Screens&Streams Annual Wrap - Monday December 29, 2025

Well, it’s that time of the year again when we look back at what we’ve been seeing on our big and small screens over the past twelve months. Marc Gracie is here for one last go around with our 2025 Screens&Streams Movie Wrap – what were our favourite movies and streamers? What were our biggest disappointments? What surprised us? And what are we looking forward to next year? You’ll get the answers to all these questions on this week’s special edition of the Behind the Scenes Movie Wrap with Chris Thompson and Marc Gracie right here on Vision Australia Radio.

Screens&amp;Streams Annual Wrap - Monday December 29, 2025
Well, it&rsquo;s that time of the year again when we look back at what we&rsquo;ve been seeing on our big and small screens over the past twelve months. Marc Gracie is here for one last go around with our 2025 Screens&amp;Streams Movie Wrap &ndash; what were our favourite movies and streamers? What were our biggest disappointments? What surprised us? And what are we looking forward to next year? You&rsquo;ll get the answers to all these questions on this week&rsquo;s special edition of the Behind the Scenes Movie Wrap with Chris Thompson and Marc Gracie right here on Vision Australia Radio.

The Australian Arts community is as diverse as its population. Each week Behind The Scenes looks at how people carry out these arts projects. Many stories, both fascinating and amusing are waiting to be told. 

The Australian Arts community is as diverse as its population. Each week Behind The Scenes looks at how people carry out these arts projects. Many stories, both fascinating and amusing are waiting to be told.&nbsp;

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Behind the Scenes 29th December 2025

We kick off this week’s festival season show with a little Christmas song from Sting called Soul Cake… and if we’re starting with a Christmas song then that must mean this is our last regular show for the year. But fear not, there’s plenty of good stuff lined up for our season of Summer Specials…

 

But first, let’s meet some people who are getting ready to help us kick off 2026 with some really great events.

First up, it’s the Peninsular Summer Music Festival which would explain why Melissa Doecke is back to let us know what she and Ben Opie have got lined up for us this year.

Then, it seems like Adelaide is taking over Arts Centre Melbourne in January when Patch Theatre returns with their sublime work for children – Zooom – and we’ll chat with our former Behind the Scenes Adelaide Correspondent Geoff Cobham, who also happens to be Artistic Director of Patch.

Then once Patch leaves the building, Gravity and Other Myths moves in with their high energy show, Ten Thousand Hours and we catch up with the company’s Co-Founder and Director of this production, Lachlan Binns.

And finally, Arena Theatre Company in Bendigo may not have anything planned for January, except maybe a farewell party for long-serving Artistic Director Christian Leavesley who, true to his name, is leaving.

They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.

We kick off this week&rsquo;s festival season show with a little Christmas song from Sting called Soul Cake&hellip; and if we&rsquo;re starting with a Christmas song then that must mean this is our last regular show for the year. But fear not, there&rsquo;s plenty of good stuff lined up for our season of Summer Specials&hellip;
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But first, let&rsquo;s meet some people who are getting ready to help us kick off 2026 with some really great events.
First up, it&rsquo;s the Peninsular Summer Music Festival which would explain why Melissa Doecke is back to let us know what she and Ben Opie have got lined up for us this year.
Then, it seems like Adelaide is taking over Arts Centre Melbourne in January when Patch Theatre returns with their sublime work for children &ndash; Zooom &ndash; and we&rsquo;ll chat with our former Behind the Scenes Adelaide Correspondent Geoff Cobham, who also happens to be Artistic Director of Patch.
Then once Patch leaves the building, Gravity and Other Myths moves in with their high energy show, Ten Thousand Hours and we catch up with the company&rsquo;s Co-Founder and Director of this production, Lachlan Binns.
And finally, Arena Theatre Company in Bendigo may not have anything planned for January, except maybe a farewell party for long-serving Artistic Director Christian Leavesley who, true to his name, is leaving.
They&rsquo;re all on this week&rsquo;s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.

Behind the Scenes 22nd December 2025

A bit of poetry to get us going this week with award winning poet and playwright Emilie Collyer who has a new collection of works called As If I’m Really There… funny that, because she really is here…

Then we’re getting in early on the 2026 Midsumma Festival with CEO Karen Bryant who’s here to give us an overview of the whole programme… followed by Karan Nagrani whose festival show From Grndr to Blindr invites us to experience storytelling through the eyes of someone who's learning to live without sight.

And finally, some music to take us out from a Benson and Clem who go by the name Missing Opal and who, surprisingly write and record their music together even though Benson lives here in Naarm/Melbourne and Clem lives in London.

 

They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.

 

If you’d like to hear my other conversations with Emilie Collyer – we spoke about her first collection – Do You Have Anything Less Domestic - on the December 12, 2022 show and we spoke about her play Super on the June 16 show this year - you’ll find them both on our podcast page- just put Vision Australia Radio Behind the Scenes into your favourite podcast search engine and you’ll find this and all our other episodes and bonus chats… plus if you subscribe, you’ll never have to search for an episode or our bonus material again… talk with you next week… bye!

A bit of poetry to get us going this week with award winning poet and playwright Emilie Collyer who has a new collection of works called As If I&rsquo;m Really There&hellip; funny that, because she really is here&hellip;
Then we&rsquo;re getting in early on the 2026 Midsumma Festival with CEO Karen Bryant who&rsquo;s here to give us an overview of the whole programme&hellip; followed by Karan Nagrani whose festival show From Grndr to Blindr invites us to experience storytelling through the eyes of someone who's learning to live without sight.
And finally, some music to take us out from a Benson and Clem who go by the name Missing Opal and who, surprisingly write and record their music together even though Benson lives here in Naarm/Melbourne and Clem lives in London.
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They&rsquo;re all on this week&rsquo;s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.
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If you&rsquo;d like to hear my other conversations with Emilie Collyer &ndash; we spoke about her first collection &ndash; Do You Have Anything Less Domestic - on the December 12, 2022 show and we spoke about her play Super on the June 16 show this year - you&rsquo;ll find them both on our podcast page- just put Vision Australia Radio Behind the Scenes into your favourite podcast search engine and you&rsquo;ll find this and all our other episodes and bonus chats&hellip; plus if you subscribe, you&rsquo;ll never have to search for an episode or our bonus material again&hellip; talk with you next week&hellip; bye!

Behind the Scenes 15th December 2025

Jake Lynch & Annabel McGoldrick met in 1992 when they were reporters for Yorkshire Television. They married and moved to Australia where, these days, he lectures in Social Justice at Sydney University and she’s a psychotherapist. But now, they’ve combined all those experiences in a murder mystery novel – Mind Over Murder – and we’ll find out how they manage this impressive juggling act.

After that, we’ve got a bit of music when we meet Anne Frankenberg CEO of Musica Viva Australia to find out what they’ve got programmed for 2026, followed by QiQi who’s followed up a successful Fringe season with a live album – Elysian Blues – recorded at this year’s Sleepless Festival AND a solo EP both of which will be launched this weekend at Tempo Rubato in Brunswick.

 

Then Marc Gracie’s here for a bumper, final Screens & Streams for the year ahead of our annual movie wrap at the end of the month.

 

They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.

Jake Lynch &amp; Annabel McGoldrick met in 1992 when they were reporters for Yorkshire Television. They married and moved to Australia where, these days, he lectures in Social Justice at Sydney University and she&rsquo;s a psychotherapist. But now, they&rsquo;ve combined all those experiences in a murder mystery novel &ndash; Mind Over Murder &ndash; and we&rsquo;ll find out how they manage this impressive juggling act.
After that, we&rsquo;ve got a bit of music when we meet Anne Frankenberg CEO of Musica Viva Australia to find out what they&rsquo;ve got programmed for 2026, followed by QiQi who&rsquo;s followed up a successful Fringe season with a live album &ndash; Elysian Blues &ndash; recorded at this year&rsquo;s Sleepless Festival AND a solo EP both of which will be launched this weekend at Tempo Rubato in Brunswick.
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Then Marc Gracie&rsquo;s here for a bumper, final Screens &amp; Streams for the year ahead of our annual movie wrap at the end of the month.
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They&rsquo;re all on this week&rsquo;s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.

Behind the Scenes 29th December 2025

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