Behind the Scenes 6th May 2024
It’s the first show for May and for our Theatre Network Australia spot, we’ll be meeting TNA Intern Georgie Bright before announcing the TNA Member of the Month for May – St Martins Youth Arts Centre and we chat with Artistic Director Nadja Kostich as well as young performers Sunday, Oscar and Fran…
Behind the Scenes 29th April 2024
Tom Guttridge is Senior Producer at Monash performing Arts Centres, so he’s bound to know what’s happening in their programme over the next month or two… Then, even though Screens & Streams isn’t until next week, it’s hard to turn up the opportunity to chat with film writer turned screenwriter N…
Behind the Scenes 22nd April 2024
It's our week to start in Darwin but Sophia Hall is on leave… never fear, though… Brown’s Mart Associate Artist James Mangohig is deputising and will let us know what’s happening Live on Fridays… Then I swing by the Abbotsford Convent which is about to celebrate its 20th birthday… so, it makes…
Behind the Scenes 15th April 2024
Third show of the month means we’re saying welcome back to Helen Simondson from WA Museum Boola Bardip and after her Perth round up we’ll also say hi to Shakara Walley who’s written the new Yirra Yaakin show, Songbird. Then, it’s still Melbourne International Comedy Festival time so let’s put ou…
Behind the Scenes 8th April 2024
Elena Vereker is here because it’s our week to catch up on all things Adelaide including, of course, her guest local artist and this month it’s multi-award-winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer who seems to also now be a novelist… Then we drop in on Odalala… a rather beautiful exhibition that h…
Curator Vishal Kumaraswamy, Odalala Exhibition
Arts House in North Melbourne has been taken over by ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala a remarkable exhibition that explores themes of identity, diversity, oppression, and more through video works, sculpture, prints, performances, film screenings, talks and tours created by eight different artists curated by Vishal K…
Behind the Scenes 1st April 2024
Co-CEO of Theatre Network Australia, Josh Lowe is here to get April rolling and to introduce the TNA Member of the Month, writer, director, dramaturg and performer Andi Snelling. Director, Kym Staton’s new doco about Julian Assange is called The Trust Fall… but what does that mean? We’ve got Ky…
Behind the Scenes 25th March 2024
If it’s the last show for March then we’re in Darwin to catch up with Sophia Hall from Brown’s Mart where they’ve just launched their 2024 programme… so guess what Sophia’s talking about… Then let’s get stuck into the Melbourne International Comedy Festival which kicks off this week… Let’s st…
Behind the Scenes 18th March 2024
Helen Simondson from WA Museum Boola Bardip is at the top of this week’s show with an update on what’s been happening in Perth… Then we welcome back Director of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, Sian Mitchell to talk about what we can expect from this year’s programme… After that, I’m out…
Behind the Scenes 11th March 2024
It's our week for catching up with Elena Vereker in Adelaide and she’ll introduce us to her local guest artist – choreographer and sound designer Alix Kuijpers… whose new show Grim Grinning Ghosts is part of Adelaide Fringe… And while we’re talking about Adelaide, let’s meet Jack Calver, co-devi…