David Hunt welcomes David Spencer,Resident Director for the play “A Christmas Carol”, to Sunday Arts Magazine.

David Spencer started his career as a performer. He has a long history of understudying for people and working with directors. He has also worked for Victorian Opera and Opera Australia. David has worked on a long list of productions including “Jesus Christ Superstar”and “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”.

He is Resident Director for the production “A Christmas Carol” currently playing at the Comedy Theatre.

David, Brendan and Neil chat with actor, Harvey Zielinski, on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Originally from Western Australia, Harvey has been acting from the early age of eight years. He is currently acting in the play “Whose afraid of Virginia Woolf”, at Red Stitch Theatre in East St Kilda. You can find out more about Harvey’s works at his website

Paavali Jumppanen joins David, Brendan and Neil on Sunday Arts Magazine.

A pianist from Finland, Paavali has performed internationally and in Australia. On Sunday Arts Magazine, he discusses his interest in the Australian National Academy of Music(ANAM) with David, Brendan and Neil. Paavali is now Artistic Director at ANAM.

Paavali also speaks with Sunday Arts Magazine about the legacy of the American Composer, George Crumb. The “Innovative Spirit of George Crumb” was recently performed as part of the ANAM end of year Chamber Music Festival.

Sunday Arts Magazine welcomes Dunham Rmandic, Curator, to the studio.

Dunham Rmandic is the curator for the “Know My Name” exhibition currently underway at the Mornington Regional Gallery.

Dunham chats to David, Brendan and Neil about her interests and career in the art industry.

David, Brendan and Neil chat with Wilson Yeung(Cultural Consultant) and Eldon Huang(Actor) about the play “I ME SHE HIM.”

Cultural Consultant Wilson Yeung came to Australia from Hong Kong ten years ago to study. He researched cultures in Hong Kong and China with intent of bringing “I ME SHE HIM” to Australian audiences. Set in Hong Kong, this is the first English adaptation of Stan Lai’s 1998 play.

“I ME SHE HIM” recently performed at Bluestone Church Arts Space in Footscray and is performing at The Bowery Theatre in St Albans.

Moulin Rouge General Manager, Dawn Martin, joins David, Brendan and Neil on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Starting in the Arts industry some 40 years ago, Dawn started as Assistant Stage Manager for Touring Regional England. Progressing to the West End, she took on the role of Assistant Stage Manager for the first production of “Miss Saigon” in 1989. She joined an Australian touring company on a production of “Les Miserables” whilst in Hong Kong.

Dawn decided to move to Australia where she continued working in stage management. She worked as the Calling Stage Manager during the Opening Ceremony for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. After this role, Dawn became better known within the arts industry, enabling her to move into Company Management positions; mostly for commercial large scale musicals. She joined Global Creatures, an Australian based production company, as the General Manager for the recent production of the award winning musical “Moulin Rouge.”

David welcomes Matthew Richard Walsh, Company Director/Artistic Director at Cracked Actors Theatre, back to Sunday Arts Magazine.

Matthew has been acting for thirty years, and has been directing plays over the last few years.

Realising that Cracked Actors would be better with their own venue, Matthew set about finding a place to call their own. He came upon a run down old reception venue at Albert Park Lake in 2015. He and Cracked Actors restored the old building into a theatre which opened in 2019.

Matthew chats to David about Cracked Actors, their theatre at Albert Park Lake, and their most recent play: “Cleo Stratus.”

Lucy Payne, actress, joins David in the studio on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Lucy first started acting at high school, where she and some other students started their own small acting group. She then went on to study Law. Finding that Law was not really suitable, she left the course and took up an acting course at Federation University, formerly BAPA, in Ballarat. She graduated in acting during Covid. She met Glenn Shea -actor, writer and director, who introduced her to theatre.

Lucy chats to David about her recent play: Mi:Wi, a play based on the true story of Roland Winzel Carter, a Ngarrindjeri man who enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force(AIF) in 1915.

Two inspiring dancers speak with David at Sunday Arts Magazine about their interests and careers in dance.

Angelina Nicole came to Melbourne from California U.S.A. Angelina started dancing at the early age of three years. After rigorous training in Ballet in Los Angeles, she moved to San Francisco in 1995 where she taught, performed and choreographed before coming to Australia in 2015. She is currently a member of Fine Line Dance and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance.

Judy Leech also started dancing early in life at the age of twelve years. She participated in dance classes at Dance House in Melbourne. When Dr Katrina Rank, Artistic Director of Fine Lines, commenced leading classes in Fine Lines dancing, which is tailored especially towards experienced dancers aged more than fifty years, Judy joined these classes, and has been participating in these classes for ten years.

Fine Lines recently presented “TEMPUS:” a series of short dance works about time and memory; about the time we have on this planet and what we decide to do with this time.

Award-winning Asian-Australian Michele Lee has been professionally writing for stage, screen, audio and live arts performances for fifteen years. Her work focuses on Asian-Australian people, people of colour and women.

On this episode, David chats with Michele about her recent work: “How do I let you Die.”