STAGES SPOTLIGHT - Conversations Revisited: Geraldine Turner - from April, 2018

With episodes nearing 300 in the STAGES archive, it's time to revisit conversations featured in our previous seasons. STAGES spotlights such episodes, in case you missed them the first time 'round - or so you can simply savour, a second listen. Either way, you'll accessing precious oral histories from the people who were there, on and around our stages. Geraldine Turner is one of the Music Theatre's legitimate and intelligent voices. She conveys passion, truth and power in a voice that she has given to many of the form's great characters - Nancy, Mrs Lovett, Joanne, Petra, Sally Adams, Desiree Armfeldt, Reno Sweeney, The Baker's Wife, Velma Kelly and Felicia Alden. She has chartered a career spanning 4 decades and is an artist at ease in any form. She has mastered cabaret, plays, television and film - and has recently become a playwright, a director and a memoirist. Geraldine Turner's autobiography, 'Turner's Turn - a disarmingly honest memoir' was recently released by New Holland Publishers. It is a compelling record of a life navigated In Turner's Turn she shares poignant stories of her relationship with her parents and siblings and the many years of commitment required to make it to the top. Geraldine describes frankly the highs and disappointments of a life in show business, the challenge of maintaining personal relationships alongside a demanding schedule of rehearsals and performances, as well as the rivalries and camaraderie amongst those who have made the stage their life. Geraldine Turner appeared in the very first week of episodes when STAGES launched in 2018. Always frank and possessed of great warmth, Turner is the ideal guest. So popular was her story, we continued it in a companion episode, released in 2019. We share this first episode today to mark the launch of her stellar story with Turner's Turn - and to celebrate Geraldine as one of the Australian Musical Theatre's greatest stars! The Bookshop Darlinghurst and Claire's Kitchen will be hosting a literary launch of Geraldine Turner's memoir - Turner's Turn - at Claire's Kitchen on Sunday May 22nd between 3pm and 6pm. It will be a wonderful opportunity to meet the author and hear some of her story. She will be in conversation with the STAGES podcast. So, come along and say hello. Bookings can be made through The Bookshop, Darlinghurst, from next week. The Stages podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify, Whooshkaa and where you find your favourite podcasts. www.stagespodcast.com.au