Art Smitten

Silvi and Smithers chat to and hear some live singing by Elandrah Eramiha-Feo and James Elmer from the cast of Memphis the Musical , playing at Chapel off Chapel (12 Little Chapel St, Prahran) from October 7-29. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samara Barr reviews  Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets,  a co-production between Victorian Opera and Malthouse Theatre written by Tom Waits and William S. Burroughs that's playing until October 8. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian interviews the playwright of American Song , playing at Red Stitch Actors Theatre in St Kilda East until November 5. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian interviews the writer/director of the new environmental documentary Blue , in cinemas October 12. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tarnay covers The Cocoon,   playing at The Portable (3 Dawson St Brunswick) until Friday September 30 as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack interviews the Melbourne Youth Orchestras’ principal clarinet during their 50th Anniversary performances and ahead of their Moments of Beauty concert series running from September 27 – October 29. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone loves a good ghost story whether to try and debunk the paranormal, persuade a non-believer, or encourage discussion on the afterlife. For me ghost stories take me back to Cub Scout campfires and sleepovers with torches. Phil Spencer's Hooting and Howling captures this essence of story telling in a delightful and highly entertaining manner as he recounts his own experience of hunting down...

Smithers chats to Jasper Foley from the cast of  Completely Improvised Potter , playing at The Lithuanian Club until September 30 as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hamish drops by to tell Christina and Reem all about this year's Melbourne Jewish Music Festival, Shir Madness See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christina and Reem chat to Patrick McCarthy, writer/director of The Sky Is Well Designed , which is playing at Northcote Town Hall from September 15-28. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian chats to Sean Bedlam about his Melbourne Fringe Festival show, D eath to America , playing from September 23-30 at The Courthouse Hotel (96-90 Errol St, North Melbourne). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christina and Reem chat with Sally Maclean and Christopher Kirby from the cast and crew of Season Two of the web series Shakespeare Republic , whcih can now be viewed on shakespearerepublic.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julia from The Naughty Rude Show and Christian (from Art Smitten) chat to comedy musician and school teacher Grant Busé about his Melbourne Fringe Festival show The Birds and the Beats , on at the Wonderland Spiegeltent (699 La Trobe Street, Docklands) from September 19-24. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hamish chats with Broden Kelly ahead of Aunty Donna’s performances of  Big Boys  and  New Show: World Tour Edition  on Saturday October 28 at the Athenaeum Theatre (188 Collins St). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria chats to ensemble member Jaklene Vukasinovic about The Big HOO-HAA, a 24-hour improvised comedy show running from 8pm Saturday September 23 - 8pm Sunday September 24 at Sokol 497 (Queensbury St. North Melbourne). Image by Mark Gambino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian chats with Matthew Sini, Cassandra-Elli Yiannacou and Ryan Kennedy about their theatrical triple bill of The Last Journalist on Earth , Left Too Soon and Prayers To Broken Stone , playing together from September 19-23 at Gasworks Arts Park ( Prayers To Broken Stone opens on September 14). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rebi and Andrew chat to Melbourne artist Andrew Grimmer who contributed to the feature-length painted animation, Loving Vincent . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rebi and Andrew interview Florian Habicht about his new documentary, Spookers , while he is trapped inside a lift! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian chats with hip-hop artist James Mangohig about In Between Two , the show that he and Joelistic are bringing to the Melbourne Festival at the Fairfax Studio in Arts Centre Melbourne from October 11-15. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria chats to Kate Lawrence, producer and performer of Cirque Nocturne , playing at  Wonderland Spiegeltent (699 LaTrobe St, Melbourne Docklands) from September 14-17 at 9.30pm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian chats to Nandita Chakraborty, author of  Meera Rising , launching on Thursday September 7, 7.30pm at Busybird Publishing (2/118 Para Rd, Montmorency). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian chats to Rory Kelly from the cast of The Way Out , Josephine Collins' sci-fi western play now on at Red Stitch Actor’s Theatre (Rear 2 Chapel St, St Kilda) until September 24. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Sutherland and David Baker Christian chats to the artistic directors and one of the members of rollercoaster theatre company, talking about their new show, fish , playing at The Melba Spiegeltent (35 Johnston St, Collingwood) until September 2. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reem chats to James Hewison, head of film programming at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, talking about their program of talks, live performances and screenings of the new documentary I Am Not Your Negro , from September 11-24. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria and Smithers chat to Kieran Gould-Dowen, Emily Scerri, Ruby Wall and Melina Wylie, the writer/director and some of the cast members of Take A Seat , playing at Chapel Off Chapel (12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran) until September 3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.