Writer and Actor Elaine Beek joins Richard ahead of the premiere of ‘Jack and Millie’, Essence Productions’ latest piece at the Saltwater Community Centre. Based on her personal experience of navigating a cancer diagnosis, this play explores the hardships of illness with equal lashings of humour and sadness.

Clare Bartholomew and Daniel Tobias, the duo behind multi-award winning ‘Die Roten Punkte’ are back with ‘The Anniversary’ a theatre piece following two baby boomers from Balwyn stuck in a joyless marriage. Described by Bartholomew as ‘mad, macabre and magical’, ‘The Anniversary’ combines elements of farce and absurd theatre into one big nonsensical romp.

Finally, Alisa Bunbury, Curator of the Grimwade Collection at the Ian Potter Museum of Art speaks about ‘Pride of Place: Exploring the Grimwade Collection’, a book exploring the variety of visual and textual artifacts found in The Russell and Mab Grimwade Bequest. Edited by Bunbury, the book features over 40 contributors and offers a unique insight into the impacts of British colonisation.