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SmartArts - 18 January 2018

Richard sits in with Blak-Queer Futurism (at Midsumma) curator Alec Read,White Face Crew Co-Founder and cast member Jarod Rawiri for La Vie Dans Une Marionette (Life In A Puppet) at the Arts Centre…

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SmartArts - 11 January 2018

Richard is back for another year of Smart Arts; Fleur Kilpatrick kicks back in another episode ofShoot the Messenger; Director and co-founderPete Keen pops by to spruikVIA ALICE at Sugar Mountain and…

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SmartArts - 23 November 2017

As Richard's final podcast for the year - Daniel Santangeli pops in for the Midsumma review; Kate Champion spiruks the NICA students exhibit Please hold; Eva Seymour and Morgan Rose chat about…

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SmartArts - 16 November 2017

Festival director Wesley Enoch joins Richard to chat about the 2018 Sydney Festival program; Artist Liza McCosh pops by to talk about the abstract work Liminal at 45 Downstairs, and performer Faustina Agolley…

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SmartArts - 9 November 2017

Richard sits down with Jenny Watson to discussThe Fabric of Fantasy exhibition on atHeide III: Central Galleries;Festival Director Nicholas Maksymow and Karen Shakhnazarov (Director of Opening Night Film ANNA KARENINA: VRONSKYS STORY)…

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SmartArts - 2 November 2017

Richard is joined by artistic director of the Malthouse Theatre Matt Lutton to chat about the MTC's 2018 season,Jarred Dewey and Antonella Casella of Party Ghost Poached Eggs & Asparagus and discuss…

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SmartArts - 26 October 2017

This week, Richard is joined on the line by Adelaide festival's own artistic directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healey; Andrew Goddard pops by for an in-depth chat aboutSoundings, an RMIT sound…

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SmartArts - 12 October 2017

On this Melbourne Festival special,Richard sits down with the director of Cambodian Living Arts, Phloeun Prim to chat about the historically resonant A Requiem for Cambodia: Bangsokol; All the Sex Ive Ever Had's

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SmartArts - 10 October 2017

Richard sits down with producer of Melbourne music festival participantGerminalMarine Thevenet, co-creators of The book of exodus part ll Adena Jacobs and Aaron Orzech, ending with a look at the old…

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SmartArts - 28 September 2017

Richard jumps on the phone with Backbone director Darcy Grant, Nadja Kostich pops by for another visit to chat aboutFor the ones who walk awayby St Martins; Kanen Breen and Phoebe…

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SmartArts - 21 September 2017

Richard is joined by Simon Maidment from the NGVA about their new workGareth Sansom: Transformer,Perth centred Fringe performers Mark Storen and Georgia King in the workThe One;and finally Flying…

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SmartArts - 14 September 2017

Richard chats to Christian Leavesley and Lee Casey about Arena Theatre Company's resurgence from the ashes, Fringe festival gets a once over with writer/director Patrick Mcarthy and performer Emily Tomlins chatting about…

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SmartArts - 7 September 2017

Richard is joined once again by comic book aficionadoBernard Caleoto chat all things relating to the graphic novella, Curator of All that is solid...and director of Tarrawarra museum of artVictoria Lynnpops inand…

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SmartArts - 31 August 2017

This week on Smart Arts, Richard sits down with Director Gary Abrahams and cast member Grant Cartwright to chat about their adaptation of this two part productionAngels in America: a gay fantasia

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SmartArts - 24 August 2017

This week, Richard Watts sprukes the Australian Ballet's "Symphony in C" playing at ACM's State Theatrewith dancers and choreographers Alice Topp and Richard House, Rollercoaster Theatre company's Artistic director Sarah Sutherland and David…

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SmartArts - 10 August 2017

This week on Smart Arts withRichard Watts,Jacqueline Doughtycame in to chat aboutThe Score at the Ian Potter Museum of Art. ChoreographerStephanie Lake came in to talk about contemporary dance piecePile of

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SmartArts - 3 August 2017

Richard is joined by comic book lover Bernard Caleo to talk all things comics, Melbourne University's Susan Millard to chat about the upcoming 'Art on the page' at the Noel Shaw gallery, capping…

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SmartArts - 27 July 2017

Richard Watts is joined byGarry Stewart from Adelaides Australian Dance Theatre for 'Be Your Self', followed by Visual artist Fiona Sweet to discuss Ballarat's Internationale Foto Biennale.

Regular guest Jonathan Holloway pops by…

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SmartArts - 20 July 2017

Richard sits down with Rehgan De Mather to chat about the recent 45 downstairs work titled 'Art, Life, Love, Death, Immortality and a Respectable Haircut', Perri Cummings to dissect 'The Association: A Secret…

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SmartArts - 13 July 2017

Richard is joined today by Brisbane Festival's own David Berthold, Black Hole Theatre's Director Nancy Black and writer/performer Alison Richards to chat about 'The Book of Revelations', finishing with the effervescent Roslyn Oades…

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SmartArts - 6 July 2017

Richard Watts chats with Director and CEO of Melbourne Art foundation Maree di Pasqual about the new Melbourne art fair, Producer of the ACMI series 'Mania' Helen Simondson and polishes off the morning…

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SmartArts - 22 June 2017

Richard sits down with Melbourne festival Artistic Director Jonathan Holloway for 'Tree of Codes, Artistic Director Angharard Wynne Jones for season 2 of Arts House and Tamblyn Lord to discuss his one man…

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SmartArts - 15 June 2017

Richard Watts is joined in this podcast by the Curator for VCA Dr. Elizabeth Gower and Artist Tai Snaith for VCA's 9x5 NOW, Chief theatre critic for the Age Cameron Woodhead discusses MTC's…

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SmartArts - 8 June 2017

This week on Smart Arts we are talking comic books Bernard Kellio, Dr Christopher Heathcote talksDiscovering Dobell. Sam Leach and Kylie Stillman about their upcoming exhibition, magicians Peter and Bambi Heaven on their…

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SmartArts - 1 June 2017

Richard Watt's live broadcast from the National Gallery of Victoria's Van Gough exhibit. Interviews feature NGV senior curator Ted Gott, Dr. Anthony White discussing The myth of Troubled Genius and weekly guests for…

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SmartArts - 25 May 2017

Fraught Outfit's boldInnocence Trilogyhas its final installment realised in 2017. Split into two parts,Book of Exodus continues to focus on the identities of young people, the theatremakers again working with…

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SmartArts - 18 May 2017

Combining the worlds of contemporary dance and competitive hip hop,Nick Power'sCyphertakes the rituals of the hip hop world and places them in a somewhat unfamiliar context. Nick joins Richard to talk…

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SmartArts - 11 May 2017

This week's podcast features the return of 'Drawn Out', our monthly comics segment withBernard Caleo. Bernard introduces us to new Australian indie comicEyes Too Dry by Jessica Tavassoli and Alice Chiplin, described…

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SmartArts - 4 May 2017

The big news on the Melbourne art scene this week is the move of Gertrude Contemporary from Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, to High Street, Preston South, echoing the move of many artists and organisations…

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SmartArts - 27 April 2017

Today's podcast starts with an 'Art Attack!' from Ace and Tai. This fortnight's top exhibition is Claire Lambe'sMother Holding Something Horrific, a sculpture and mixed media exhibition at ACCA.

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SmartArts - 20 April 2017

Glittery Clittery: A ConSENSUAL Partyclosesthis weekend - a sparkly, sex-positive, feminist cabaret/gameshow about women, culture and female anatomy.Tessa Waters, Rowena Hutson and Victoria Falconer-Pritchard from Fringe Wives Club join Richard to sing…

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SmartArts - 13 April 2017

Independent theatre company The Rabble take onJoan of Arc in their production,Joan. Co-creator Kate Davis and actor Luisa Hastings-Edgejoin Richard to discussthe process of devising an original take on a historical…

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SmartArts - 30 March 2017

Anya Anastasia is an award-winning cabaret artist whose latest showRogue Romantic: Serenades from at Delinquent Divahas just kicked off at the new Melba Spiegeltent. Anya joins Richard to discussher show, its…

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SmartArts - 16 March 2017

Photographer Kristian Laemmle-Ruffjoins Richard to talk about his upcoming photographic/mixed media exhibitionMind The Gap.Centred around a photo of the infamous Pine Gap military base, the exhibition explores contemporary Australian issues and…

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SmartArts - 9 March 2017

First up, The Women's Show, an annual exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women artists from across Australia, held at the Vivien Anderson Gallery. Gallery managerAmy Boydand Victorian indigenousartistMaree Clarkjoin Richard…

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SmartArts - 2 March 2017

Bernard Caleo joins Richard this week forDrawn Out, the monthly comics review segment. He introduces us toResist!,a womens' cartooning collection in response to the election of Donald Trump,The

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SmartArts - 23 February 2017

This week, Richard is in studio with Pippa BaileyandAlex Galeazzi, senior producer and co-director respectively of the cross-cultural playThe Age of Bones. The Age of Bones(orJaman Belulang,its…

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SmartArts - 9 February 2017

Richard speaks to the cast of a brand new Australian production,Lifetime Guarantee. Charles Purcell, Julian Dibley-Hall and Izabella Lena star in this satirical, modern-day comedy, written by Ross Mueller and directed…

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SmartArts - 2 February 2017

Continuing Richard's exploration of the current Midsumma Festival program, this week's podcast features an interview with Tom Halls and Yvonne Virsik, whose production Sad Digger Mad Mary is showing at La Mama Theatre…

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SmartArts - 26 January 2017

This week's podcast includes an in-depth discussion withJacob Boheme, the Artistic Director of the Yirramboi First Nations Festival, on the significanceof 26 January to the First Nations' people of Australia and the upcoming…