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This week Richard catches up with Fleur Kilpatrick for Shoot the Messenger, Wintersweet's own James Welshby from Yummy stops by and ACCA curator Hannah Presley chats about the featured exhibition A Lightness of Spirit is the Measure of Happiness.

This week Richard is joined by Lydia Fairhall, Executive Producer at ILBIJERRI (and also half of the folk/pop duo TigerLily) regarding the Victorian government's major new First Nations arts funding announcement, Ash Flanders and Dalara Williams from Blackie Blackie Brown (at The Malthouse) stop by;Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival David Berthold jumps on the phone and ACM's Robyn Archer chats about her new theatrical work, 'Dancing on the Volcano'.

This week Richard is joined by Executive Producer Sue Maslin regarding the Cinema Nova screening of JILL BILCOCK: DANCING THE INVISIBLE, Justin Shoulder pops in to chat about the Arts House lates exhibition Carrion, andJohn Cameron Mitchell joins us on the line to talk about The Origin of Love: The Songs & Stories of Hedwig.

This week Richard chats to Will Larnach-Jones regarding his book 50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World; the Hon. Martin Foley MP Minister for Creative Industries joins us on the line to talk about the upcoming arts precinct overhaul, and Zebastian Hunter, Co-Director (NICA Performance Coordinator) and Simon Dow pops by as Co-Director of NICA's Le Sacr, a collaboration with The Australian Ballet School.

Richard chats to Hoda Afshar ahead of their exhibition Behold at the Mars Gallery,Artistic Director Cal Robinson-Taylor and cast member Melina Wylie spruik Beautiful Thing by North By South Theatre Company; and finallysenior curator of International Exhibition Project Miranda Wallace joins us to chat about theopening of Melbourne Winter Masterpieces MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Richard is joined by Artistic Director of La Mama Theatre Liz Jones, with an update on the situation following the fire last weekend; Set and costume designerEugyeene Teh as well as lighting tech Katie Sfetkidis of The Nightingale And The Rose stop by, andMarieke Hardy come in for the Melbourne Writers Festival event The Book of Fete: Chapter Four.

Richard kicks off this week with Shoot the Messenger alongside Fleur Kilpatrick,Co-creators Olivia Tartaglia and Alex Tate chat about Bureau of Metroanxiety at Next Wave, andPolyglot Artistic Director Sue Giles joins us to talk about the company's 40th anniversary alongside her recent Green Room lifetime Achievement award.

This week Richard is joined byPaul Anthony Nelson and Perri Cummings to talk about a new detective comedy filmTrench,After Dark Theatre Artistic Director and Performer Frank Minniti and performer Simon Storey to chat about their play Society on at the Melba Spiegeltent; Playwright Angus Cerini presents The Bleeding Tree on at the Arts Centre, and CEO of Hellenic Museum John Tatlouisand alongside community activist Renata Singer about the Multicultural museums new joint project, Grandmothers.

Richard is joined by Matthew Adey to chat about House of Unholy, Curator of Pink Frost Charlotte Watson pops by to chat all things Tinning Street and Actor Virginia Gay and director John Sheedy talk up their new film Mrs McCutcheon, screening at St Kilda Film Festival.

Richard kicks off this week's podcast with some Art Attack with regulars Tai Snaith and Ace Wagstaff -Carla Donnelly comes in to chat about their Across the Aisle podcast; CatherineMcClements and Johnny Carrspruik Bell Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra.