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This week, Richard is joined by one of A Little night Music's lead actorsEddie Muliaumasealii, Megan Beckwith of Parallax 3D dance work, and Tarrawarra Museum of Arts Director Victoria Lynn pops by to chat about paralleled exhibitions Hilarie Mais and Modern Currents.

This week Richard is joined by Khalid Warsame, lead producer for Footscray Community Arts Centre working on Festival of Live Art projects, Sarah Goodes pops by to chat about Malthouse Theatre Companys The Children ; William Yang discusses visual production held at Wyndham Cultural centre The Story Only I Can Tell , andproducer Jo Porter chats with Richard on the phone about what's going on in the...

This week Richard is joined by Bernard Caleo for Draw Out,Co-creators Brodie John and Marissa Bennett chat about a new Butterfly Club show Burlesque By Force;Rory ONeill (aka Panti Bliss) pops in to talk about RIOT at Arts Centre Melbourne and finallycomposer, artist and curator Lawrence English chats to Richard about Loyalty Does Not end with Death - a Genesis P. Orridge exhibition at The Substat...

This week Richard is joined by Australian Theatre for Young People's assistant director Fraser Corfield, Heather Croall of Adelaide Fringe, and Performer Brian Lucas of Midsumma's De Profundis.

Richard sits in with Blak-Queer Futurism (at Midsumma) curator Alec Read,White Face Crew Co-Founder and cast member Jarod Rawiri for La Vie Dans Une Marionette (Life In A Puppet) at the Arts Centre Melbourne, and Ella Caldwell pops in to chat all things Red Stitch Theatre for their 2018 program.

Richard is back for another year of Smart Arts; Fleur Kilpatrick kicks back in another episode of Shoot the Messenger; Director and co-founderPete Keen pops by to spruikVIA ALICE at Sugar Mountain and Tessa Waters, Victoria Falconer and Rowena Hutsonaka ofFringe Wives Club fame come in to invite us along to their launch party at Melba Spiegeltent.

As Richard's final podcast for the year - Daniel Santangeli pops in for the Midsumma review; Kate Champion spiruks the NICA students exhibit Please hold ; Eva Seymour and Morgan Rose chat about Red Stitch Theatre's newest work Desert , and Fleur Kilpatrick chats to Richard on the phone about the year's highlights from S hoot the Messenger.

Festival director Wesley Enoch joins Richard to chat about the 2018 Sydney Festival program; Artist Liza McCosh pops by to talk about the abstract work Liminal at 45 Downstairs, and performer Faustina Agolley talks about their debut in MTCs The Father.

Richard sits down with Jenny Watson to discuss The Fabric of Fantasy exhibition on atHeide III: Central Galleries;Festival Director Nicholas Maksymow and Karen Shakhnazarov (Director of Opening Night Film ANNA KARENINA: VRONSKYS STORY) pop by to chat about the Russian Resurrection Film Festival. Tom Middleditch caps off today's podcast with a look at Alexithymia showing at the Poppy Seed Festival,...

Richard is joined by artistic director of the Malthouse Theatre Matt Lutton to chat about the MTC's 2018 season,Jarred Dewey and Antonella Casella of Party Ghost Poached Eggs & Asparagu s and discuss Circus Oz Sidesault at The Melba Spiegeltent; and art meets technology as Tiffaney Bishop from Artist Run Initiative tbC explains: The Art of Conversation at 45 Downstairs.

This week, Richard is joined on the line by Adelaide festival's own artistic directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healey; Andrew Goddard pops by for an in-depth chat about Soundings , an RMIT sound arts students exhibition at Bus Projects - and Matthew Holmes caps off the podcast with his new work The Legend of Ben Hall.

On this Melbourne Festival special,Richard sits down with the director of Cambodian Living Arts, Phloeun Prim to chat about the historically resonant A Requiem for Cambodia: Bangsokol; All the Sex Ive Ever Had's Co-Director Alice Flemming and cast member Bea pop in, andPhillip Adams mysteriously lifts the curtain on his musical/play EVER.

Richard sits down with producer of Melbourne music festival participant Germinal Marine Thevenet, co-creators of The book of exodus part ll Adena Jacobs and Aaron Orzech, ending with a look at the old Melbourne Gaol in The Ballad of Reading Gaol, accompanied byperformer Marco Lorenzio and director Alice XXX.

Richard jumps on the phone with Backbone director Darcy Grant, Nadja Kostich pops by for another visit to chat about For the ones who walk away by St Martins; Kanen Breen and Phoebe Brigs stop by to chat about the Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera's latest venture The Black Rider.

Richard is joined by Simon Maidment from the NGVA about their new work Gareth Sansom: Transformer, Perth centred Fringe performers Mark Storen and Georgia King in the work The One; and finally Flying Fruit Fly Circus artistic director Jodie Farrugia chats about Junk showing at the Arts Centre in Melbourne.

Richard chats to Christian Leavesley and Lee Casey about Arena Theatre Company 's resurgence from the ashes, Fringe festival gets a once over with writer/director Patrick Mcarthy and performer Emily Tomlins chatting about The Sky is Well ; the delightful Jonathan Homsey (Ausdance Victoria) pops in for Dancing on the radio , to chat about the National Dance Forum & Awards season.

Richard is joined once again by comic book aficionadoBernard Caleoto chat all things relating to the graphic novella, Curator of All that is solid... and director of Tarrawarra museum of artVictoria Lynnpops inand Joel Brayannounces his exciting debut work;a dance/performance hybrid titled Biladurang.

This week on Smart Arts, Richard sits down with Director Gary Abrahams and cast member Grant Cartwright to chat about their adaptation of this two part production Angels in America: a gay fantasia on national themes, CEO of Melbourne Fringe festival Simon Abrahamsand writer/director Francis Lee to chat about film God's own Country, now showing at selected cinemas.

This week, Richard Watts sprukes the Australian Ballet's "Symphony in C" playing at ACM's State Theatrewith dancers and choreographers Alice Topp and Richard House, Rollercoaster Theatre company's Artistic director Sarah Sutherland and David Baker chat about their debut musical'Fish' on at Melba Spiegeltent and Curator Juliette Hanson about"Borderlines",a gallery celebrating the Indigenous Austral...

This week on Smart Arts withRichard Watts,Jacqueline Doughtycame in to chat about The Score at the Ian Potter Museum of Art. ChoreographerStephanie Lake came in to talk about contemporary dance piece Pile of Bones at Arts House, and DirectorNic Holas andElbow Room co-Artistic Director, Creator and Performer Emily Tomlins chatted about Niche coming up at Northcote Town Hall.

Richard is joined by comic book lover Bernard Caleo to talk all things comics, Melbourne University's Susan Millard to chat about the upcoming 'Art on the page' at the Noel Shaw gallery, capping things off with Executive director Julia Overton about the Melbourne International Film Festival documentary 'Namatjira Project'.

Richard Watts is joined byGarry Stewart from Adelaides Australian Dance Theatre for 'Be Your Self', followed by Visual artist Fiona Sweet to discuss Ballarat's Internationale Foto Biennale. Regular guest Jonathan Holloway pops by to chat about the Melbourne festival, finishing with praise for 'Merciless Gods' joined in studio by Stephen Nicolazzo and Dan Giovannoni.

Richard sits down with Rehgan De Mather to chat about the recent 45 downstairs work titled 'Art, Life, Love, Death, Immortality and a Respectable Haircut', Perri Cummings to dissect 'The Association: A Secret Meeting For Women, By Women' and finally director Karen Therese and performer (Afghan artist and asylum seeker) Mahdi Mohammadi re. 'Tribunal' at Arts House.

Richard is joined today by Brisbane Festival's own David Berthold, Black Hole Theatre's Director Nancy Black and writer/performer Alison Richards to chat about 'The Book of Revelations', finishing with the effervescent Roslyn Oades, Director of 'Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday'.

Richard Watts chats with Director and CEO of Melbourne Art foundation Maree di Pasqual about the new Melbourne art fair, Producer of the ACMI series 'Mania' Helen Simondson and polishes off the morning withQueensland Theatre Director Sam Strong and actor Chong Lee to chat about the co-production 'Noises off' presented in collaboration with MTC.