Playing to an Audience of One
Published on 01 May 2026
Story: Lizzie Macaulay, Bigger Picture Business Solutions. Photo: Cody Fox, Cleva Media
Few people have shaped the cultural life of Maryborough quite like Greig Bolderrow. The former radio manager, OAM recipient and lifelong community servant spent decades at 4MB and Triple M, but that’s only part of the story.
“I am fiercely proud of Maryborough and thankful for what it has given me and allowed me to achieve,” he says, and his actions bear that out. Greig was one of the founding minds behind the Walk of Achievers, now home to over 100 bronze plaques celebrating locals who have made their mark nationally and internationally. “I wanted children to be able to say quite proudly, ‘I come from Maryborough, where four-time Olympian Larry Sengstock was born,’” he reflects. Twenty-six years on, plaques are still being added.
His roots in the performing arts run equally deep. A participant in the local eisteddfod from an early age, Greig caught the theatre bug in Year 11 with a role in “Woman in a Dressing Gown” at the Maryborough Little Theatre, going on to direct productions and serve as the theatre’s president.
The same instincts that shaped his stage work informed his radio career: “Always play to an audience of one,” he says. “It’s not ‘how is everybody out there?’ It’s ‘how are you today?’ In theatre it’s the same. Make it personal.”
Since leaving radio, Greig has channelled that energy into the Gallipoli to Armistice Memorial, which he helped bring to fruition, and now chairs the trust managing the Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum. “My passion is telling the stories of those who served,” he says simply.
As compere for both the opening of the Brolga Theatre and its 25th anniversary concert last year, he has watched local arts flourish first hand. “The local talent we are producing on the Fraser Coast is outstanding, and not just in theatre,” he says, pointing to the recent formation of the Fraser Coast Orchestra as evidence. “It is first class.”
This story appears in the May 2026 edition of Fraser Coast Scene, our monthly guide to What's On across our Cultural Services venues.