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The Saturday Quiz
Reading Out Loud with Rebecca Bower and Francis Greenslade
Season 5, Ep. 19
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As well as making this podcast, John is also an actor.
Right now, he's rehearsing a brand new play by Francis Greenslade called The Platypus which also stars Rebecca Bower. And since they are the two people he's seeing the most of these days, it seemed perfectly logical that they should be this episode's guests.
They're also both very clever people with a knack for quizzes.
Get tickets to see John and Rebecca in The Platypus by Francis Greenslade here:
https://www.theatreworks.org.au/2024/the-platypus
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