Tim Minchin at Walsh Bay, home of the Sydney Theatre CompanyPhotograph: Mick Tsikas/GuardianActor-playwright Toby Schmitz at the STCPhotograph: Mick Tsikas/GuardianSchmitz has just won a part in the US series Black Sails, billed as 'Game of Thrones with pirates'Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Guardian
'The world of people who know my work in England and the US don't know my work as an actor, and I wanted to see if I still could,' says MinchinPhotograph: Mick Tsikas/GuardianSchmitz mid-interview at the STCPhotograph: Mick Tsikas/GuardianMinchin says he relishes collaboration: 'You do get a bit paranoid that you're becoming a sort of narcissist, an artistic solipsist, when you're doing stand-up'Photograph: Mick Tsikas/GuardianMinchin and Schmitz with reporter Richard Cooke at the STCPhotograph: Mick Tsikas/Guardian'I played Judas, drank quite a lot of alcohol,' says Minchin of his research for the rolePhotograph: Mick Tsikas/GuardianSchmitz is famed for his fastidious preparation. For Rosencrantz and Guildenstern he immersed himself in Hamlet and Tom Stoppard's workPhotograph: Mick Tsikas/GuardianThe friends are aware that their busy schedules are likely to prevent them working together again – at least for a whilePhotograph: Mick Tsikas/Guardian
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