Art Smitten
678 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago -Art Smitten is SYN's weekly guide to arts, culture and entertainment in Australia and around the world. With a focus on youth and emerging arts, we're here to showcase culture ahead of the curve. From our base in Naarm/Melbourne, contributors interview, review, and cover the very best of what the world’s second-most liveable city has to offer. Whether it's film, fashion, photography or Fauvism you're into, Art Smitten is the place!
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Review: Sugarland - Australian Theatre for Young People
May 30, 2016 01:57 - 6 minutes - 5.51 MBIt was fantastic to hear that The Arts Centre’s season of Sugarland is being targeted at VCE students, but don’t let that make you think that the play itself is mostly for high school students. Fraser Corfiel and David Page’s debut production of Rachel Coopes and Wayne Blair‘s latest theatrical work is one of those stories of adolescence that engages teenagers both past and present. Lately, Melbourne has seen quite a few ensemble pieces set in remote regions of Australia, usually ones like...
Discussion: Taiwanese Jazz
May 30, 2016 01:53 - 7 minutes - 6.46 MBHosts Lauren and Andrew are joined in the studio with Caitlin, a jazz student at the Australian National University School of Music. She shares her story of how she feel in love with jazz and the, perhaps surprisingly, vibrant jazz scene in Taiwan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Review: Renee Geyer - Stonnington Jazz
May 30, 2016 01:49 - 5 minutes - 5.34 MBWhen I heard Renee Geyer was a famous international jazz singer I was thrilled to get the chance to go and see her sing. As I am an amateur singer with jazzy vocals myself it felt like it was a match made to be. However Renee Geyer was different to my initial assumptions. If I were to liken the whole experience to dating a person you met online, Renee Geyer would be a date you hade hopes for, only to have the actual date be considerably different to your expectations. Renee’s actuality c...
Review: The Glass Menagerie - Malthouse Theatre
May 30, 2016 01:44 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MBRachel attended the opening night of Malthouse Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams' classic 'memory play', The Glass Menagerie. The Glass Menagerie is being performed on 18th May to 5th June at the Merlyn Theatre in Melbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Interview: Rose Riley - The Glass Menagerie
May 30, 2016 01:40 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBHosts Lauren and Andrew are joined on the line with actress ROSE RILEY. She is playing the role of Laura Wingfield in the Malthouse Theatre’s production of The Glass Menagerie. The Glass Menagerie is being performed on 18th May to 5th June at the Merlyn Theatre in Melbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Interview: Lenka Vanderboom - SticksnStones on the Birrarung Marr
May 30, 2016 01:36 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBHosts Lauren and Andrew were joined in the studio with LENKA VANDERBOOM - Melbourne Playback Theatre Company ensemble member and Creative Director of SticksnStones on the Birrarung Marr. The event includes a panel event with esteemed First Nations’ Victorians followed by a professional playback theatre performance. SticksnStones is on Friday 27th May, 6pm at Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne. Photographer credit: Steven Rhall (image: Diana Nguyen, Sermsah Bin Saad) S...
Interview: Charmene Yap - CounterMove
May 30, 2016 01:29 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBLaurent spoke to award winning dancer CHARMENE YAP, a member of Sydney Dance Company and performer in the touring production CounterMove. CounterMove will be performed at the Melbourne Theatre Company Southbank Theatre 25th May to 4th June Photography by Peter Greig (still from CACTI) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Interview: Mitchel Edwards & Aaron Trevaskis - Yellow Skies
May 26, 2016 08:50 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBMITCHEL EDWARDS, emerging playwright, and actor AARON TREVASKIS join Lauren in the studio to talk about a new Australian and post-apocalyptic play, Yellow Skies. Yellow Skies is produced by Baker's Dozen Theatre and is being performed at Metanoia Theatre at Brunswick Mechanics Institute, 18th -29th May. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Review: Wild Lands exhibition at Linden New Art Gallery
May 26, 2016 08:44 - 3 minutes - 3.42 MBRecently I got to visit the Linden New Art Gallery. The current exhibition that is being held at the moment is the ‘Wild Lands’ exhibition with two sections following different artists and there particular styles of different wild life. When walking into the gallery on the left side is the ‘Wild Lands’ exhibition, featuring the artists: Chris Mason, Bronwyn Hack, Dionne Cazano, Michael Camakaris, Mathew Grove, and Ruth Howard. This section was particularly interesting especially when looki...
Review: Tinnalley String Quartet & Lior concert
May 26, 2016 08:40 - 7 minutes - 6.42 MBAdalya joins Lauren in the studio to share her thoughts about the Tinnalley String Quartet & Lior concert she attended earlier this month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Interview: Defron - Walk This Way
May 26, 2016 08:34 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBLauren is joined in the studio with DEFRON, a local Melbourne hip-hop artist and the leader behind the Walk This Way project. Defron talks about his trip to New York and the hip hop scene in Melbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Review: Green Room
May 16, 2016 03:54 - 2 minutes - 2.4 MBGreen 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...
Interview: Rani Pramesti, Next Wave Festival
May 16, 2016 03:54 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBEarlier 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.
Review & Interview: Paul Kelly does Shakespeare & Michael Williams, The Wheeler Centre
May 16, 2016 03:53 - 7 minutes - 7.02 MBEarlier 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.
Interview: Guy Abrahams & Thornton Walker - CLIMARTE Poster Project
May 16, 2016 03:22 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBHosts 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.
Discussion: Motherhood, Mother's Day and Mothers
May 16, 2016 02:55 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MBHosts 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.
Review: The River
May 16, 2016 02:49 - 3 minutes - 3 MBAustralia'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 ...
Review: Shakespeare Live
May 16, 2016 02:45 - 4 minutes - 4.34 MBSaturday 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...
Review: A Room of One's Own
May 16, 2016 02:39 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MBA 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 trans...
Review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
May 16, 2016 02:39 - 2 minutes - 1.9 MBHunt 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 ...
Review: microLandscapes, Ground Control & Voices of Joan of Art - Next Wave Festival
May 16, 2016 02:38 - 8 minutes - 7.92 MBWill 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.
Interview: Emma Fishwick & Kynan Tan
May 16, 2016 02:38 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBHosts 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.
Review: Only Yesterday
May 09, 2016 02:27 - 4 minutes - 3.69 MBReview 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 w...
Review: Fucking Parasites
May 09, 2016 02:26 - 4 minutes - 4.3 MBContent 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,...
Review: Coriolanus
May 09, 2016 02:26 - 4 minutes - 4.33 MBKatie reviews Metanoia Theatre’s production Coriolanus. Coriolanus is being performed at Heartstring Theatre until May 8th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Interview: Josh Lynzaat & Tim Sneddon 'DoubleSpeak'
May 09, 2016 02:07 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBJOSH 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.
Interview: Daniel Tobias 'The Orchid and The Crow'
May 09, 2016 02:06 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBDANIEL 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.
Interview: Beng Oh 'The Yellow Wave'
May 09, 2016 02:01 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBHosts 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.