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It's our week to start in Darwin but Sophia Hall is on leave…  never fear, though… Brown’s Mart Associate Artist James Mangohig is deputising and will let us know what’s happening Live on Fridays…

Then I swing by the Abbotsford Convent which is about to celebrate its 20th birthday…  so, it makes sense to catch up with the founding CEO Maggie Maguire and the present day COO John Di Natale…

Meanwhile, in Northcote, we say hi ...

Third show of the month means we’re saying welcome back to Helen Simondson from WA Museum Boola Bardip and after her Perth round up we’ll also say hi to Shakara Walley who’s written the new Yirra Yaakin show, Songbird.

Then, it’s still Melbourne International Comedy Festival time so let’s put our sleuthing caps on as we try and help Lliam Amor solve an improvised murder in Murder Village.

After that, it’s all music – first ...

Elena Vereker is here because it’s our week to catch up on all things Adelaide including, of course, her guest local artist and this month it’s multi-award-winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer who seems to also now be a novelist…

Then we drop in on Odalala… a rather beautiful exhibition that has taken over Arts House in North Melbourne where a diverse collection of artists explore histories of caste, identity, migration and c...

Arts House in North Melbourne has been taken over by ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala  a remarkable exhibition that explores themes of identity, diversity, oppression, and more through video works, sculpture, prints, performances, film screenings, talks and tours created by eight different artists curated by Vishal Kumaraswamy who leads Behind the Scenes presenter Chris Thompson on a fascinating walk & talk through the exhibition.

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Co-CEO of Theatre Network Australia, Josh Lowe is here to get April rolling and to introduce the TNA Member of the Month, writer, director, dramaturg and performer Andi Snelling.

Director, Kym Staton’s new doco about Julian Assange is called The Trust Fall…  but what does that mean? We’ve got Kym on the line to explain that to us…

And finally, Marc Gracie is here for our latest look at what’s been on our Screens & Strea...

If it’s the last show for March then we’re in Darwin to catch up with Sophia Hall from Brown’s Mart where they’ve just launched their 2024 programme… so guess what Sophia’s talking about…

Then let’s get stuck into the Melbourne International Comedy Festival which kicks off this week…

Let’s start with the return of Circus Oz who are back after last year’s sold-out triumph of Non-Stop with a new show, Smash It! and I drop in ...

Helen Simondson from WA Museum Boola Bardip is at the top of this week’s show with an update on what’s been happening in Perth…

Then we welcome back Director of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, Sian Mitchell to talk about what we can expect from this year’s programme…

After that, I’m out and about for a bit visiting the Northcote Studio of Arts Projects Australia where Operations Manager Sandy Fernee will tell us what’...

It's our week for catching up with Elena Vereker in Adelaide and she’ll introduce us to her local guest artist – choreographer and sound designer Alix Kuijpers… whose new show Grim Grinning Ghosts is part of Adelaide Fringe…

And while we’re talking about Adelaide, let’s meet Jack Calver, co-devisor and performer in Unfair Verona, by Sydney based Glassroom Theatre Company who are about to perform in post-Fringe Adelaide……

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In 2021, we began a conversation with artist, filmmaker and artist facilitator that focused on two artists – Luke Abdallah who’s been blind since birth and lives with elective mutism – and Matthew Elliot who lives with cerebral palsy. Our first conversation was about the two artists having just received residencies at Bundanon (the former Arthur Boyd homestead on the banks of the Shoalhaven River, now an artists’ retreat)…  this la...

Charice Rust from Theatre Network Australia gets us going on our first show of the month and, of course, introduces us to the TNA member of the Month – circus practitioner Winter Chapman.

Then Tim Rutty, Co-Creator of Future Proof, the new show from Gravity Dolls is here to help define the work of a company whose work is defined as genre defying theatre…

Next we’re out to Monash Performing Arts Centres for a chat with Micha...

Sophia Hall from Browns Mart gets us off and running tonight with her first Darwin report for the year and her first local guest artists… Music Producer and Mixing Engineer Liam Budalasia who’s part of the creative team responsible for the new computer game Diets and Deities…

Then it’s a chat with the cast, the writer and the director of a new play by The Shift Theatre, Eat Your Heart Out…  we’ll talk with Helen Hopkins, Caroly...

Helen Simondson  from WA Museum Boola Bardip is flying solo for her first Perth catch up of the year, but there’s still plenty to talk about in news from the west…

Then we’re down at Flinders on the Mornington Peninsular where Carole Patullo is performing in Sea Wolves Howl based on a remarkable group of local bathers with a fascinating daily ritual…

Back in town, Anthropocene Play Company’s new production 7 Captiva Road se...

First up this week, let’s welcome back our Adelaide Correspondent Elena Vereka who’ll catch us up on what’s happening in the south, before introducing her local guest artist, Performer and Theatre Maker Astrid Pill…

Then we’ll meet Artistic Director of Arrant Knaves Theatre Company. Tom Bradley who’s also adapted and directed a new production of John Webster’s 17th century play The Duchess of Malfi…

And finally, let’s celeb...

Behind the Scenes is back for another year of arts and culture!

This week is our first regular show of the year AND the first show of the month AND a double-bill for our February Theatre Network Australia spot in the form of the new Co-Executive Directors – Josh Lowe and Erica McCalman… so why not make them Co-Members of the Month while we’re at it…

On our December 18 show last year, Harriet Devlin, Karen Nagrani and I gave...

Summer Special #4 – Kutcha Edwards

Welcome to the final of four Summer Special Editions of Behind the Scenes when we get to enjoy longer chats with some very special guests…

This show is a repeat of a very special chat we presented in July last year as part of Vision Australia Radio’s NAIDOC Week presentations, when I had the privilege of sitting down for a long chat with Mutti Mutti Man Kutcha Edwards to talk about his lif...

Summer Special #3 – Mim Crellin

Welcome to the third of four Summer Special Editions of Behind the Scenes when we get to enjoy longer chats with some very special guests…

On this show you’ll meet Mim Crellin whose first album All Our Little Boxes, a song cycle for voice, jazz ensemble and string quartet was written as a reflection on the chronology of her own journey through breast cancer. We start where her journey began, wit...

Summer Special #2 – Ralph McTell

Welcome to the second of four Summer Special Editions of Behind the Scenes when we get to enjoy longer chats with some very special guests…

If you were listening to Behind the Scenes at the start of December last year you might have heard a conversation with folk and blues legend Ralph McTell. He played the Isle of Wight Festival on the same bill as Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez and Leonard Cohen. Hi...

Summer Special #1 – Sally Chance & Sarah Austin

Welcome to the first of four Summer Special Editions of Behind the Scenes when we get to enjoy longer chats with some very special guests…

If you were listening to Behind the Scenes in late July last year you might have heard a conversation with Dr Sarah Austin in Melbourne and Dr Sally Chance in Adelaide – two of the leading practitioners in the relatively new field of theatre ...