On todays show Richard had a chat to Sean and Seamus from the Lords of Strut performance Chaos, he also had a chat to curators Juliette Hansen and Nilgun Goven about the exhibition Gelibolu: A Turkish-Australian Perspective on Gallipoli. He also had a chat to Shelley Lasica about the Dance Massive performance Solos For Other People. He also spoke to high-school students Ashleigh Newman (Mt Erin Secondary College) and Bonnie-Jane Mantz (Mullauna Secondary Scollege) about StArt Up: Top Arts 2015. He also had a chat to Maika Isogawa and Paul Matthew Lopez from the Spiegleworld production Absinthe and finally he had a chat to film director Dean Francis about the Melbourne Queer Film Festival production Drown.
To find out more information on todays guests please follow the links provided below (in order of appearance):
Chaos www.lordsofstrut.com
Solos For Other People www.dancehouse.com.au
StArtUp: Top Arts 2015 www.ngv.gov.au/exhibition/start-up
Absinthe www.spiegelworld.com
Drown - www.drownthemovie.com
About this program
Visual art, theatre, film and literature. Segments include:
- 'Art Attack' - fortnightly visual arts reviews with Ace Wagstaff and Tai Snaith.
- 'Shoot the Messenger' - fortnightly theatre news & reviews with Fleur Kilpatrick.
- 'Drawn Out' - monthly chat about comic books and graphic novels with Bernard Caleo.
Please email talks@rrr.org.au for all interview requests.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Richard Watts has many years experience working in the arts industry, including five years as the Artistic Director of the youth arts organisation Express Media, seven years on the Board of Melbourne Fringe (including three years as Chair), and six years on the Committee of Management at La Mama Theatre, where he currently serves as Chair. Richard has helped program a range of festivals including Next Wave, the National Young Writers' Festival, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the Emerging Writers' Festival (which he founded) and he has written for various broadsheets, journals, zines and magazines. Currently he pays the rent by working as the Performing Arts Editor at www.artshub.com.au. In his spare time he watches old Doctor Who episodes.
The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.
https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion
