Art Smitten

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.

Christian, Jack and Ellie chat with actor Faran Martin from North of Eight's production of Gardner McKay's  Toyer , running at The Courthouse Hotel (86-90 Errol St, North Melbourne) until May 13. Click here for Christian's review See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian, Jack and Ellie chat to artists Ali MC and Rushdi about their exhibitions from the 2017 Human Rights Festival -  Rohingya: Refugee Crisis in Colour  (on display until May 25 at the Fitzroy Library) and Reframe “Home” with Patterns of Displacement (on display from May 9-14 at the No Vancancy Gallery in QV). Click here to listen to our interview with festival director...

Jack, Ellie and Christian chat with Lauren Valmadre, Director of this year's Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, running until May 14. Click here to listen to our interview with HRAFF artists Ali MC and Rushdi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federation Uni Graduating Class of 2017 I’m going to start by saying that my parents saw RENT on Broadway twice during its run from 1996 to 2008 and gushed about it to me as soon as I was old enough to understand. It’s the 11th longest running musical on Broadway when it finished and has won 4 Tony’s, 6 Drama Desk awards and The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. So, as you can tell, goin...

Jack and Ellie chat to Laura Morrisby and Jonathan Reeves from the FedUni Arts Academy Ballarat production of RENT, running until May 6 at the Athenaeum 2 (188 Collins Street). Click here to listen to Ellie's review See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Producer Christian chats to hosts Ellie and Jack about North of Eight's production of Gardner McKay's  Toyer , featuring Faran Martin and Kashmir Sinnamon, which runs until May 13 at the Courthouse Hotel, 86-90 Errol St, North Melbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shining a spotlight on American independent cinema The American Essentials Film Festival, now in its second year, features a range of independent works produced over the last year and timeless American Masterpieces. The Artistic Director, Richard Sowada created a program that captured the essence of American culture. The program features G-Funk, Annie Hall and feature documentaries such as The Bom...

“I myself almost don’t know which season I like best;  I believe all of them equally well” -Van Gogh London 1873 The NGV has done it again.  The NGV has pulled off one of its most ambitious plans for the 2017 collection. The Winter Masterpieces exhibition, which started in 2004, features a beautiful array of Van Gogh pieces; some of which have never been on Australian s...

I often find myself unable to articulate what I feel, think and experienced after seeing a Rabble show, and JOAN was no different, so here’s my best shot at trying to speak about it. JOAN is an experimental theatre production exploring the story of Joan of Arc. It has no plot or story and very little dialogue, and it is made mainly of images inspired primarily from Joan of Arc. A lot of the...

Smithers and Samara chat to CEO and co-founder of CLIMARTE Guy Abrahams about the ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2017 festival, now running until May 14. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part 2 of Samara and Smithers' interview with Rebecca Rosengrave about her debut young adult fantasy novel, Gumtree Gargoyles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CONTENT WARNING : Mental illness Part 1 of Samara and Smithers' interview with Rebecca Rosengrave about her debut young adult fantasy novel, Gumtree Gargoyles. Click here for Part 2! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Intimate look into Brett Whiteley's life and legacy Whiteley uses Brett Whiteley's art and interview archives to take you on a journey into his inner psyche. Within the footage he tells of his relationship with Wendy,  his search for meaning and his push to create art that serves a purpose for the public. His life is summed up with tension and brooding that Brett unsuccessfully attempts to...

Samara and Smithers chat to Olugbade Okunade from the Nigerian afrobeat band Alárìíyá about their debut album launch on Saturday April 29, 7.30pm at The Toff (Level 2 Curtin House, 252 Swanston St) with Headphones Jones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.