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    NO SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH

    Mar 13, 2022 6 minutes
    by RUSSELL BROWN

    The morning aft er winning his first major acting award in nearly three decades, Joel Tobeck has been back to rehearsal. And not just rehearsal, but a full run of A Stab in the Dark, an ambitious, technically complex theatre show in which there are two lead roles and he plays them both.

    “I always get a bit nervous when the director says ‘right, we’re going to run it’ because I always feel like I’m sitting an exam – or I’m re-auditioning for the job,” Tobeck confesses. “But, you know, the runs go well – and while the process of rehearsals can be really tough and draining, I just love being around those like-minded people.”

    Tobeck gave up drinking a while back, but had allowed himself a celebration aft er he was named Best Actor in the 2022 Television Awards, for his portrayal of Robin Bain in the true-crime drama  . “My only

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