Richard digs into what’s happening this month, from Indigenous art to explorations of vulnerability and the Melbourne Magic Festival.
- Run OutATOM
- James ImpalaJarrow
- Watch MeAnohni
- Some Kinda WorldArt of Fighting
- WiggleHuntly
- Hold Me NowPolyphonic Spree
- We Are the FirmStrange Tenants
- DatesJack Ladder & The Dreamlanders
- Dust Swirls in Strange LightThe National
- ScrapyardSoak
- Is That What Everybody Wants (Solaris soundtrack, 2002)Cliff Martinez
- Hard TimesPatrick Wolf
- When We DanceThe Colorist & Emiliana Torrini
- Le Chat NoirRobyn Archer
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