Elena Vereker from InSite Arts is here for our regular Adelaide catch up and to introduce us to Rachael Azzopardi – Co-Founder and Creative Director of Illuminate Adelaide… Then, Conductor Mario Dobernig is back to tell us about the latest Victoria Chorale and Art of Sound Orchestra performance – Jospeh Hayden’s The Creation… After that we’ll visit Theatre Works not once but twice – first to chat with Director Teresa Izzard about her production of Shadowboxing – and then to chat with Director Maude Davey and Writer/Performer Myf Hocking about the Antipodes Theatre production of Storked… And finally, some very cool music from Wild Gloriosa from the new EP Growing Pains… They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Behind the Scenes 5th May 2025
Steph Spears is the Theatre Network Australia rep for the start of May and she’ll be introducing the TNA Member of the Month, Philip Channells from Dance Integrated Australia … Then, it’s time for the Melbourne Writers’ Festival and Vision Australia Radio is a media partner – so let’s do some media with Festival Director, Veronica Sullivan… After that, it’s time for Screens & Streams, and we’ll start with Elysia Zeccola from Palace Films for a chat about the German Film Festival… before Marc Gracie drops by to talk about what we’ve seen on our big and small screens… They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Behind the Scenes 28th April 2025
This month our Darwin correspondent is Liz Rogers from Brown’s Mart and she’ll be introducing us to Nicky Fearn and Gail Evans, creators of Fair Punishment… Then it’s time for the Yirramboi Festival again and we’ll sit down with Co-Leads Sherene Stewart and J’Maine Beezley to find out all the good stuff… And then a bit of music to finish off the show… new instrumental dance group Intermood have released their debut album – Casuarina – so, we’ll listen to a couple of tracks and chat with drummer Miles Murray… They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Behind the Scenes 21st April 2025
There’s a great new exhibition at Linden New Art – Bernhard Sachs: After History - which celebrates the life and art of artist and academic Bernhard Sachs and Curator Hamish Sawyer walks and talks us through these remarkable works… …and speaking of Linden New Art, and exhibition we missed last year has been captured in a beautiful book – I’m A Believer by artist Michelle Hamer capturing her exploration of the invalidation and dismissive language we often encounter in healthcare systems all over the world… And why not spend the whole show in galleries… we’ll finish up at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery where Monica Curro is rolling out a fabulous new programme of Music on Sundays… They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Behind the Scenes 14th April 2025
We start this week’s show in Adelaide with Elena Vereker from InSite Arts who’ll introduce her local guest artist, Jennifer Greer Holmes from Vital Statistix… Then we’re off on a bit of a nostalgia trip at the Museum of Australian Photography when we check out The Basement, their exhibition devoted to celebrating the Photography Course at Prahran College from 1968 to 1981 and we’ll meet photographer Paul Lambeth who was there as a student AND there on opening night… Meanwhile, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is still going so let’s catch up with comedian Anisa Nandaula who’ll tell us why You Can’t Say That… …and then let’s drop in on Gasworks for a bit of Berlin Burlesque from the Lyttelton Circus Theatre Company and we’ll chat with David Ladderman… who is either a narrating juggler or a juggling narrator… They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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