Sunday Arts Magazine

The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has announced Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh as its new artistic director.

Pivet-Marsh is a writer, producer and community organiser from Melbourne’s inner west, and has been a creative producer, digital producer and associate producer on the EWF team since 2018.

EWF board chair Craig Semple said: ‘Ruby’s appointment feels particularly special because, having progressed through the organisation from creative producer to digital producer and then associate producer, Ruby is already part of the EWF family, and we know first-hand her absolute passion for championing the work and development of emerging writers.

Lucy has fast become one of Australia’s leading ladies of stage and screen with a list of major roles to her credit, as one of the judges in this year’s Australia’s Got Talent; as Roxy Karibas in Sisters (Netflix Original), Sophie in The Letdown (Netflix/ABC), Glinda the Good Witch in the original Australian cast of Wicked (GFO) and Elle Woods in Legally Blonde The Musical (GFO) for which she won both the Sydney Theatre and Helpmann Award.

Max talks to David Hunt about his career and highlights.  Max is an acclaimed countertenor, who has performed around the world with the La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Opera, London Handel Orchestra, Basel Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. He is currently a principal artist with The Song Company. As a soloist he regularly performs at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Hamer Hall and Sydney’s City Recital Hall. Career highlights include performances at the Vienna Concert House, Musikverein and the Royal Albert Hall.

Phillip  talks  to David Hunt about Ballet Lab

Gail  talks  to  David  about artists Talking Heads  about  their  classic  album True  Stories.

Neil Gladwin talks to David Hunt about the Green Room Awards.