SmartArts 2024
Listen to SmartArts 20th Anniversary Special03:02:0019 December 2024

Highlights

  • SmartArts: Candy Bowers performs at the SmartArts 20th Anniversary Special

SmartArts takes over the Triple R Performance Space for a very special broadcast to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary!

Richard Watts OAM first brought Triple R's flagship morning arts program to life in December 2004, hosting hundreds of conversations every year with local artists, established talent and international touring legends from across the visual and performing arts spectrum. To celebrate twenty years on the airwaves, SmartArts will broadcast live from the Triple R Performance Space, featuring a bevvy of talent including:

Comedian Tom Ballard
Cabaret art rockers Otto & Astrid
MQFF Program Director Cerise Howard
Photographer and visual artist Pia Johnson
Comedian and musician Geraldine Quinn
Theatre icons Susie Dee & Patricia Cornelius
MTC’s Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks
Actor and theatremaker Candy Bowers
Musical performances from Peggy Frew and Guy Blackman Band
SmartArts segment regulars – comics enthusiast Bernard Caleo, Visual Arts expert Tai Snaith and Theatre reviewer Anne-Marie Peard
Plus, live drawings from Oslo Davis

Playlist for SmartArts 20th Anniversary Special
  • CountryGood Morning
  • The Shy RetirerArab Strap
  • Tasty Snak (Live on SmartArts)Otto & Astrid
  • Wrapped Up In BooksBelle and Sebastian
  • SpotswoodThe Orbweavers
  • The IdlerThe Mary Wallopers
  • Yo Mama So Phat (Live on SmartArts)Candy Bowers
  • H.O.O.D.Kneecap
  • I Don't Wanna Grow UpTom Waits
  • Giant SquidsBaterz
  • The Peel (Live on SmartArts)Geraldine Quinn
  • Down Different RoadsArt of Fighting
  • Mad WorldGary Jules
  • Regional EchoJen Cloher
  • HoppípollaSigur Ros
  • Landslide (Live on SmartArts)Peggy Frew
  • Newtown (Live on SmartArts)Peggy Frew
  • Country House (Live on SmartArts)Peggy Frew

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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