Kip Williams

But, um, even kind of, you know, just, just plays on the stage.

You know, you've got, like, Kip Williams' productions that are marathon efforts where you're playing 23 characters [laughs] and, and memorizing a book.

Wow.

Oh, dear.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is returning to Melbourne.

Sydney Theatre Company's global hit, adapted by Kip Williams, brings Oscar Wilde's classic to the stage in an Olivier and Tony Award-winning production.

Nikki Shiels will take on all 26 characters in a high-wire performance next September at the Ian Potter State Theatre.

And that's what's making news this week.

I would say Simon Stone perhaps is the most internationally prolific.

Although Kip Williams is having an incredible run.

He had Dorian Gray on Broadway.

He just did Dracula on the West end.

Oh, I just feel like I want to say everyone.

I think it's unfair to, I mean, Simon Stone, who I've talked about is amazing.

Kip Williams, if you want your Australian directors.

Yeah.

I spoke to my son, Dash, about it.

And I spoke to Kip Williams, who's a pretty good friend of mine.

So I kind of got three very different perspectives, all of which I sort of trust as, A, not going to just say, yeah, that's great.

Well done.

And it was...

I'm quite sure it was one of Kip Williams' earlier works where he just started incorporating live feed into his plays.

And I was at a forum afterwards saying, And yeah, so many, and I'm going to say old people because they were old people and that isn't a slur.

Old people spent so much of this Q&A afterwards being like, why did you show us so much film? We aren't here to see a movie.