Back by very popular demand, Mic Conway’s National Junk Band presents the third edition of their fabulous new show “Vaudevillia”. Yet again “Everything new will be old again!” with new guests, fresh tunes, and some very well-honed one liners and magical happenings. The show is based on the old Vaudeville program, originally from Paris, that became […]
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On Arts Wednesday 14 September, Sylvia’s guest was Richard Aitken, curator of Planting Dreams, and exhibition at the State Library of NSW and author of a book by the same name. Listen to the conversation: That was Part 1 and here is Part 2: And now for Part 3: […]
The Sydney Fringe Festival are hosting the world’s largest Silent Dinner Party at the historic Paddington Town Hall on 24 September 2016, a truly incredible setting for such a unique event! The Silent Dinners are an international performance art project based around a three course meal. 36 of these social sculptures havebeen hosted in 11 […]
In this podcast Ruth Hessey talks to Alphamama live in studio. In the interview they discuss Alphamama’s upcoming show Queen Cxnt which she is performing in at the Sydney Fringe Festival and talk about her song ‘Ass In The Front’ which Alphamama preforms live in studio. To listen to the podcast click here: To […]
In this podcast Ruth Hessey talks with filmmaker Janet Merewether about her upcoming documentary ‘Reindeer in my Saami [pronounced ss-ah-me] Heart’ which she wrote, directed and produced. Janet Merewether tells Ruth about what motivated her to make this documentary. To listen to the podcast click here: To watch the ‘Reindeer in my Saami Heart’ trailer […]
In this podcast Ruth Hessey talks to Peter Stevens from the Wolli Creek Preservation Society about the tragic demolition of the Bexley North – Tempe ecosystem. They also discuss the effects of the Baird government’s NSW Bio-banking and what the offsets would be, to the community, the environment and most importantly, the wildlife. To listen […]
Professor Geraint Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy, makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday at 10:40 am in Part 1 of a 6-part series entitled Colour and Geraint starts the discussion by asking what is light? My guest at 11:00 am is garden historian and author, Richard Aitken, who has […]
A pretty ballsy show this week! as we decided NOT to dodge the C word. It just kept raising its pretty head. First up – apparently the Sydney business community decided to put its money on the big C over the weekend. Clover Moore’s detractors must have been cursing to find themselves in the minority. […]
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“In My Room” by Jacob Collier is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. The album that we are featuring across the station this week comes from afar as we give some well deserved attention to a young man from London. This young man has already mastered some skills that would take others a lifetime to achieve, […]
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Recently we sent Chelsea D from The New Thing (Monday 9am) on a round the world trip to get to know some of our upcoming Global Rhythms artists. No other acts possesses such a kaleidoscope of colour and sound as the innovative and outspoken DieselN’Dub! Hi Declan! How would you describe your life since starting Dieseln’Dub? […]
Have you ever wondered what being a woman really means? Apart from the physical difference between male and female bodies, what defines a woman? What labels have been put on women due to social constructs of gender and what kind of power do women hold in our world? Queen Cxnt is a powerful multi-sensory music theatre […]
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