SmartArts

Richard sits in with Blak-Queer Futurism (at Midsumma) curator Alec Read,White Face Crew Co-Founder and cast member Jarod Rawiri for La Vie Dans Une Marionette (Life In A Puppet) at the Arts Centre Melbourne, and Ella Caldwell pops in to chat all things Red Stitch Theatre for their 2018 program.

Richard is back for another year of Smart Arts; Fleur Kilpatrick kicks back in another episode ofShoot the Messenger; Director and co-founderPete Keen pops by to spruikVIA ALICE at Sugar Mountain and Tessa Waters, Victoria Falconer and Rowena Hutsonaka ofFringe Wives Club fame come in to invite us along to their launch party at Melba Spiegeltent.

As Richard's final podcast for the year - Daniel Santangeli pops in for the Midsumma review; Kate Champion spiruks the NICA students exhibit Please hold; Eva Seymour and Morgan Rose chat about Red Stitch Theatre's newest work Desert, and Fleur Kilpatrick chats to Richard on the phone about the year's highlights from Shoot the Messenger.

Festival director Wesley Enoch joins Richard to chat about the 2018 Sydney Festival program; Artist Liza McCosh pops by to talk about the abstract work Liminal at 45 Downstairs, and performer Faustina Agolley talks about their debut in MTCs The Father.

Richard sits down with Jenny Watson to discussThe Fabric of Fantasy exhibition on atHeide III: Central Galleries;Festival Director Nicholas Maksymow and Karen Shakhnazarov (Director of Opening Night Film ANNA KARENINA: VRONSKYS STORY) pop by to chat about the Russian Resurrection Film Festival.

Richard is joined by artistic director of the Malthouse Theatre Matt Lutton to chat about the MTC's 2018 season,Jarred Dewey and Antonella Casella of Party Ghost Poached Eggs & Asparagus and discuss Circus Oz Sidesault at The Melba Spiegeltent; and art meets technology as Tiffaney Bishop from Artist Run Initiative tbC explains: The Art of Conversation at 45 Downstairs.

This week, Richard is joined on the line by Adelaide festival's own artistic directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healey; Andrew Goddard pops by for an in-depth chat aboutSoundings, an RMIT sound arts students exhibition at Bus Projects - and Matthew Holmes caps off the podcast with his new work The Legend of Ben Hall.

On this Melbourne Festival special,Richard sits down with the director of Cambodian Living Arts, Phloeun Prim to chat about the historically resonant A Requiem for Cambodia: Bangsokol; All the Sex Ive Ever Had's Co-Director Alice Flemming and cast member Bea pop in, andPhillip Adams mysteriously lifts the curtain on his musical/playEVER.

Richard sits down with producer of Melbourne music festival participantGerminalMarine Thevenet, co-creators of The book of exodus part ll Adena Jacobs and Aaron Orzech, ending with a look at the old Melbourne Gaol inThe Ballad of Reading Gaol,accompanied byperformer Marco Lorenzio and director Alice XXX.

Richard jumps on the phone with Backbone director Darcy Grant, Nadja Kostich pops by for another visit to chat aboutFor the ones who walk awayby St Martins; Kanen Breen and Phoebe Brigs stop by to chat about the Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera's latest ventureThe Black Rider.