Richmond: the Globe Theatre with Damian Callinan

In Those Days

Penny and Christina are joined by star of stage and screen, Damian Callinan, to talk about stages and screens in Richmond in the olden days. Specifically we read articles from Trove about the Globe Picture Theatre, which was built in 1912 on the site of the current Richmond Library. And musician-of-the pod Tim Carruthers joins us to bring some old sheet music to life.

Here are some of things we talked about in the episode:

See Damian live!
Unlikely Friends, Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Damian's stage shows
Double Feature
Eureka Stocktake
The Merger
Is this thing on? The Dave Berry Story
Swing Man
The Lost World War I Diary

Damian's films
The Merger, 2018
Backyard Ashes, 2013
The Emu War, 2023

Damian's book
Weird School, 2021

Trove
'Globe Theatre Auspicious Opening', Richmond Guardian, 13 April 1912
'Globe Theatre', Richmond Guardian, 25 May 1912
'Trouble at the Globe', Argus, 10 February 1915
'Newspaper published 101 Years Ago', The Age, 7 August 1939
'We're going back, back again to Broken Hill', Harry Hoddinott, 1933

Other
The Owl and the Pussycat theatre
Christmess, film, 2023
Blue Grassy Knoll
My Giddy Aunt, by Sharon Connolly
'Looking Back: Australia's Emu War', by Jasper Garner Gore, Australian Geographic, 2016
'Cakewalk', by Lakshmi Gandhi, NPR, 2013
'The Lost City of Melbourne', film, 2022