Listen to SmartArts - 2 July 201501:54:502 July 2015

In order of appearance:

Artistic Director and Festival Director David Burton - Brisbane Festival

http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/

Performer Lachlan Macleod Polyglot Theatre Boats

http://www.polyglot.org.au/polyglot-in-indonesia/

Norman Houghton - Feral Arts Free the Arts Campaign

https://visualarts.net.au/artist-files/2015/artists-heart/

Myles Tankle and Damien Harrison TBC Theatre Made in China

http://www.tbctheatre.com/made-in-china.html

Co-Curator Sarah Kriegler - Melbourne Festival of Puppetry

http://lamama.com.au/melbourne-festival-of-puppetry

Performers Joe Lui and Jamie Lewis Theatre Works Saltwater and Letters Home

http://www.theatreworks.org.au/

Performer Evelyn Krape More Female Parts Arts Centre Melbourne

http://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/theatre-drama/more-female-parts

Magician Nick Kesidis - Melbourne Magic Festival

http://melbournemagicfestival.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

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