Best Melbourne Queer Film Festival Podcasts (2024)

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Thirty Years of APHIDS, Young Broadway Actors Chat Shrek & Opening Up Melbourne 1:06:56

1d ago1:06:56

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Steph Teitelbaum fills in for Richard Watts this week for chats with Lara Thoms, the Executive Director of experimental theatre collective APHIDS about their 30th birthday; Young Australian Broadway Chorus talent James Pringle and Charlie Abbot-Higgins stop by to talk about bringing Shrek JR to life on stage; Open House Melbourne's Chief Curator Ta…

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A scent-sual play, a sensual play, a sense-ual play and 50 years of Art Access Victoria 57:20

8d ago57:20

57:20

For one week more, Oliver Coleman keeps the seat nice and toasty for resident SmartArts host, Richard Watts. And what a cracking show to end the run! Writer Georgia Ketals & scent artist Erin Adams tell us about Recollection, a unique play that offers a sensory experience. Based on a story about a mother trying to recreate her late daughters smell,…

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Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion, Lucy Guerin Inc and run away to the NICA Circus 1:21:50

15d ago1:21:50

1:21:50

Back to fill the enormous SmartArts shoes of Richard Watts OAM is resident funny guy, Oliver Coleman. Kicking off the show is Tai Smith with the latest visual arts reccs - think cutesy wholesome for the Under Five Windows exhibition at A Reading Room, collaging fun at the Ripped - a Punk Collage Workshop, and writing extravaganzas at Alta Forma. Mu…

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MIFF 2024, CLIPPEDKilda and Blackout Songs 1:27:40

22d ago1:27:40

1:27:40

Welcome back to another instalment of SmartArts! Oliver Coleman is steering the ship for you again and boy are we in for a cruisy ride... First up, CLIPPED music video festival director Samuel Bright and James Tran going Oliver to talk all things CLIPPEDKilda, music video festival championing the underrepresented creative community behind music vid…

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The Shannon Michael Cane celebration, Michelle Hamer's 'I'm A Believer' and Arkadia, a dance opera 1:04:56

29d ago1:04:56

1:04:56

Oliver Coleman takes the SmartArts seat this week, and he’s keeping it toasty for the next few weeks while Richard is on break. Tai Snaith comes in for Art Attack to talk all things Melbourne Design Week and Melbourne’s thriving design scene. Oliver and Tai recommend finding an art opening and going along! Mark Poston, event creator and friend of S…

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The Odd Couple, Beings, Cutting through Time, and Comedy In The West 1:02:08

1M ago1:02:08

1:02:08

Oslo Davis fills in for Richard Watts for a jam packed show. Oslo chats with Mark Kilmurry, the Director of Neil Simon's 'The Odd Couple' at the Comedy Theatre, and John Gethin Lewis, the Creative Director of a new exhibition at ACMI called 'Beings'. Also joining Oslo on the show is Geelong Gallery Senior Curator Lisa Sullivan who breaks down new e…

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Hold Me Closer Tony Danza, The Huxleys, Arts Wellbeing Collective's Navigate Well Resources 1:34:13

2M ago1:34:13

1:34:13

This week, Dan & Steph Teitelbaum take the SmartArts reins and gallop effortlessly into another episode... this episode (as always) is jampacked with recommendations, artist deep dives and what's coming up in Melbourne's performing arts scene. Tai Snaith gives a raving review of ACCA’s current exhibition Oui Move In You by artist Laure Prouvost for…

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Pia Johnson’s Re-Orient, Possum Magic and a couple of funny guys 58:58

3M ago58:58

58:58

It’s that time of year again… Melbourne International Comedy Festival! You can’t escape it… so let’s embrace it, with two fabulous comics joining Richard on the program. But he's got art and theatre covered too, of course! Kicking off with comedian Darby James whose kooky cabaret, ‘Little Squirt’ (formerly SpunkDaddy), turns the big but rarely disc…

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Arts Project Australia, State of Australian Regions Report, Akaraka and Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons! 1:33:47

4M ago1:33:47

1:33:47

Join Richard Watts in the studio with Liz Knowles, the new Executive Director of Arts Project Australia about their upcoming 50th Anniversary, Tai Snaith for the fortnightly review of current Melbourne exhibitions, and Director Charlotte Rogers and Hazel Pigrim on their production called Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons. Richard is also joine…

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Palestinian Film Festival 2024, The Mary Wallopers, Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary, PHOTO 2024, and theatre theatre theatre! 1:44:22

4M ago1:44:22

1:44:22

Richard kicks off this week’s epic show with Irish band, The Mary Wallopers. The cheeky, rowing brothers, Charles and Andrew Hendy, talk sibling rivalry, genre shifting, and their anticipation of Ireland’s global domination… Professor Lisa Given is on the line to celebrate Dungeons & Dragons 50th Birthday. What is the legacy of DnD and tabletop rol…

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Yentl, Counting and Cracking, When We Were Young, Back to Back and Not Natural! 1:42:32

4M ago1:42:32

1:42:32

Richard Watts is back in the studio to chat to director Gary Abrahams and actress Evelyn Krape on the production of Yentl, an adaptation of a Yiddish short story. Plus, S.Shakthidharan, the writer and associate director of Counting and Cracking for the 2024 RISING festival; conductor Carlo Antonioli visits the studio to discuss the new performance …

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Rock Musicals, Northern Irish Chavs, and 7 Hours of Theatre 51:41

5M ago51:41

51:41

Jess McEvoy talks about their solo rock musical, 'The Show,' and the way that the show came about naturally after years of performing as a singer-songwriter between Naarm and New York City. Sandrine Lescourant, dancer and performer in Oona Doherty's piece 'Hope Hunt and the Acension into Lazarus', discusses the way the work looks at suburban youth …

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Celebrating local artists, program releases, cabaret, and a Broadcast Birthday! 47:09

7M ago47:09

47:09

SmartArts' 19th birthday was celebrated on the day of broadcast (December 14, 2023), which was also Richard's last show for 2023! Richard is joined by Liam James, Deputy Director of Linden New Art. They discuss the gallery's Postcard Show 2023-24; how it celebrates the hobby artists, makes art accessible and defies the meaning of “postcard”. Richar…

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Marshmallow Lasers, Robot Painting Dogs & the 2024 Sydney Festival 49:38

7M ago49:38

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Artist Agnieszka Pilat on her optimism towards AI in art and walking Richard Watts through the process of training three robot dogs to oil paint, for her new exhibition at the NGV Triennial; Ersin Han Ersin, director of Marshmallow Laser Feast collective on their latest installation, ‘Works of Nature’ at ACMI, a hypnotic display of rhythmic lights,…

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Exploring “Place”: 56 Printmakers Connect with Country & the Friendships Built Liberating Homelands 55:21

8M ago55:21

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Writer and director Glenn Shea on his unabashed new play ‘MI: WI 3027,’ unpacking the unlikely friendship between an Indigenous soldier and a Jewish-German ethnologist and prisoner of war, as they bond over the notions of freedom and country; Curator Rona Green unveils ‘Whereabouts: Printmakers Respond,’ a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Balla…

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Triennials, the Legacy of Blade Runner, the Resilience of Women and the Art of Waacking 1:13:48

8M ago1:13:48

1:13:48

Ewan McEoin, the Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, NGV and lead curator on Triennial for a NGV Triennial overview chat; Primal Screen’s Flick Ford & Zero G’s Rob Jan talking about the legacy of film Blade Runner ahead of Blade Runner live at Hamer Hall; Jennifer Monk & Lisa Dallinger present Slightly Cracked, the new show…

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Performance Art Mania & Remembering Ukraine 1:07:38

8M ago1:07:38

1:07:38

Ruth McKenzie, Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival gives an overview of the exciting new festival program; Dynamic duo, choreographer Stephanie Lake and composer Robin Fox astonish Richard with their exhilarating performance art piece, Manifesto, featuring a frenzied nine-person troop dancing to the beat of nine frantic drummers; Performer and c…

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Dumplings, Dodgeball and Dancing 'In the Club' 51:36

8M ago51:36

51:36

Ania Reynolds & Alisa Tanaka-King join Richard to talk about their show 'Dumplings Darling' and their approach to cultural sharing; being un-pretentious and inclusionary, using the cultural cross-section that is made up of food, music and storytelling. Joining Richard next is Anna Louey, the creator of 'A Dodgeball Named Desire', a show set up as a…

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Sci-Fi Superheros Fighting Diabetes & Lighting up Laneways with Glowing Comics 53:51

9M ago53:51

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Writer and performer Candy Bowers reveals the horrors of type 2 diabetes and its disproportionate effect on Black communities, in her afro-futuristic, genre-bending show, ‘Sweet Mama’; Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, AO, On her composition of ‘Eumeralla, a War Requiem for Peace,’ written in the Gunditjmara language to commemorate Indigenous lives lost i…

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Insomniac Mixtapes, Art Fairs and Photography at the NGV 55:34

9M ago55:34

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Artist Telia Nevile on her new one-woman cabaret performance ‘Insomniac Mixtape’ at Melbourne Fringe Festival, capturing the unsettling and relatable descent into chaos that is sleep deprivation, through a range of bizarre goth, electronic and punk tunes; Melbourne Art Foundation CEO and Melbourne Art Fair director, Maree Di Pasquale gives a rundow…

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Festival Frenzy: Irish Films, Fringe and Melbourne Jazz 1:05:27

9M ago1:05:27

1:05:27

Irish Film Festival Director Dr Enda Murray walks listeners through the exciting 2023 program overview for the Irish Film Festival; Program Director Hadley Agrez unveils the diverse 2023 Melbourne International Jazz Festival lineup; Accessed via a real phone number audiences can call, Kasey Gambling explains her new interactive work, ‘The Hotline’ …

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Queer Bushrangers and the Brand New Merribek Festival 1:06:07

10M ago1:06:07

1:06:07

Co-producers Tim Sneddon and Jeff Achtem explain how accessibility and the need for low-cost family festivals drove them to create the new Merribek Family Festival, walking listeners through their exciting program; Nina Sanadze, founder of Collective Polyphony Festival, and artist Camille Perry from Collective Agitation explore the importance of gi…

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The Art Inspired by Being Struck by Lightning, and the 41st Melbourne Fringe Festival 1:12:53

10M ago1:12:53

1:12:53

Composer and cellist Zoë Barry on how her unlikely experience of being struck by lightning on three separate occasions inspired her new artistic work in ‘The Nervous Atmosphere’ at Arts House; Simon Abrahams, Creative Director and CEO of Melbourne Fringe walks listeners through the exciting new program for the 41st Melbourne Fringe Festival; Co-Art…

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Radiothon 2023 1:30:36

10M ago1:30:36

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It's Radiothon time here at Triple R - the time of the year we ask our listeners to help support SmartArts and all the other programs on RRR by financially supporting the station by taking out a subscription. Listen to a very special edition of SmartArts as Richard is joined by regular guests and mainstays of Melbourne's Arts & Culture community to…

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Breaking the Conventions of Theatre with Pony Cam 59:38

10M ago59:38

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Contemporary theatre performers Dominic Weintraub and Hugo Williams of Pony Cam exhibit the process of knowledge sharing across generations, breaking theatre convention by collaborating with mass community-led ensemble cast of locals aged 55+ in ‘All This Could Be Yours’; Artistic Director Danielle Micich on her new production ‘idk’ borrowing from …

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Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism 1:06:12

11M ago1:06:12

1:06:12

Director Nick Kozakis talks how his childhood horror movie obsession and the resurgence of the horror film genre in Australia influenced his new independent horror, ‘Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism’; CEO and creative director of Geelong Arts Centre, Joel McGuiness on Geelong’s blossoming art scene, outlining the star-studded lineup for the new Geel…

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Road-tripping with two queer alien Elvises & ‘The Fence’ 1:20:42

11M ago1:20:42

1:20:42

Richard is away this week, guest host Daniel Santangeli fills in! Playwright Fleur Murphy explores ordinary acts of bravery and the ethical concerns of witnessing domestic violence in her award-winning play ‘The Fence,’ set in Melbourne suburbia; Visual artist and performer Will Huxley captivates audiences with his dynamic photographic works in ‘Di…

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Gail Mabo’s ‘Current’ & Swinburne Circus Art students face uncertainty 45:54

11M ago45:54

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First Nations artist Gail Mabo talks shouldering the legacy of her father, activist Eddie Mabo, and her new exhibition ‘Current’ at McClelland Gallery with fellow First Nations artists Lisa Wuap and Dominic White, transporting audiences to her home in Murray Island; National Institute for Circus Arts students Sophia Laidlaw and Naruha Ohta explain …

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The Impacts of the US writers and actors strike on Australian Art & a fresh take on Romeo and Juliet 43:23

12M ago43:23

43:23

Tiffany Lyndall-Knight, Vice President of Actor’s Equity for the MEAA breaks down the US writers and actors strike, uncovering how streaming and AI technologies have threatened livelihoods in film and the potential impacts of this on Australian art; Leading actors Jacob Warner and Rose Riley on how their ages and close friendship have informed a de…

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Brisbane Fest, a streetwide projection arts takeover and Joseph Nolan on Melbourne's Grand Organ 1:02:24

12M ago1:02:24

1:02:24

Artistic Director Louise Bezinna gives an extensive overview of this year’s Brisbane Festival program; Priya Namana, CEO of the Centre of Projection Art on the upcoming innovative projection-art displays at the 2023 Gertrude Street Projection Festival; Acclaimed organist, Joseph Nolan, on the free Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ Event, paying homag…

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Australian circus art under threat, and NAIDOC Week kicks off with ‘Dig Deeper’ 1:02:22

12M ago1:02:22

1:02:22

Richard Hull, CEO of Flying Fruit Fly Circus explains the devastating impacts Swinburne University’s decision to freeze the National Institute for Circus Arts' student intake in 2024, may have on circus in Australia; Artist Ben McKeown on ‘Dig Deeper’, a portrait of four different Indigenous and First Nations artists, premiering at the Melbourne Do…

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Puppets, NAVA, and Atmosphere 42:45

1y ago42:45

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Co-artistic director Sarah Kreigler talks everything puppets, delving into the Melbourne Festival of Puppetry and its 2023 puppet treasure hunt; Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts, Penelope Benton, on the ABC’s cutting-edge online editorial and the future of arts reporting; Senior Curator Lisa Sullivan on the ‘Atmosp…

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A Climate for Art, Underneath Ms Archer and Nightshifts 47:12

1y ago47:12

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Richard is away this week, guest host Oliver Coleman fills in! Co-writer and performer Louise Siversen explores cancel culture in theatrical performance, ‘Underneath Ms Archer’, depicting a 21st woman’s encounter with a medieval man from the past; Co-Curator Annika Aitken on ‘Nightshifts’, a University of Melbourne exhibition that draws on the meta…

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Shhhh, Oh Deer!, and Unison 1:07:27

1y ago1:07:27

1:07:27

Co-artistic director Lara Thoms on artist-run, experimental performance arts group, Aphids and their RISING Festival performance ‘Oh Deer!’, delving into the grief of losing a parent; Director Emma Valente on dramedy performance ‘Shhhh’, exploring consent and sisterhood; Curator Sebastian Henry-Jones celebrates the 30 year history of West Space gal…

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Circus art, Chagall and Darwin Festival 2023 49:16

1y ago49:16

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Internationally renowned choreographer Edgar Zendejas on his collaboration with NICA graduates to create circus performance, ‘Oneiric’; Artist Yvette Coppersmith on her exhibition ‘Carnelian’, a response to the Jewish Museum of Australia’s exploration of Jewish artist, Chagall; An exciting overview of the Darwin Festival 2023 program, by program de…

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Saying no to coal in the arts, Local Laughs and Sonic Eclipse 48:29

1y ago48:29

48:29

CEO Lucy Manne on 350 Australia’s campaign to help the arts community rule out coal and oil industry partnerships; Janet McLeod reminisces about her comedy room, ‘Local Laughs’ in the wake of its 20th anniversary; co-artistic director Eugene Ughetti and composer Erkki Velthei on their audio art event, ‘Sonic Eclipse’ as part of RISING Festival, fea…

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Ten Pound Poms, Tracker and Glass Design 50:52

1y ago50:52

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Actor Sarah Funari on the Stan and BBC original series ‘Ten Pound Poms,’ charting the story of over a million British people that migrated to Australia for 10 pounds; Artist Miles Johnson on glass design and his exhibition, ‘Journey in Roundism’; Artistic director of Australian Dance Theatre, Daniel Riley explores the deeply personal story of his G…

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An adaptation of the world's oldest song, Tarrawarra Biennial and Dry My Tears 54:05

1y ago54:05

54:05

Artist Genevieve Lacy on her twilight gathering of soundwork, 'Consort of the Moon', inspired by the oldest known notated song; Cabaret icon Paul Capsis takes audiences on an intimate journey of acoustic song in his show 'Dry My Tears' at Fortyfivedownstairs; curator Dr Léuli Eshrāghi on Tarrawarra Biennial's exploration of connection across First …

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Judith Lucy conquers theatre, MOTH & Eleventh Hour's 'Cavalcade' 48:19

1y ago48:19

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Adam Noviello on their theatrical exploration of bullying and the gruelling social hierarchies of high school in ‘MOTH’; actor Peter Houghton on ‘Cavalcade’ and the reopening of Eleventh Hour Theatre; Judith Lucy explores moving away from stand-up and starting a new chapter of her career, acting in ‘Happy Days’ at South Bank Theatre.…

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The commercial art world, Loaded and Lé Nør 49:42

1y ago49:42

49:42

Director Ursula Sullivan on her gallery Sullivan and Strumpf and the changing commercial art landscape; Christos Tsiolkas & Dan Giovannoni on adapting the novel 'Loaded', as a play - exploring queer, migrant Melbourne; co-director Adriane Daff on her theatrical depiction of the behind-the-scenes of an arthouse foreign film, 'Lé Nør'.…

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Selling Kabul, Oslo Davis on designing April Amnesty & Barry Humphries’ controversial legacy 1:30:59

1y ago1:30:59

1:30:59

Illustrator Oslo Davis explores his lasting connection with Triple R; Melbourne International Comedy Festival Director, Susan Provan on Barry Humphries’ controversial cultural legacy; Red Stitch actor Khisraw Jones-Shukoor on Pulitzer-nominated war-time play, ‘Selling Kabul’.By RRR - Triple R

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Archiving the Ephemeral & Baba: A love letter to Josh Ladgrove's grandmother 1:42:05

1y ago1:42:05

1:42:05

Comedian Josh Ladgrove pays tribute to his late Ukrainian grandmother’s strong spirit in tragic comedy ‘Baba’; Leisa Shelton on her exploration of the lost lineage of Australian art in a series of performances artworks ‘Archiving the Ephemeral’; comedian Oliver Coleman on how his past as a trained actor has impacted his comedy show, ‘Neon’.…

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The Briefing, Okkoota and Brown Women Comedy 42:56

1y ago42:56

42:56

Comedian Melissa McLensey on ‘The Briefing’, her latest interactive US press briefing style MICF show; Curator Vistal Kumaraswamy talks exhibition at North Melbourne Town Hall, Okkoota; Daizy Maan and Sukhijt Kaur Khalsa discuss South Asian women and comedy in Australia in new MICF show, Brown Women Comedy.…

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Adrienne Truscott and Le Gateau Chocolat, on walking the fine line that delineates marginalised perspectives 54:03

1+ y ago54:03

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Artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah on ‘Journey’, his latest exhibition exploring the intersection of faith, identity and culture through large scale sculptures; Musical comedian Gillian Cosgriff talks optimism and stuff you like in her MICF show, Actually Good; Adrienne Truscott and Le Gateau Chocolat discuss their new MICF show, Grey Arias.…

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Nothing deep, Mystery in a blimp and self-portraits by VCA staff 39:23

1+ y ago39:23

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Ahead of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, comedian Rowan Thambar discusses his show ‘Nothing Deep, Just Good Times!’, a night of irreverent laughs from a former chronic over-sharer; Poet-turned playwright Nathan Curnow talks The Shift Theatre’s production of his play ‘Mystery in a blimp’, which takes the piss out of independent theatre;…

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Bernhardt/Hamlet, Desire Lines and WAY 48:55

1+ y ago48:55

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Melbourne Theatre Company’s artistic director and co-CEO Anne-Louise Sarks talks about making her directorial debut as AD with ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’; Irish contemporary artist Sean Lynch talks curating the exhibition ’Desire Lines’ at City Gallery, Melbourne Town Hall; actor and writer Sally McKenzie on her new play ‘WAY’ at La Mama about the crisis o…

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Women on comics, growing up on a dairy farm and two comedy shows at once 51:10

1+ y ago51:10

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Bernard Caleo checks in for the Drawn Out segment with news from around the world of comic books; Artist and photographer Odette England discusses her exhibition Dairy Character at Centre of Contemporary Photography, which reflects on her early life on a dairy farm in rural south Australia; And comedian Damian Callinan chats about his Melbourne Int…

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Grief Trilogy, Sh*t and Frame 52:13

1+ y ago52:13

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Theatre-maker Liv Satchell and actor Emily Tomlins discuss their upcoming plays ‘The Grief Trilogy’ for La Mama Courthouse; Veteran theatre practitioners Patricia Cornelius and Susie Dee explain their film adaptation of their play ‘Sh*t’, premiering at the Melbourne Women In Film Festival 2023; and Artistic Directors Jonathan Homesy and Emily Sexto…

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Art Attack, Not All Dictators and The Crocodile 48:00

1+ y ago48:00

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Tai Snaith is back for our fortnightly visual arts review segment Art Attack; Tiffany Barton talks co-writing ‘Not All Dictators’ and what happens when women fight back, for La Mama Courthouse; Director Cass Fumi and designer Dann Barber chat about bringing ‘The Crocodile’ to the stage at Fortyfivedownstairs. With presenter Richard Watts.…

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Drawn Out, Romancing the Streetscape and Revive 53:57

1+ y ago53:57

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Bernard Caleo is back for ‘Drawn Out’, our monthly comics segment; Artist Robert Clinch discusses ’Romancing the Streetscape’, an exhibition at Hawthorn’s Town Hall Gallery celebrating streetscapes, parks and buildings iconic to Melbourne; Meanjin editor and arts advocate Esther Anatolitis dissects the new National Cultural Policy ‘Revive’, designe…

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