Some Secrets Should Be Kept Secret's Corey Saylor-Brunskill on limestone blocks and chunky offers.
1. How do you begin?
I think when starting a new work, especially when it comes to creating a character or getting to know a character - I like to get a big limestone block, or another way of putting that is, I like to make a really big chunky offer and then gradually chip away at it. Sometimes more, might be more - sometimes less might be more. But starting with a strong, solid, burly foundation with lots of room to play is always important for me. Because I love to move, physically, mentally and spiritually. The journey up until opening night will dictate how much and how refined that limestone block is when we're ready to begin.
2. What can an audience member expect of your work in Some Secrets Should be Kept Secret?
I think audiences can expect something new from me this project. I've played weird and wonderful characters in the past and in that regard I'm blessed - I love playing complex characters. I do however, think Peter will be slightly more ambiguous than most. I wonder if you can be tamed. If I am up to the challenge? Maybe audiences can expect to see how the Peter, the character, has molded me, as opposed to seeing how I have molded the character.
3. Who and/or what inspires you?
The world inspires me. The people in it. The people I am directly connected to. One of the most significant shows I have ever done, the character was totally and utterly inspired by my eldest brother. That's the second time I played a character inspired by him. Sometimes characters are inspired by versions of myself. The inebriated the clear minded. The candid the composed, or the compulsive and chaotic. And those very different states, and very different versions of people, everyone experiences. Every element of the world experiences. There's so much to draw from in real life, so much that makes sense and so much that doesn't. Sometimes life is Magic and sometimes it's scientific. Sometimes it's confusing and sometimes it makes perfect sense. All of this and everything in between, is my inspiration.
Corey Saylor-Brunskill a mere mortal, born of flesh and blood and brought up in the distant lands of Tasmania/lutrawita. Around 20 years ago he decided he longed to become a thespian. Now based in Naarm/Melbourne, as the dream seemed harder to reach on The Isle.
Since making his way to “the mainland” Big Apple, he has kept up the good fight, performed in multiple main stage productions, some you may have heard of, such as Conversations with The Dead, Big Name No Blanket and Viral (Ilbijerri Theatre Company) as well as Whose Gonna' Love Em (A Daylight Connection, in association with Malthouse Theatre), even travelled back to Tasmania to part take in Nathan Maynard and Rob Braslin’s The Box (Mudlark Theatre Theatre) and more recently was able to be part of House Arrest as part of Yirramboi 2025.
Corey is also an avid maker of music under the rather bonkers MC name Torres Green, and is currently on the final leg of completing his Masters In Theatre Writing at Victoria’s College of The Arts.
Though future aspirations are for film, being under the Fresnel is Corey’s first love, and he hopes you enjoy this show, which should most defiently be an excellent testament to the age old craft of Theatre making.
Image: Grant Wells; headshot: Kate Williams Photography
LA MAMA PRESENTS THE STORYTELLER'S Some Secrets Should Be Kept Secret
10-29 March 2026
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This work was supported by Yellamundie Festival in early development through a workshop and presentation in 2017 at Carriageworks, Sydney. It is supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.