It's Boola Bardip Museum’s Helen Simondson’s turn to get the ball rolling this week with her regular Perth roundup and, of course, her local guest artist… Michelle Hovane, Co-Artistic Director of Sensorium Theatre…

Then we’re off to the Bowery Theatre in St Albans for the world premiere of The Yellow Line, a play that asks whether culture and connection can break the cycle of incarceration. We’ll meet Producer-Creator Tyson Tuala…

Meanwhile, at Darebin Arts Speakeasy, dance maker Sarah Aiken has a new work – Body Corp – and we’ll catch up with her to find out how easily the body in space merges with technology…

And finally, we’ll head up to Bendigo to catch up with Janice Donnelly to find out about the Bendigo Chorale’s latest performance – Songs of the Isles…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Welcome to Behind the Scenes… my name’s Chris Thompson and each week as we talk about the arts and culture across Melbourne, across Victoria and across the country, we acknowledge the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation… the traditional custodians of the land on which we make this show… we pay our respects to their ancestors and elders past, present and emerging and remember that they are part of the longest continuing culture in the world.

First show of the month means a visit from Theatre Network Australia and this month we catch up with Josh Lowe who’ll also introduce the TNA member of the Month – Bina Bhattacharya from PYT Fairfield Theatre for young and emerging artists…

Then, Amanda Douge is an Australian actor and Theatre Maker who’s been living in the UK where she’s been investigating the intersection between theatre and the climate crisis… and she’s brought part of that investigation – Rosa Luxemburg and I - back home for a one night showing and discussion at the Abbotsford Convent…

Ross Judd is a consultant in communication management, and he’s brought together many of the things he’s learned over the years into a book about – exactly what its title says – Listening…

And finally, it’s Screens&Streams time again with Marc Gracie and a whole bunch of new films…

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It's almost school holidays and amongst the many things on offer for young people is a pretty terrific programme of workshops and activities at the Koorie Heritage Trust, which is why CEO Tom Mosby is here to tell us what’s what AND to remind us that the fashion and textiles exhibition - Stitchin’ Stories: Blak and Threadly is still running through until May…

Then, New Zealand theatre company – A Slightly Isolated Dog – has made the trip across the ditch to bring us their latest production – Jekyll and Hyde… we were to catch up with company members Jonathan Price and Andrew Paterson but sadly, they’ve gone AWOL but never fear… in their place we’ll meet Phillipe and Julie… who might well be in the production, or maybe not…

Then, it’s two for price of one when Rueben Kaye drops by to talk about playing the iconic role of Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar PLUS what he’s got in store for us with his latest Melbourne International Comedy Festival show…

And speaking of the Comedy Festival, UK comedian and occasional equine Elf Lyons claims to have the first comedy show ever performed entirely by a horse… appropriately titled… Horses…

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