Green Room is the latest film by Jeremy Saulnier, an American filmmaker whose two previous films, Murder Party (2007) and Blue Ruin (2013), both explore and analyse violence in various forms and settings. And now Green Room , which premiered at the Cannes film festival in 2015, extends this obsession to even darker territory. It centres on a punk band who goes to play at a small concert venue in the backwoods of Oregon, witnesses a murder, and is immediately taken hostage in the green room of th...
May 16, 2016•3 min
Earlier this week, Beth interviewed Next Wave festival artist RANI PRAMESTI and her show Sedih // Sunno . Sedih // Sunno is being performed as part of the NEXT WAVE festival and is on until May 15th at the North Melbourne Town Hall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 16, 2016•15 min
Earlier this month, Andrew had the opportunity to speak with Michael Williams, head of The Wheeler Centre, about the event: Paul Kelly does Shakespeare . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 16, 2016•8 min
Hosts Lauren and Andrew chatted to GUY ABRAHAMS, CLIMARTE CEO and co-founder & THORNTON WALKER, one of the 10 commissioned artists from CLIMARTE Poster Project 2016 . The CLIMARTE Poster Project Forum is on Tuesday 17th 6pm at Carlton Connect Initiative LAB-14, 700 Swanston St Carlton, and the Exhibition is on at the same location until May 28th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 16, 2016•13 min
Hosts Lauren and Andrew were joined in the studios by two very special guests - their mothers! Lee and Janet discuss their experiences of motherhood and how the media portrays motherhood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 16, 2016•7 min
Australia's first production of The River , by Jez Butterworth, called for a complete revamp of the Red Stitch Actors Theatre. To make a small fishing cabin by the river feel like an arena, the audience is seated on two sides of the stage as they watch a devout fisherman entertain his novice fisherwomen guests. Sometimes you are getting a monologue delivered straight to you, at other times the actor with all the lines is facing away from you, so you're watching much more of the reacting than the...
May 16, 2016•3 min
Saturday April 23, 2016 marked 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare, and exactly 452 years since his birth. You have to appreciate the perfect symmetry of being born and being taken on the same day of the year, apparently due to some overzealous celebrating at his favourite pub. It also gives his global fanbase a reason to have two big celebrations each century. The latest of these, held at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, is now being screened at Cinema Nova up until Wednesday May 18,...
May 16, 2016•5 min
A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay written by Virginia Woolf. It is based on a series of lectures Woolf gave at two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in 1928. The lectures employ a fictional narrator and narrative and they explore the idea of ‘women and fiction’. It argues space for women writers, both figuratively and literally, in the world of literature that is often dominated by men. Sentient Theatre’s inaugural performance of A Room of One's Own is directed by, and translated a...
May 16, 2016•2 min
Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a film written and directed by Taika Waititi, based on the book Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Trump. It opened in New Zealand on March 31st 2016 and set box office records, which is no surprise because the film is phenomenal. It follows the story of Ricky Baker played by Julian Dennison, a young delinquent from the city. He is sent by child welfare to live deep in the country with foster parents Bella, played by Rima Te Wiata, and Hec, played by Sam Neill who Ric...
May 16, 2016•2 min
Will had the opportunity to review 3 shows from the Next Wave festival: microLandscapes , Ground Control and Voices of Joan of Arc . All shows are being performed at the Northcote Town Hall until May 14th except for microLandscapes, which finishes on Sunday May 8th Image: Janine Gibson from Voices of Joan of Arc, Next Wave Festival 2016 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 16, 2016•9 min
Hosts Lauren and Andrew were joined in the studio with EMMA FISHWICK , creator and choreographer & KYNAN TAN, composer and projection visual artist from Next Wave festival show microlandscapes . Emma and Kynan talked about their process of developing microlandscapes , and where they would like to take the show in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 16, 2016•12 min
Review by Ebony Beaton Studio Ghibli’s lesser known film Only Yesterday is this year celebrating it’s 25th anniversary and is being re-released in Australia. Only Yesterday is unlike other studio Ghibli films. It cuts back the magical and child-like imagination that is usually the main premise within their films. It is a realistic drama, it is made for adults and is particularly aimed at women. It’s set in 1982 and follows Taeko, she is 27 and unmarried, and she grew up and lives and works in To...
May 09, 2016•4 min
Content warning: contains swearing. Review by Ebony Beaton Fucking Parasites directed by Adam J A Cass, is a grim look into the world of two teenage girls who are imprisoned in an immigration processing centre and waiting to find out if they have been granted refugee status after fleeing from their homelands with their parents. They spend their time playing and parodying adults in their lives, such as nurses, their parents and lawyers. It is written by Swedish playwright Ninna Tersman, she wrote...
May 09, 2016•5 min
Katie reviews Metanoia Theatre’s production Coriolanus . Coriolanus is being performed at Heartstring Theatre until May 8th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 09, 2016•5 min
JOSH LYNZAAT (access officer) and TIM SNEDDON (co-writer/sound designer) from the DIG collective chat to hosts Ben and Jonathan about their upcoming production DoubleSpeak . DoubleSpeak is on Friday 20th - Saturday 21st May at 7:30pm at Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland St, VIC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 09, 2016•15 min
DANIEL TOBIAS, Green Room Award winner for Best Writing earlier this year, join hosts Ben and Jonathan to discuss his nationally acclaimed production The Orchid and The Crow . The Orchid and The Crow is being performed at Theatre Works, St Kilda 3rd – 15th May. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 09, 2016•15 min
Hosts Ben and Jonathan are joined in the studio with BENG OH, director of the encore season of The Yellow Wave , and co-founder of 15 Minutes from Anywhere artist collaboration with writer Jane Miller. The Yellow Wave is being performed at The Butterfly Club, Tuesday – Sunday 26th April – 8th May, 2016 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 09, 2016•12 min
