SmartArts with Richard Watts OAM back to keep you company on these chilly winters days...
Starting out with Artist Kate Wallace on her new exhibition ‘Details of a room and other places’ - on now at LON Gallery.
In the coming years there will be a big redevelopment of the Melbourne Arts Precinct & the Queen Victoria Market - to tell all about it is Principal Architect at NH Architecture, Emily Von Moger. The new exhibition ‘Brand New’ at Fortyfivedownstairs gallery shows a behind the scenes look at the development process.
To tell us about the return season of Three Magpies Perched in A Tree is the award winning Ngarrindjeri Wathaurong playwright, Glenn Shea. Glenn joins Richard to talk through what it’s like to revive art and give performances a second life. Showing at LaMama Courthouse from August 14-25.
Writer and producer Future D Fidel and Director Budi Miller talk of the opening of their play La Belle Epoque at Theatreworks.
Plus, artist Gabrielle Leah New tells us about her work Reclaim the Crone, showing at the Explosives Factory from the 17-27 of July.
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
