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Marcie and Connor interview Michelle Swan, director of two plays at Chapel off Chapel: Five Minutes to Midnight and Raoul Wallenberg Saved Me, two plays written by award-winning playwright Niel Cole, and which tell the personal journeys of two people who survived the Holocaust, offering a different take on the hallowing experience.  You can still catch this show and book tickets via this link...

Christian and Monisha are joined over-the-phone by curator Diane Soumilas about Glen Eira City Council Gallery's latest exhibition Stories in Clay , featuring the pottery of renowned Australian artist Arthur Boyd. Stories in Clay will be displayed until Sunday, December 15th. More information can be found on the official Glen Eira City Council website . Segment originally aired Wednesday, December...

Tom Parry interviews the creators of the fiction podcast  B.S. Cryptid , Ollie Krusec and Rowen Midello about how they came to collaborate on the project, what the production process is like, and their fascination with mythical creatures. You can listen to the first three episodes of B. S. Cryptid now via Omny and the SYN website . Also be sure to follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter ....

Michael and Christian chat with  Art Smitten 's producer Tom about Judy & Punch , a historical comedy-drama from acclaimed Australian director Mirrah Foulkes. Segment originally aired Wednesday, November 20th. Produced by Tom Parry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During our trip to Oz Comic-Con, our own Viv Micic secured an interview with Australian author Isobelle Carmody, most widely recognised for her acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles series. You can find out more about Isobelle Carmody on her official website , and hear our full adventures at Oz Comic-Con via this very link . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The R & M McGivern Prize is a triennial art competition run by the Maroondah City Council. This year, the theme is "Anthropocene" and seeks to address the environmental challenges faced by humanity. One of the 45 finalists competing for this year's Prize is Betra Fraval, a nomadic artist who has spent time in Finland and Peru, two places that have informed her artistic process. She spoke with...

Co-hosts Christian and Michael are joined via telephone by actor Matthew Whitty, who is performing in Red Stitch's production of Oil . Oil is performing at the Cromwell Road Theatre until December 15th. For more information, head to the official Red Stitch website . Segment originally aired Wednesday, November 20th. Produced by Tom Parry.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marcie, Connor and Sharni interview  Rafal Alumairy for the independent book project she's working on: A History of Student Radio in Australia, a book that explores the history of student radio in Australia. Here Rafal talks about the evolving landscape of student radio, and how it allows young people to express themselves on their own terms. She also describes the amazing progress she has ma...

Like  The Gruffalo  and  The Gruffalo's Child before it, Julia Donaldson's picture book  Room on the Broom has come to be loved by children the world over. It has also been adapted for the stage, with CDP being one such company to do so. During our first season, we chatted with director Andrew Threlfall about CDP's stage adaptation and why it was perfect for audiences of all ag...

Way back in our first season, co-hosts Tom Denham and Aurora Wang were joined by Courtney Ammenhauser & Hannah Grace Fulton, who swung by the studios to promote their show Noughty Girls: A 2000s Pop-Culture Comedy . You can find out more about Courtney and Hannah's production company through their official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheGeneralPublicTC/   Segment originally ai...

It was once a staple of every corner block; nowadays, Australians rarely ever see one, let alone set foot in one. Callum Preston is an artist who laments the loss of the traditional Milk Bar, a small business where anything and everything could be purchased for a handful of change. He has recreated the signs and brands of old in a life-size art installation that has been touring Victoria. In this...

The elation that comes with meeting a relative, friend or loved-one at the airport is immense and special. It’s a moment that photographers Andrew Englisch and Gabrielle Reiher hoped to capture in their portfolio Arrival , which was exhibited in June at the Melbourne International Airport – the very same place where their photographs were snapped. Andrew and Gabrielle entered the Art S...

Marcie interviews Lucy Seale, Nicola Dobinson and Annabelle Mitchell for their upcoming Shakespearean Jeans show at the Butterfly Club: Her Hour Upon The Stage . This is a show that focuses on the female and non-binary characters of Shakespeare's Macbeth - Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff and the witches, and gives them a voice. This angsty feminist adaptation of Macbeth investigates non-male narrati...

The National Gallery of Victoria recently unveiled its newest exhibition, containing the fashion of visionary designer Rei Kawakubo. Co-hosts Michael and Christian spoke with the curator of Collecting Comme , Dani Whitford about Kawakubo's legacy and the generous donor who offered their collection to NGV. Collecting Comme will be on display at NGV International until July 2020. More information ca...

This week marks the premiere of EbbFlow Theatre's  Dream$ong , a satirical musical centred around an evangelical church that has gone into recession. Co-hosts Christian and Michael spoke with the show's producer, Dean Robinson to learn more. Dream$ong  will be playing at the Alex Theatre in St Kilda from November 21st. For more information, head to EbbFlow's official website .   Seg...

Co-hosts Nick and Marcie are joined in the studio by Sharon Batterham and Liam Marziano, the director and participant, respectively, of Southern Voices , a choral group based in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne. Southern Voices will be hosting their end-of-year concert THIS SATURDAY, November 9th. For more information, head to the official Facebook page . Segment originally aired Wednesday, Oct...

Broadside is an unashamedly feminist ideas festival, hosted by the Wheeler Centre and featuring numerous female artists, writers and academics. Tam Zimet, the Festival Director, spoke with co-hosts Nick and Sharni about what to expect at this year's event. Broadside is happening this weekend, November 9th and 10th at the Wheeler Centre. More information can be found on the official website . Segme...

Co-hosts Nick and Marcie are joined via telephone by a rising star in Melbourne's drag community, Silvio Di Baci, in a wide-ranging interview that talks about love, improvisation and future plans. Silvio will be performing as part of Kong's Kings this Friday at The Fox Hotel in Collingwood. More information can be found here . Also, be sure to chuck Silvio a like on his official Facebook page . &n...

In this very special segment, Tom and Marcie interview a formidable figure in community radio, John Maizels about the origins of radio broadcasting at RMIT University, the innovative programming he played a part in, working with analogue equipment and where he sees radio in the future. John is currently being interviewed as part of Rafal Alumairy's independent book project A History of Student Rad...

The No Borders Music project aims to provide a voice to refugees and asylum seekers through the power of song. Oscar Poncell is one of the creative forces behind the project, being a mix-engineer and producer on many of its tracks. Oscar spoke with co-hosts Sharni and Nick about the upcoming premiere of a No Borders documentary, the new single from the project and the upcoming album launch on Dece...

Marcie discusses with Tom and Connor one of Mudcrabs' recent major shows: "Bab Crabulous and the Dinosaur Dilemma. Directed by Finn Lloyd and Iszzy Williamson and produced by Nicholas Kirkby, it's a sketch show set in the year 3000, with the titular protagonist Bab Crabulous going on a whole lot of timey-wimey adventures, and (sometimes quite literally) inviting the audience to participate in the...

Prior to the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Sam Lohs & Rosie Burgess – otherwise known as the Tuck Shop Ladies – swung by the  Art Smitten studios to promote their live show  All Rhyme , No Reason , and brought a couple of instruments with them to ask the eternal question: "Why are there no baby pigeons?" Sam and Rosie are currently touring Victoria. To find out exactly where...

Fresh from the reveal of his work  The Late Supper – commissioned as part of the 2019 Art Trams Project – artist Nyein Chan Aung spoke with co-hosts Sharni Hill and Nick Angus about the inspiration for his art, working on a large scale, and his upcoming exhibition at Black Cat Gallery in Collingwood. For more information about Nyein and his work, visit his official website: nyeina...

Presented annually by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Archibald Prize is Australia’s highest honour for portraiture. One of this year’s finalists is Bridgette McNab, whose entry is an oil painting of fashion designer Karla Špetić (pictured). In this segment, Bridgette chats with Liam, Monisha and Christian about her upbringing in regional Australia, how she came to pursu...

In preparation for the Australian Burlesque Festival, performer Camilla Cream came by the Art Smitten studios to discuss the history of the artform, and more, with co-hosts Liam, Monisha and Christian. The Australian Burlesque Festival is touring nationally until October 20th. More information can be found via the official website . Segment originally aired Wednesday, September 25th. Produced and...