Goalpost Pictures) and Devil's Playground (winner of the 2015 Logie for Most Outstanding Miniseries and AACTA Award for Best Miniseries).   

Fifteen years ago Stephen was drugged and raped by a stranger. Six months later he was diagnosed with HIV. It took him two years to start wanting to live again but today Stephen is a YouTuber and actor with a successful one-man off-Broadway show on his resume, called Shadowed Dreamer. In this interview Stephen and I discuss where to find the strength to keep going when the cards are stacked against you, the misinformation surrounding HIV, its treatment and life expectancy, and why HIV has gone out of fashion with the media.  Follow Stephen on Instagram @harttalks2016 and check out his Youtube channel Hart Talks The book: Timothy Conigrave's Holding the Man If you or someone you know is struggling to cope with a positive diagnosis or a potential positive diagnosis, you can find more information on the Terrence Higgins Trust website: www.tht.org.uk If you enjoy the podcast, don't forget to subscribe, share and review. Follow us on Twitter @toughlovepc or on Instagram @missleonardis This episode was edited by Bartosz “Waskii” Tylczynski

On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with actor, radio host and winner of Big Brother 2012 Benjamin Norris to talk about the Australian classic Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave. Our conversation includes the similarities between manifesting and self sabotage, learning to accept yourself, how books can transport you right back to another time, and falling in love. Enjoy!You can follow Ben on Twitter and Instagram.Follow Book(ish) and give me your thoughts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Sign up to our newsletter here. Join our facebook group here.You can now physically send us stuff to PO BOX 7127, Reservoir East, Victoria, 3073.Want to help support the show?Sanspants+ | Podkeep | USB Tapes | MerchWant to get in contact with us?Email | Twitter | Website | Facebook | Reddit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Director David Berthold and playwright Tommy Murphy discuss the pressures of adapting Timothy Conigrave's beautiful memoir Holding the Man for the Stables stage, the deep emotional currency that the piece holds, and their interactions with Timothy's family in the process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this World AIDS Day, Wayne introduces Phillip to one of Australia's greatest love stories, 'Holding the Man' (2015). Based on Timothy Conigrave's bestseller, the boys discuss if Neil Armfield's film does justice to Tim and John's legacy. Seen this movie? Let us know your thoughts and score out of five in the comments! Broadcast: 1 December 2019

In the first ever Merdeka special, The Kunyits check in with Natalie, the co-creator of KL nightlife phenomenon Berlin Is Burning amidst preparations for the inaugural Mad Gala to know more about the birth of the much-anticipated party and the journey to providing a safe space where anybody could feel free to be themselves while dancing the night away. As for Pop Culture and Brain Teaser, we’re served play/movie The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer, memoir/movie Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave, novel/miniseries Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, and Indian thriller Pihu – all but one now available on Netflix. Check us out on Facebook: facebook.com/KunyitSquared Twitter: twitter.com/KunyitSquared Intro: Future Bass Logo by Hooksounds

A bit of a special episode today, as Tahlya talks to Bradley and Lachlan, the directors of an upcoming theatre production called Holding the Man, running from the 27th of February to the 2nd of March. The play is inspired by the memoirs of Timothy Conigrave, and presents a take on the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s, focusing on bringing an Australian perspective to the issue. Get ready for lots of theatre talk, friends, and check a listen.Tickets to the show can be found here:https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=458299&fbclid=IwAR0d6AjYjzwcjVnUhCKJ8MzxZsk2sIQP7c3Ih4AE5CVz_gcBgUEL8_Pj0yYSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on SOCIAL MEDIA.

At an event recorded live in Melbourne, we look at the documentary that explores the lives and romance of Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo – the subjects of Australian memoir, play and film Holding the Man. Guardian Australia's film critic, Luke Buckmaster, talks with documentary directors Nick Bird and Eleanor Sharpe, and HIV advocate Nic Holas. Together they examine the making of the film and why 20 years later the story is still important to young gay men

Nicki and Jessie review Pregnant Butch by AK Summers, The Inner Circle by TC Boyle and Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave.

In this week’s podcast we come to you live from the 2015 Melbourne Writers Festival. Having taken in the best of the festival, we look at Neil Armfield’s film adaptation of Holding the Man, Timothy Conigrave’s seminal Australian memoir of life and love at the centre of the AIDS crisis. Then we browse the Huffington Post as it launches down under. And finally, we’re joined by novelist Antonia Hayes to talk about empathy and advocacy in fiction, following the release of her debut novel Relativity.

Australian film, television, musical theatre and recording star Nick Hardcastle is joined by musical theatre performer and film actor Nate Jones to discuss their cooperative venture as Co-Producers and Co-Founders of the Australian Theatre Company (ATC of Los Angeles which makes its American bow at the LA’s Matrix Theatre May 10th with the award-winning, record-breaking Australian drama Holding the Man adapted by playwright Tommy Murphy from the Timothy Conigrave bestselling memoir of the same title. Sterling discusses Man in the Case starring Mikhail Baryshnikov at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA, and reviews Disney’s Tarzan The Stage Musical making its Los Angeles regional debut in the Monroe Forum at the historic El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood’s NoHo Arts District. Hardcastle and Jones recant embarrassing moments while performing.

Australian film, television, musical theatre and recording star Nick Hardcastle is joined by musical theatre performer and film actor Nate Jones to discuss their cooperative venture as Co-Producers and Co-Founders of the Australian Theatre Company (ATC of Los Angeles which makes its American bow at the LA’s Matrix Theatre May 10th with the award-winning, record-breaking Australian drama Holding the Man adapted by playwright Tommy Murphy from the Timothy Conigrave bestselling memoir of the same title. Sterling discusses Man in the Case starring Mikhail Baryshnikov at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA, and reviews Disney’s Tarzan The Stage Musical making its Los Angeles regional debut in the Monroe Forum at the historic El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood’s NoHo Arts District. Hardcastle and Jones recant embarrassing moments while performing.

An adaptation of Timothy Conigrave's landmark book that faithfully captures the fifteen-year relationship between Conigrave and the love of his life, John Caleo. Speaking across generations, sexualities and cultures, this is a heart-wrenchingly honest portrayal of what it means to grow up, how we form relationships, and why we need to love and be loved.--Tommy Murphy is one of Australia’s most beloved playwrights. His original stories, and his adaptations, have been warmly received - both critically and commercially. The adaptation of Timothy Conigrave’s best selling book, Holding the Man, is one of Tommy’s standouts. It won several awards and was presented by some of the country’s biggest theatre companies, playing to packed houses in most Australian capital cities, and travelling overseas to New Zealand, the US and London's West End.

In Episode 6, the Splendour in the Grass Special, Spencer reports in from Woodforde, and speaks with Foster the People. We are joined in the studio by Craig Rossiter, Luke Mayze and Guy Edmond (best known as portraying Timothy Conigrave in Holding the Man on stage) who are the writer, director and star of the upcoming short film "The Silver Stiletto" about a vigilante drag-queen superhero.  Luscious & Burke discuss the detailed science behind what makes an epic Power Balad in this week's Top 5.  And support those who support Savvy... radiothon is here, pledge to zed digital!  Laughs and music a plenty... don't forget to tune in!