Art Smitten

London Comedy Duo Roulston and Young come straight from the Adelaide Cabaret Festival to Melbourne’s Butterfly Club, to deliver an hour of upbeat laughs and jabs at relationships on a frosty Melbourne night. The first song lets you know what you’re in for, an upbeat formula with plenty of witty banter between hosts and invitations to the audience to join in the wink-winking and nudge-n...

Christian chats to musical theatre performer Nelson Gardner about playing the part of Charley in Watch This’ production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along , running from June 29 – July 15 at Southbank Theatre, 140 Southbank Boulevard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack and Christian chat to Circus Oz veteran performer Matt Wilson about their new show,  Model Citizens , running until July 16 at the Big Top in Birrarung Marr (between Federation Square and Batman Avenue). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This documentary wasn’t just your normal superstar backstory, this was a story about a woman's journey through self-doubt, a controlling family, addiction and racism. Nick Broomfield’s documentary of Whitney Houston is truly riveting and captivating, unlike any documentary I’ve ever seen. There were a number of never before seen home videos of Whitney starting out singing with he...

Maria and Ben chat with Piri Goodman and Maya Tregonning, students at the National Institute of Circus, about their June showcase performance at the National Circus Centre,  Circosis: Left Brain, Right Brain . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ellie and Christian chat with Rachael Maza, Artistic Director of the Ilbijerri Theatre Company, currently touring Coranderrk all around Australia until July 18. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack and Christian are joined by artist and producer Tina Dixson, human rights advocate Renee Dixson and Thomas Feng, from Road to Refuge , to discuss  Stories About Hope , an exhibiton celebrating the strength, identity and human dignity of people from refugee backgrounds, on at the No Vacancy Project Space in Federation Square until Sunday June 25. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Jack and Christian are joined by artist and producer Tina Dixson, human rights advocate Renee Dixson and Thomas Feng, from Road to Refuge , to discuss  Stories About Hope , an exhibiton celebrating the strength, identity and human dignity of people from refugee backgrounds, on at the No Vacancy Project Space in Federation Square until Sunday June 25. Click here for part 2 See omnystudio.com/l...

Maria and Ben chat to Jodi Newcombe,  ​​​ Creative Producer​ of ​ Empire of Dirt , an environmental work by James Geurts up on Rodda Lane off La Trobe St at RMIT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caroline's interview with Sam Yong, Apparition Media 30-year-old artist and designer of the Spider-Man: Homecoming mural at Melbourne Central.   CAROLINE: Congratulations on your big commission! SAM: Thank you. CAROLINE: Can you tell us how you got the gig? SAM: I work part time at Apparition Media, and I’m an artist and a designer there as well. Tyson (Hunter), one of the founders, he...

Ben, Silvi and Christina chat to producer Olivia Satchell and director Christian Taylor about  Tipping Points , their 24-hour play project centring on climate change that will be performed on June 22, 7-9pm at 1000 £ Bend (361 Little Lonsdale Street) as part of the Emerging Writers' Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This weeks Friday Nights included a headline act by Two Steps on the Water, a extravagant chandelier and a reviewer entranced in the art of Van Gogh and Love: Art of Emotion 1400 - 1800. I find that the two components that make or break the Friday Nights experience is the music and the art. This weeks Friday Nights had exhibitions that emphasize emotion and mood. It only made it more suitable that...

There's something very romantic about going to an art gallery at night time, especially one as grand as the NGV. The high ceilings and wide open spaces are really beautiful. It would be really cute to take someone there on a date and afterwards get a hot chocolate and sit by the river, just a suggestion. Van Gogh and the Seasons was curated by Sjraar van Heugten The exhibition begins with a short...

Silvi, Ben and Christina chat to Izzy Roberts-Orr, Artistic Director of the 2017 Emerging Writers' Festival (June 14-23). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Silvi, Ben and Christina chat to actor Dion Mills about Red Stitch and Little Ones Theatre's production of The Moors , playing at Rear 2 Chapel St, St Kilda East until July 9. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian chats with and hears a live performance from Jason Fleming's solo tribute show,  James Taylor: Bittersweet and Low , playing at the Caravan Club (95-97 Drummond Street, Oakleigh) on Saturday June 10, 8pm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria chats with Gemma Paintin, one half of the Bristol-based live art duo Action Hero, currently in residency at Arts House in North Melbourne performing a handful of pop-culture-focused works. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack reviews the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s May concert,  Unfinished Romance – Rossini & Schubert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 th Century Women is the latest film from Mike Mills, whose previous film Beginners came out a full six years ago – but the wait has certainly been worthwhile. He’s managed to follow up what was a rather lovely and tender film with an even lovelier and even more tender one, a film that encompasses a sprawling range of themes and sentiments. It’s set in Southern California in 19...

Wild Bore is a new theatre production by three comedians, Zoe Coombs Marr, 
Ursula Martinez 
and Adrienne Truscott. It is a meta theatrical production where the three performers analyse and deconstruct theatre criticisms, drawing material from real reviews they have received and other brutal reviews of other theatre productions. A lot of the themes of the show revolve around their experience of be...

Christian chats with director Robbie Carmellotti and cast member Jordon Mahar from Chapel off Chapel's production of Spring Awakening: The Musical , running until June 10. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Action Hero arrives in Melbourne bringing a light Americana teeny boppy show "Whatever it takes" the banner read on the gym decorated theatre. Lines like these that seemingly belonged in a Degrassi High after school special were particularly prevalent in the UK groups show. It relied on the underdog team standing up against great grief and overcoming it all. The plot relied on spectacle and captur...

Christian reviews Boutique Theatre's production of  The Fairytale Russian Girls ( running at St Martin's Youth Theatre until May 27) for Host Adalya and Assistant Producer Thierry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Art Smitten's special Mother's Day episode, Host Maria, Executive Producer Christian Producer and Christian's mum, Helen, chat with Tegan Jones, Producer, Co-Founder and Company Manager of Boutique Theatre, about The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls , on at St Martin's Youth Theatre until May 27. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Smithers interviews double bass player from the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, performing in Unfinished Romance – Rossini & Schubert on Monday 22 May, 7.30pm at the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.