Playing on their egos of Fran and Yetta, Lauren Edwards and Jude Perl created a dynamic cabaret show that celebrated a decade of television history, the 90s. Yada Yada Yada took its name from the Seinfeld episode in which George gets suspicious of his new girlfriend’s use of the term. There are a few of these Easter eggs scattered throughout the show. The premise follows a knock off Fran and Yetta filming a 90s Television Special. The two performers did an array of sitcom medleys and original so...
Jul 07, 2017•2 min
Silvi and Christina chat to Janice Muller, director of the Malthouse Theatre's Australian premier production of Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. running until July 9. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 04, 2017•9 min
Christina and Thierry chat to Narda Shanley, CEO of St Martin's Youth Arts Centre, about Banjo's, Boots & Beyonce (a different kind of bush dance), on from 6 – 8 July at The Substation, 1 Market Street Newport. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 04, 2017•5 min
At La Mama Theatre in Carlton on Wednesday night I got to experience a moving and powerful physical theatre piece called (De)construct. Directed by Cera Maree Brown, (de)construct explores themes of identity, social anxiety, language, gender, sexuality and living from home. Based on recorded conversations between the performers, the honesty and depth to the opinions voiced struck a chord of familiarity in the audience as the different situations were played out. (de)construct begins with a movem...
Jul 04, 2017•2 min
Christina and Thierry chat to Madeleine Featherby about playing Helen (of Troy) in PARIS - A Rock Odyssey , running from July 13-15 at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 04, 2017•15 min
Christina and Thierry chat to Tyran Parke about directing Lyric Opera’s production of The Coronation of Poppea , on from July 15-22 at Chapel off Chapel (12 Little Chapel St, Prahran). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 03, 2017•18 min
Wallace & Gromit and Friends and their talented creators have just arrived at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Aardman Animations. Running until October 29 this latest of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces is a virtually exhaustive exhibition of the company's entire body of work, including their next feature film, Early Man , coming out early next year. Visiting Aardman founders and co-curators, Peter Lord and David Sproxton, working very ...
Jul 03, 2017•19 min
Smithers reviews the new circus show that runs from June 20-July 16 at the Big Top in Birrarung Marr (between Federation Square and Batman Avenue). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 03, 2017•1 min
Silvi chats to cabaret performer Tash York about her new show, Adulting, playing at the Butterfly Club (5 Carson Pl, off Lt Collins) from July 11-16 as part of the Cabaret Fringe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 03, 2017•10 min
Jack interviews Liam McGorry, founding member of Dorsal Fins, about the nine-piece band’s upcoming gig at the first Melbourne Museum – Nocturnal event, happening Friday July 7, 6-11pm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 03, 2017•8 min
Christina and Silvi chat to cabaret performer Britni Leslie about her new show at the Butterfly Club, Bourbon St to Broadway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 03, 2017•9 min
Andrew reviews Julie Andrews’ 60th Anniversary production of My Fair Lady , now playing at the Regent Theatre until July 29. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 02, 2017•5 min
London Comedy Duo Roulston and Young come straight from the Adelaide Cabaret Festival to Melbourne’s Butterfly Club, to deliver an hour of upbeat laughs and jabs at relationships on a frosty Melbourne night. The first song lets you know what you’re in for, an upbeat formula with plenty of witty banter between hosts and invitations to the audience to join in the wink-winking and nudge-nudging. The audience that this reviewer was a part of were only too happy to oblige, a lively oneindeed. From th...
Jun 27, 2017•4 min
Christian chats to musical theatre performer Nelson Gardner about playing the part of Charley in Watch This’ production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along , running from June 29 – July 15 at Southbank Theatre, 140 Southbank Boulevard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 27, 2017•15 min
Jack and Christian chat to Circus Oz veteran performer Matt Wilson about their new show, Model Citizens , running until July 16 at the Big Top in Birrarung Marr (between Federation Square and Batman Avenue). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 26, 2017•9 min
This documentary wasn’t just your normal superstar backstory, this was a story about a woman's journey through self-doubt, a controlling family, addiction and racism. Nick Broomfield’s documentary of Whitney Houston is truly riveting and captivating, unlike any documentary I’ve ever seen. There were a number of never before seen home videos of Whitney starting out singing with her mum, Cissy Houston, in church, Whitney’s early interviews and of her backstage. There were also a number of intervie...
Jun 26, 2017•3 min
Maria and Ben chat with Piri Goodman and Maya Tregonning, students at the National Institute of Circus, about their June showcase performance at the National Circus Centre, Circosis: Left Brain, Right Brain . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 23, 2017•10 min
Ellie and Christian chat with Rachael Maza, Artistic Director of the Ilbijerri Theatre Company, currently touring Coranderrk all around Australia until July 18. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 21, 2017•12 min
Jack and Christian are joined by artist and producer Tina Dixson, human rights advocate Renee Dixson and Thomas Feng, from Road to Refuge , to discuss Stories About Hope , an exhibiton celebrating the strength, identity and human dignity of people from refugee backgrounds, on at the No Vacancy Project Space in Federation Square until Sunday June 25. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 20, 2017•6 min
Jack and Christian are joined by artist and producer Tina Dixson, human rights advocate Renee Dixson and Thomas Feng, from Road to Refuge , to discuss Stories About Hope , an exhibiton celebrating the strength, identity and human dignity of people from refugee backgrounds, on at the No Vacancy Project Space in Federation Square until Sunday June 25. Click here for part 2 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 20, 2017•15 min
Maria and Ben chat to Jodi Newcombe, Creative Producer of Empire of Dirt , an environmental work by James Geurts up on Rodda Lane off La Trobe St at RMIT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 20, 2017•7 min
Caroline's interview with Sam Yong, Apparition Media 30-year-old artist and designer of the Spider-Man: Homecoming mural at Melbourne Central. CAROLINE: Congratulations on your big commission! SAM: Thank you. CAROLINE: Can you tell us how you got the gig? SAM: I work part time at Apparition Media, and I’m an artist and a designer there as well. Tyson (Hunter), one of the founders, he pitched me as an artist to do a custom design for the Spider-Man mural. Sony likes my work so they said “we’ll ha...
Jun 19, 2017•5 min
Ben, Silvi and Christina chat to producer Olivia Satchell and director Christian Taylor about Tipping Points , their 24-hour play project centring on climate change that will be performed on June 22, 7-9pm at 1000 £ Bend (361 Little Lonsdale Street) as part of the Emerging Writers' Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 07, 2017•14 min
This weeks Friday Nights included a headline act by Two Steps on the Water, a extravagant chandelier and a reviewer entranced in the art of Van Gogh and Love: Art of Emotion 1400 - 1800. I find that the two components that make or break the Friday Nights experience is the music and the art. This weeks Friday Nights had exhibitions that emphasize emotion and mood. It only made it more suitable that the headliner for this week had so much gumption and feeling in their songs. The three piece punk/h...
Jun 06, 2017•2 min
There's something very romantic about going to an art gallery at night time, especially one as grand as the NGV. The high ceilings and wide open spaces are really beautiful. It would be really cute to take someone there on a date and afterwards get a hot chocolate and sit by the river, just a suggestion. Van Gogh and the Seasons was curated by Sjraar van Heugten The exhibition begins with a short 9 min video detailing important points and shifts in Van Gogh's life. I really enjoyed this part of ...
Jun 06, 2017•3 min
Silvi, Ben and Christina chat to Izzy Roberts-Orr, Artistic Director of the 2017 Emerging Writers' Festival (June 14-23). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 06, 2017•15 min
Silvi, Ben and Christina chat to actor Dion Mills about Red Stitch and Little Ones Theatre's production of The Moors , playing at Rear 2 Chapel St, St Kilda East until July 9. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 05, 2017•9 min
Christian chats with and hears a live performance from Jason Fleming's solo tribute show, James Taylor: Bittersweet and Low , playing at the Caravan Club (95-97 Drummond Street, Oakleigh) on Saturday June 10, 8pm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 04, 2017•19 min
Maria chats with Gemma Paintin, one half of the Bristol-based live art duo Action Hero, currently in residency at Arts House in North Melbourne performing a handful of pop-culture-focused works. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 31, 2017•10 min
Jack reviews the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s May concert, Unfinished Romance – Rossini & Schubert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 30, 2017•7 min
