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Kate Jinx, programmer for Melbourne International Film Festival, talks about this year’s Melbourne On Film program stream; Artist and photographer Pia Johnson on her exhibition ‘Faint Echoes’ at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, exploring the histories of representation of the Eurasian female body in domestic settings; Dianne Toulson and Belle Hansen from Theatre Works take us through their contemporary reimagining of Euripides’ ‘Medea: Out of the Mouths of Babes’. With presenter Richard Watts.

Playwright Fleur Kilpatrick chats about her new play ‘Rebel’ about senior activists, for the Ian Potter Centre; Miranda Hill, artistic director of ‘Homophonic!’, on telling the stories of LGBTQI+ elders through music for RESPECT at Leaps & Bounds; ACMI’s Laura Castagnini talks ‘Light: Works from Tate’s Collection’, an exhibition exploring the central role of light in art. With presenter Richard Watts.

Bernard Caelo dives deep into comic books and graphic novels for our monthly segment ‘Drawn Out’; Curator Jacqueline Doughty takes us through ‘Still Life’, Buxton Gallery’s latest art exhibition on the organic world; Journalist Sandy George on her latest Platform Paper ‘Nobody talks about Australianness on our Screens’. With presenter Richard Watts.

Actor Eryn Jean Norvill and alternative performer Nikki Shiels talk starring in the much-hyped production of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’; One of the performers at this year’s Melbourne Magic Festival, Josh Staley, captivates in 'The Conjurer At The Card Table'; Artistic Director Kate Sulan on her final project with Rawcus after 22 years: ‘Here We Are Amongst You’. With presenter Richard Watts.

Comedian and co-owner of Comedy Republic, Rhys Nicholson, talks encore shows at Replay Festival 2022; One of four artists showing at Boroondara’s Town Hall Gallery’s ‘Common Thread’, Sarah Hallett, explores transforming everyday materials into textile art; Lee Cumberlidge, co-artistic director of Illuminate Adelaide, chats about Australia’s newest major winter event.

The National Gallery of Victoria’s Senior Curator Dr Miranda Wallace talks about this year’s Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition ‘The Picasso Century’;  Director of ‘Passing Strange’, Dean Drieberg, along with the show’s Musical Director, Conductor and Keyboardist, Marissa Saroca, discuss the hybrid “rock concert with storytelling” coming to the Meat Market Stables; Dancehouse CEO Josh Wright chats about Australia’s largest contemporary dance award, the Keir Choreographic Award. With presenter Richard Watts.

Playwright Damien Millar on directing Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ for a 2022 audience at La Mama Theatre; Belinda Collins, Creative Director of The Social Crew, is back to discuss ‘Under The Surface’, a visual art trail in Gippsland; Co-Writer, Co-Director and Performer Nat Randall draws on elements of film and theatre to explore lesbian dynamics in ‘Set Piece’ for RISING. With presenter Richard Watts.

Danish dancer and choreographer, Mette Ingvartsen, talks exploring pornography’s pervasive creep in her performance ’21 Pornographies’ at RISING; Restless Dance Theatre director Michelle Ryan on another RISING favourite ‘Rewards for The Tribe’; Dr James Rule, curatorial research assistant of Palaeontology at Museums Victoria, delves into dinosaurs for their Triceratops exhibition. With presenter Richard Watts.

Author Michele Aung Thin joins us to discuss PEN Melbourne’s Fundraiser for Myanmar and its freedom of expression at La Mama Courthouse; Winner of the 2022 Golden Gibbo award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Alex Hines, chats about her show ‘To Schapelle and Back’ returning to The Butterfly Club; Playwright Daniel Schlusser talks exploring the dark side of the male hero in ‘Hercules’, on at Arts House. With presenter Richard Watts.

Jason Tamiru talks co-directing ‘The Return’, which recounts the macabre history of the stolen bodily remains of First Peoples, for Malthouse Theatre and RISING; Art Gallery of Ballarat Director Louise Tegart on the lesser known Australian art movement of Max Meldrum and the tonalists for their new exhibition ‘Light & Shade’; Performers John Marc Desengano and Emily Tomlins discuss ‘The View From Up Here’ a play set in the aftermath of a bushfire from Hot Mess Productions and Theatreworks. With presenter Richard Watts.