The Saturday Quiz

For the next few months, Alexei Toliopoulos and Zachary Ruane will be touring their show Refused Classification to comedy festivals all around the country.The part comedy, part documentary, part verbatim theatre piece tells the true story of beloved film critics Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton taking on the Australian government when the film Ken Park was sensationally banned in the early 2000s. Thank you to all my listeners who have taken the audience survey - Alexei was one of the guests you asked for more of, so I'm happy to oblige on this episode. And Zach is an excellent partner for him for this very challenging set of questions.Grab tickets to see Refused Classification in:Adelaide:https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/zachary-ruane-and-alexei-toliopoulos-refused-classification-af2025Melbourne:https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/zach-ruane-and-alexei-toliopoulos-refused-classification/Sydney:https://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/event/zachary-ruane-alexei-toliopoulos/Brisbane:https://www.brisbanecomedyfestival.com/events/zachary-ruane-and-alexei-toliopoulos/Perth:https://www.perthcomedyfestival.com/event/zachary-ruane-alexei-toliopoulos-refused-classification/This podcast is recorded on the lands belonging to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and acknowledge their traditions of sharing knowledge and stories for millennia on this land.

This first episode of the sixth season of The Saturday Quiz takes a wild, meandering journey through some mostly music-related territory. Which is appropriate given that the guests are two giants of Australian musical theatre - Eddie Perfect and Elise McCann.Get your tickets to see them both in the Australian premiere production of Beetlejuice here:https://beetlejuicethemusical.com.au/If you have a minute, please take this audience survey for The Saturday Quizhttps://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/tObGj7eeThis podcast is recorded on the lands belonging to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and acknowledge their traditions of sharing knowledge and stories for millennia on this land.

The Saturday Quiz will be back for its sixth season in 2025 very, very soon.In the meantime, please complete this survey so I can bring you the guests and content that you like best: http://bit.ly/thesaturdayquiz-survey  It's all anonymous and no personalised data is collected.Follow the show on Instagram @thesaturdayquizAnd John has pretty much dumped X (formally Twitter), so follow him on Bluesky instead. It's much nicer there: @johnnyjohnleary.bsky.social

If you have a few minutes, please complete this survey so The Saturday Quiz can return for another season with the guests and content that you like best: http://bit.ly/thesaturdayquiz-survey As always on the season finale of this podcast, the whole thing becomes a competition. The four original contestants are back once more to answer the 40 questions.Who will win?Will John be able to hear which player says the answers?Will he remember to keep score?Listen now to find out.Special thanks to the remarkable Cindy MacDonald for writing the questions in this and every other quiz - find them in print each week in The Saturday Paper.This podcast is recorded on the lands belonging to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. I pay my respects to their elders past and present and acknowledge their traditions of sharing knowledge and stories for millennia on this land.Thanks to everyone who listens each week.See you next year.

Kate and Damon have both been on this podcast before - but never together.Much in the same way that they are both appearing in two massive films released this month. One of those films is a Christmas movie based on a much loved song - and the other is a biopic based on the life of a much loved singer!Better Man - in cinemas Boxing Day How to Make Gravy - on Binge, right now.

Gillian Cosgriff is an absolute delight.Funny, self-deprecating and fabulously talented.It's been far too long since she's been on this podcast.So, before this season comes to an end, it's time to get her back on the show to answer the ten questions from the quiz in The Saturday Paper.Find Gillian's tour dates here:https://comedy.com.au/tour/gillian-cosgriff/

Pamela Rabe and Bert LaBonté are both giants of Australian theatre. And it's lucky they are, because right now they are both appearing in the enormous epic that is August: Osage County. This brand new production at Belvoir Street Theatre, directed by Eamon Flack, has been getting rave reviews and playing to full houses - so much so, that they've extended until the 22nd of December!Get your tickets now:https://belvoir.com.au/productions/august-osage-county/

Very occasionally, there is a new piece of theatre created which gets everything just right, that it becomes an instant classic. My Brilliant Career is one of those shows. The new musical based on the novel by Miles Franklin, with a book by Sheridan Harbridge and Dean Bryant, music by Mathew Frank and Dean Bryant and directed by Anne-Louise Sarks is quite simply brilliant.In the central role of Sybylla Melvyn, Kala Gare is phenomenal.After you've listened to this episode, I urge everyone to go see this incredible show.Or at the very least, check out Melbourne Theatre Company's Instagram and revel in the sublime songs from the musical.Book tickets to My Brilliant Career here:https://tickets.mtc.com.au/production/18097

Lucy Ansell and Caroline Lee are both currently starring in the Red Stitch production of José Rivera’s play “Your Name Means Dream” which explores the notion of what it means to be human in a world increasingly encroached upon by AI. No AI was used in discovering the answers to these questions though.Get your tickets to "Your Name Means Dream" here:https://www.redstitch.net