Art Smitten

The late Jim Keays is best known for leading the Aussie rock band Masters Apprentices, but he was also a talented painter.

Jim’s wife, Karin Keays, is responsible for managing and curating his artworks, and came by the Art Smitten studios to chat with co-hosts Aurora and Tom about the latest exhibition of his work, The Boy From The Stars.

Jim’s artwork can be viewed in-person at the FAD Gallery in Coors Lane, Melbourne until June 8th. You can also see examples of his style on Karin’s official website: www.karinkeays.com

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

Image courtesy of Karin Keays.

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In preparation for her “heartfelt and hilarious” show It’s Not Me, It’s Definitely You – covering the music of Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse – singer Lisa Woodbrook joined co-hosts Sim, Charlie and Tom for a fun, lively chat about what inspired her to create the show, and the influence of her family.

It’s Not Me, It’s Definitely You will be playing at The Butterfly Club from Monday, May 20th. For more information, head to the official website.

Segment originally aired Wednesday, May 1st; produced by Tom Parry.

Image courtesy of the artist.

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Marcie and Lily discuss the Remarkable Quests of Raddish and Quill, 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). Features Marcie doing a reading of their column entry, 'The Delightfully Wholesome Genie'. 

CLAWS has a facebook page. You can check out the column entry on the Farrago website here http://farragomagazine.com/2019/03/05/the-remarkable-quests-of-raddish-and-quill-the-delightfully-wholesome-genie/

Originally aired Sunday May 5th. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of Stephanie Nestor 

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Marcie and Lily interview Verity Norbury for her play 'Mocha Is Not Coffee!' as part of Law Week 2019. Verity discusses the play's themes on the mental health of law students, as well as her thesis, which explores the way in which performance can be used to open up discussions about mental health and wellbeing amongst law students. 

Playing at Gasworks Studio Theatre 15th-18th May. For more information and tickets, check out http://www.gasworks.org.au/event/mocha-is-not-coffee/ 

Originally aired on Sunday May 5th. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of Norbury Productions and Gasworks.

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Marcie and Lily interview Diane Toulson and Leah Shelton for Bitch on Heat, where absurdist lip-synch meets high-camp performance art. Leah and Diane talk about the pop-fuelled critique of sexual politics in the age of implied consent that Bitch on Heat provides, and the Pandora’s box of ancient myths and pop-culture within the show. 

Performing at Theatre Works May 8th-19th. For more information and tickets, check out http://www.theatreworks.org.au/program/bitch-on-heat/?mc_cid=f622c33e82&mc_eid=1954d323cc 

Leah has a website https://www.leahshelton.live/    She also has a facebook, instagram, and twitter. 

Diane has a twitter

Originally aired on May 5th. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of Theatre Works.

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To promote the new poster curation Climate + Art = Change, Amy Spiers – who is one of several artists participating in the project – joined co-hosts Tom, Sim and Charlie to discuss the purpose of the curation, and the inspiration for her artwork.

All of the artworks can be viewed at Testing Grounds, Southbank until May 18th. For more information, head to artclimatechange.org/2019/event/climarte-poster-project-ii

You can also read more about Amy on her official website: www.amyspiers.com.au

Segment originally aired Wednesday, May 1st; produced by Tom Parry

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Marcie, Digby and guest-host Connor talk about everything Dungeons and Dragons; characters, campaigns, and all the hijinks and crazy adventures they would get into.

Featuring discussion of another Tabletop Role-Playing Game; Stars Without Number, and all its crazy hijinks. 

Aired originally on Sunday April 28th. Segment produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo.

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From Hellblade to Cuphead to Mario Party, Marcie, Digby and guest-host Connor talk about a whole series of video games, the Nintendo Switch, and more.

Disclaimer; the first minute of the discussion has been cut off due to technical difficulties, but the game Conner is talking about at the start of the discussion is Hellblade - Senua's Sacrifice.

Aired originally on Sunday April 28th. Segment produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo.

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In this segment, Charlie joins co-hosts Sim, Nic and Tom to discuss and review Lightning Jar Theatre's Mr. Burns, a Post-electric Play, which was shown at fortyfive downstairs earlier in the year.

A return season of the production is beginning at fortyfive downstairs this week! For more information, head to fortyfivedownstairs.com/wp2016/event/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play-return-season.

Segment originally aired Wednesday, February 27th; produced by Tom Parry

Picture courtesy of Lightning Jar Theatre and fortyfive downstairs.

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In the weeks before its Melbourne premiere, co-hosts Nicola and Tom spoke to Tyran Parke (not pictured) about his role as the director of the upcoming play Barnum: the Circus Musical. 

Tyran also spoke about how the musical is different from other stories of Barnum, the challenges faced by the performers, and why Todd McKenney (actually pictured) is perfect in the lead role.

Barnum: the Circus Musical is playing at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre from April 27th. For more information and tickets, head to barnumthemusical.com.au

Segment originally aired Sunday, March 31st; produced by Tom Parry.
Image courtesy of StoreyBoard Entertainment

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