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This week Richard chats to artist, taxidermist and jeweller Julia deVille about their solo exhibition Wholeness and the Implicate Order, Alicia Sometimesdigresses about their fascination with science with their show Particle/Wave on at Melbourne International Arts Festival; Monash University student creator Michelle Robertson discusses accessibility with FIGMENT at Monash Performing Arts Centre, R...

This week, Richard is joined by Alec Reid alongside Artistic Associate and new Executive co-Producer Dan Mitchell to chat about Due West Arts Festival ,Abbie Madden from My Sight Their Sight Blindful and Imogen Stone from Laser Kiwi on at Circus Oz - Sidesault , and finally Candice Edmonds on the phone to chat about Flight, on at the Melbourne International Arts Festival .

This week, Richard is joined by Archibald Prize winner Yvette Coppersmith, Creative director of Lexicon Firenza Guidi and company join us prior to their launch at Melbourne International Arts Festival , and Jessie Boylan chats about her upcoming gallery Rupture , on at Bendigo Art Gallery.

This week, Richard chats to Creative Director Simon Abrahams for a Fringe Festival overview, Rose Hiscock explains all things science for Perfection : on at the Science Gallery;Sasha Grishin spruiks the National Gallery's latest exhibit, Baldessin/Whiteley.

This week, Richard chats to the delightful Liz Skitch about her play Mothermorphosis at La Mama Theatre,Jakop Ahlbom re-defines the limittions of horror in Horror on at the Arts Centre, and Blasted cast membersEloise Mignon and David Woods pop by.

This week, Richard has the pleasure of chatting to She Said Theatre Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director Penny Harpham about their newest release Fallen, David Coles chats about his book Chromatopia: A History of Colour, and Sayraphim Lothian's pops by to spruik's her first book; Guerrilla Kindness and Other Acts of Creative Resistance: Making A Better World Through Craftivism.

This week, Richard chats to Gabrielle de Vietri about improving artist's working conditions via Artslog , Producer Phillipa Bateman talks about the new ACMI commission The Beehive: Who killed Juanita Neilsen; and writer Helen Hopkins alongside co-writer and performerCarolyn Block join us to chat about La Mama's latest show, Hallowed Ground .

Richard dives in with a Melbourne Festival program overview with Jonathan Holloway, Playwright Emilie Collyer and cast member Emily Tomlinschat about Contest , playing at Northcote Town Hall; and Director of SPRING 1883 Kate Berberjoins Richard for a look into Windsor's 4 years young art fair.

This week, Richard catches up withBernard Caleofor their fortnightly segment Drawn out, Francois Pelinard LambertandKristy Mathesonchat about ACMI's upcoming series Mania, andAlaine Beek joins us on the phone to spruik Point of No Return.

This week Richard catches up with Fleur Kilpatrick for Shoot the Messenger, Wintersweet 's own James Welshby from Yummy stops by and ACCA curator Hannah Presley chats about the featured exhibition A Lightness of Spirit is the Measure of Happiness.

This week Richard is joined by Lydia Fairhall, Executive Producer at ILBIJERRI (and also half of the folk/pop duo TigerLily) regarding the Victorian government's major new First Nations arts funding announcement, Ash Flanders and Dalara Williams from Blackie Blackie Brown (at The Malthouse ) stop by;Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival David Berthold jumps on the phone and ACM's Robyn Archer cha...

This week Richard is joined by Executive Producer Sue Maslin regarding the Cinema Nova screening of JILL BILCOCK: DANCING THE INVISIBLE , Justin Shoulder pops in to chat about the Arts House lates exhibition Carrion , andJohn Cameron Mitchell joins us on the line to talk about The Origin of Love: The Songs & Stories of Hedwig.

This week Richard chats to Will Larnach-Jones regarding his book 50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World ; the Hon. Martin Foley MP Minister for Creative Industries joins us on the line to talk about the upcoming arts precinct overhaul, and Zebastian Hunter, Co-Director (NICA Performance Coordinator) and Simon Dow pops by as Co-Director of NICA's Le Sacr , a collaboration with The Australian Ba...

Richard chats to Hoda Afshar ahead of their exhibition Behold at the Mars Gallery,Artistic Director Cal Robinson-Taylor and cast member Melina Wylie spruik Beautiful Thing by North By South Theatre Company; and finallysenior curator of International Exhibition Project Miranda Wallace joins us to chat about theopening of Melbourne Winter Masterpieces MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporar...

Richard is joined by Artistic Director of La Mama Theatre Liz Jones, with an update on the situation following the fire last weekend; Set and costume designerEugyeene Teh as well as lighting tech Katie Sfetkidis of The Nightingale And The Rose stop by, andMarieke Hardy come in for the Melbourne Writers Festival event The Book of Fete: Chapter Four.

Richard kicks off this week with Shoot the Messenger alongside Fleur Kilpatrick,Co-creators Olivia Tartaglia and Alex Tate chat about Bureau of Metroanxiety at Next Wave, andPolyglot Artistic Director Sue Giles joins us to talk about the company's 40th anniversary alongside her recent Green Room lifetime Achievement award.

This week Richard is joined byPaul Anthony Nelson and Perri Cummings to talk about a new detective comedy film Trench, After Dark Theatre Artistic Director and Performer Frank Minniti and performer Simon Storey to chat about their play Society on at the Melba Spiegeltent; Playwright Angus Cerini presents The Bleeding Tree on at the Arts Centre, and CEO of Hellenic Museum John Tatlouisand alongside...

Richard is joined by Matthew Adey to chat about House of Unholy, Curator of Pink Frost Charlotte Watson pops by to chat all things Tinning Street and Actor Virginia Gay and director John Sheedy talk up their new film Mrs McCutcheon, screening at St Kilda Film Festival.

Richard kicks off this week's podcast with some Art Attack with regulars Tai Snaith and Ace Wagstaff - Carla Donnelly comes in to chat about their Across the Aisle podcast; Catherine McClements and Johnny Carr spruik Bell Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra.

This week Richard is joined by Jodee Mundy to talk about her coming show Personal, company owner and choreographer Stephanie Lake chats all things Replica and Curator Jon Buckingham pops by to talkChaos & Order 120 years of collecting at RMIT.

This week, Richard sits down wiht Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial Directors Kent Wilson and Clare Needham, Graeme Dale and cast member Harriet Robertson discuss Flash Donahs atLa Mama Theatre, andSerap Osman talks about Hands All Over now playing at Fortyfive Downstairs.

This week, Richard joins Zoe Coombs-Marr to talk about her Melbourne International Comedy Festival show Bossy Bottom,Stieg Persson talks about their The Ian Potter Museum of Art presentation Stieg Persson: Polyphonic, andCreative Director Fez Fanaana chats about Briefs and their shows as part of MICF.

This week, Richard is joined by Playwright Jane Thompson for their play Fierce, artistBindi Cole Chocka and curator Myles Russell-Cook talk about Colony a depiction of Australia during the Frontier Wars andEsther Hannaford chats all things Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

This week, Richard joins Lara Nicholls to chat about Lorne Sculpture Biennale , Red Snitch's own Lachlan Philpott and director Alyson Campbel pop in to discuss Colder ; Georgie Meagher and Creative Producer Erica McCalman join Richard to give an overview of Next Wave andDr Carnesky caps it all off by spruiking Incredible Bleeding Woman at The Butterfly Club.

This week Richard is joined in studio by Play On: The Art of Sport's Curator Jacqueline Doughty in celebration of 10 years of the Basil Sellers Art Prize, Alison Croggon and Robert Reid chat about the launch of arts journalism website Witness Performance launch; Program DirectorSpiro Economopoulos spruiksthis years' Melbourne Queer Film Festival.