SmartArts

Richard and Bernard Caleo discuss comics in their monthly Drawn Out comics segment.

Richard talks to Director Briony Dunn and actor Caroline Lee about the play 'night, Mother, which is showing at Chapel Off Chapel. This discussion centres on the topic of suicide. If this brings up any issues for you, please ring Lifeline on 13 11 14. This segment runs from 12:02 until 26:38.

Richard interviews Tilly Boleyn, the Curator of Disposable, an exhibition that talks about waste using a combination of art and science. Disposable is presented by the Science Gallery.

Richard conducts three interviews:

1. Galit Klas, about her show 'The Ghetto Cabaret'

2. Kirsten Siddle and Danielle Harvey about their interactive performance 'A Midnight Visit'

3. Nicki Greenberg about her new kid's book 'Bitsy'

Richard conducts three interviews

Richard chats to choreographer Nick Power, and dancers Erak Mith and Aaron Lim, about their show Between Tiny Cities. Curator Sophia Cai and artist James Nguyen talk about the exhibition For Love Or Money. Also, Broadway Director Christopher Ashley and Musical Director Luke Hunter talk about the musical Come From Away.

Three interviews:

David Berthold regarding the Brisbane Festival.

JOF and Emily Tomlins on their new show 'The Cabin!', a theatre production written by children to scare adults.  

Cat Hope regarding 'Sub-Decorative Sequences', which is a combined sound art show at Linden New Art that responds to the architecture of the building.

This week Richard’s guest include Co-Artistic Director and performer Francis Italiano. Ambera Wellman and Max Dellany on Vulnerability and Doubt. Followed artistic director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre, David Grieg, the playwright who adapted Solaris for the stage.

Richard chats to Alice Lee Holland, Artistic Director of the Australian Youth Dance Festival, about how young people are expressing themselves through the interactive physical art of dance. Circus Oz Artistic Director Rob Tannion drops by the studio with Kane Peterson, a performer with smaller, independent circus group Company 2, to talk about their new collaborative high-wire show Wunderage. Acclaimed Soprano Ali McGregor joins Richard to talk about Opera Victoria's production of A Little Night Music, one of Steven Sondheim's most beloved musicals, and the complexity of its characters and musical arrangements.

This week on Smart Arts, curator Vipoo Srivilasa joins Richard in the studio to discuss Un-Thaid; an exhibition of work by Thai-Australian artists at Grau Projekt. Playwright Tom Holloway and Associate Director and Puppet Designer David Morton call into the studio to discuss the challenges of bringing the classic Australian story, Storm Boy, and its famous pelicans to life on stage. And Richard chats to Curator Lisa Sullivan about Geelong Gallery's current exhibition The Moon.

This week's guests include Bernard Caleo talking about 'Drawn Out' and all things comic books and graphic novels. Writer Samah Sabawi discusses the brand new play 'Them' at La Mama, and NGV’s Senior Curator Asian Art, Wayne Crothers joins Richard to talk about this year's Melbourne masterpieces. 

This week, Javaad Alipoor the creator of the work The Believers Are But Brothers, provides his insights on how young men are radicalised online. Director Thomas M Wright joins Richard to discuss his debut feature film, Acute Misfortune. Lastly, Arts Centre Melbourne Director Edwina Lunn and performer Candy Bowers stop by to talk about Big World, Up Close a curated series of theatre works.