Before we get into the swing of Mad March with Fringe and Festival festivities, there's some great TV to watch. A New sketch comedy series begins on Channel 44 on Wednesday Jan 9. We spoke to Marcus Doherty about A Laughing Matter.

As part of our coverage of the 2012 Adelaide Feast Festival, we caught up with member of the Feast Youth Committee Jennifer Soggee to talk about the FYC's events, including The Deb Ball, at Feast 2012.

Our Shop at Newcastle's Crack Theatre Festival will be a great place for a cuppa and some art. We spoke to Karena Thomas and Karli Gilchrist about the work ahead of the Crack Festival.

Tod Patrick is a local Adelaide boy who, along with drag performer Paris, has created one of the hottest shows of this year's Feast Festival. After amazing shows during this year's Cabaret Festival, the troupe is back to perform in the Ballroom. We spoke to Tod between rehearsals.

One of Adelaide's biggest ever musical exports, and one I - to my shame - was only aware of in passing until recently, Fruit is back together to perform two shows only in Adelaide for Feast 2012. We were lucky enough to have a chat to Susie Keynes about getting the band back together, and relearning how to play.

Ever seen something written on a toilet wall? Ever thought to turn such writings into a work of theatre? Eloise Marie has. The result, Toilet Show, is coming to Newcastle for Crack 2012. We spoke to her about toilets and theatre.

Away from LinkAdelaide, we have a friendship and working relationship with writer and dramaturge Van Badham. Travelling to Newcastle to run a workshop on writing for theatre at the Crack Theatre Festival, she agreed to an interview and shared just some of her wisdom. Compulsory listening for artists.

The 2012 Adelaide Feast Festival is one of the biggest we can remember. With the program still wet from the printers, we spoke to Feast's amazing Creative Producer Kerry Ireland about this year's highlights on the eve of her final festival in the role.

Always a fan of immersive theatre experiences in non-traditional spaces, we love the sound of creator Sandra Carluccio's This Is Kansas City. In it, audience will wear headphones and be guided through the streets of Newcastle. Ahead of its run at the Crack Theatre Festival, she talks about it here much better than I just did.

Currently based in Bathurst, Nicole Henriksen is terribly hard to pigeonhole. From comedy to cabaret, music and satire, Nicole has performance covered in her funny, stand-up cabaret(ish) show for the Crack Theatre Festival, Technicolour Sarcasm. We spoke.