The first show of July is not only our week for a visit from Theatre Network Australia, but it’s also NAIDOC Week, so that’s an excellent time to meet TNA’s First Nations Circle Programme Producer Lauren Swain and to welcome back actor, writer, director and founding member of Ilbijerri Theatre, Maryanne Sam as the TNA Member of the Month…

Then, it’s a visit to Arts Centre Naarm, where we catch up with Yorta Yorta/Yuin soprano, composer and artistic director of Short Black Opera, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon who is finally getting to bring her Dreamtime Opera; Parrwang Lifts the Sky to the State Theatre stage…

Meanwhile, across town on the Comedy Theatre stage, Midnight, a brand new Australian musical take on the Cinderella story, has just opened and we’ll meet co-writer and director Dean Murphy…

And finally, Marc Gracie is back again for Screens & Streams…

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

If you missed Maryanne Sam on the May 1 edition of Behind the Scenes, you can catch up with it here…