Art Smitten

With the 2019 Emerging Writers Festival fast-approaching, co-hosts Arnie and Sim caught-up with Artistic Director – and former SYN presenter – Izzy Roberts-Orr about her decade-long involvement with the Festival, its colourful promotional artwork, its international connections and which poet she’d most like to have a coffee with.

The Emerging Writers Festival officially begins this Wednesday, June 19th. For more information, head to emergingwritersfestival.org.au, or search @emergingwriters on social media.

Segment originally aired Wednesday, June 13th. Produced by Tom Parry.

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Viv, Lily and Marcie discuss Oz Comic Con 2019, prior experience of Comic Con, what is done at Comic Con, celebrities that have come to Comic Con, costumes people wear at Comic Con events, all the lovely panels and more!

This year's Oz Comic Con will be from Saturday June 8th to Sunday June 9th at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). You can find out more information about it at https://ozcomiccon.com/melbourne/

Originally aired Sunday June 2nd. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of Oz Comic Con.

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Lily and Viv interview Aimee Sanderson and Hayley Lawson Smith for their show Pretence, a satirical look at theatre, acting schools and competition, where two actors have come for an audition but have been given different information about the play and audition, and are left alone in a theatre.

Written by Hayley, directed by Daniel Kershaw, and produced by Dramatic Pause Theatre Company, the show premieres at Butterfly Club 3rd of June, and plays until the 8th of June. More information can be found here. https://thebutterflyclub.com/show/pretence-2019

Originally premiered Sunday 2nd June. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of Butterfly Club

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Created and developed by students at RMIT University, the inaugural Melbourne International Youth Film Festival, or MIYFF, aims to showcase short films from artists aged 25 and under.

Co-hosts Charlie, Aurora and Tom spoke with two of the festival’s organisers, Alice Fairweather and Sean Roberts, to glean some insight on how films were selected for the event, and their advice for other budding film-makers.

MIYFF is happening this weekend from Friday, May 31st! For more information and tickets, head to the official website: miyff.com.au You can also follow the Festival via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.


Segment originally aired Wednesday, May 22nd. Produced by Tom Parry.

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More of Sylvia Plath's delightful poetry. Marcie reads with Tom, "Two Lovers and a Beachcomber by the Real Sea", "The Munich Mannequins" and "Ennui". 

Originally aired May 19th. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of the Poetry Foundation.

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Marcie and Tom regale in the poetry prowess of Sylvia Plath. Marcie reads out several of these poems, "Mad Girl’s Love Song" and "Tulips".

Originally aired Sunday May 19th. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of the Poetry Foundation

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In this sequel to Raddish and Quill's wholesome adventures, Marcie reads out Jessica Zhou's "A Lively Market Visit" with Tom.

The Remarkable Quests of Raddish and Quill is a column in The University of Melbourne's publication Farrago, written by members of the Creative Literature and Writing Society's (CLAWS) committee (of which Marcie is founding president). "A Lively Market Visit" is Jessica Zhou's column entry. 

CLAWS has a facebook page. You can check out the column entry on the Farrago website here http://farragomagazine.com/2019/04/03/the-remarkable-quests-of-raddish-and-quill-a-lively-market-visit/

Originally aired Sunday May 19th. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of Stephanie Nestor

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Catherine Holder and Pearce Hessling of production company Little Dirt Path speak to co-hosts Aurora and Tom about their interactive play Blood is Thicker Than Hummus.

Catherine and Pearce's show is running at Siteworks from May 24th until June 9th. For more information, head to littledirtpath.com.au or visit their official Facebook page.

Segment originally aired Wednesday, May 15th. Produced by Sim Monga; edited by Tom Parry.

Image courtesy of Little Dirt Path.

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In this segment, the Immigration Museum’s Lauren Ellis speaks to co-hosts Aurora and Tom about the winter exhibition Tattoo and Identity: Our Bodies, Our Voices, Our Marks.

The exhibition will be running from June 24th until October 6th. For more information, head to museumsvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/whats-on/our-bodies-our-voices-our-marks

Segment originally aired Wednesday, May 15th. Produced by Sim Monga; edited by Tom Parry.

Image courtesy of the Immigration Museum.

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Marcie and Tom talk to Sharmini Kumar about her play The Sisters; or, Galileo's Penance. Sharmini talks about the play's connection to science and religion, and its significance as a play based on the true story of Galileo's illegitimate daughters.

Originally broadcasted on Sunday May 19th. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of Butterfly Club

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