Steve Langham is the winemaker for Piggs Peake winery in Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley. He’s been known to strut around in a shiny cape, rescue damsels from wine barrels and he also makes a damn fine wine. They’re the wines with the Piggy names – Sows Ear Semillon, Pino Piggio, House of Straw Shiraz. […]
A meaningful photograph has the power to move you. To make you feel curious, happy, sympathetic, angry, shocked, uplifted. The Head On Photo Festival started as a small portrait exhibition in 2004 and grew. And grew! The 9th Head On Photo Festival has kicked off, showing stunning photography from Australia and around the world. Tune […]
Read More… from Moshe Rosenzveig on the Dialogue Wednesday 9 May
If you want to know how those fruit and veggies came to be in your shopping basket – and the real story behind it…. tune in to The Dialogue at 6pm on Wednesday 25 April when I chat to John Baker. John knows a thing or two about fresh produce, with over 40 years in […]
Read More… from John Baker on The Dialogue Wednesday 25 April
Annabel Osborne is a writer, award winning director and photographer. She’s a very busy woman, with two feature films and a series in development. Her short film “Mama always told him” took out the first prize at the prestigious Rhode Island International Film Festival and she comfortably moves between making shorts and feature films, in […]
Read More… from Annabel Osborne on The Dialogue Wednesday 28 March
Interview with artists Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford. When art is your life, it helps that your life partner understands your passion, obsession and your need to create. In the case of Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford a love of the landscape in all its magnificence has given them common ground for their travels and […]
Read More… from Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford on The Dialogue 28 February
He loves its rugged beauty, its vastness and absolute silence. Artist Tony Costa explores the rhythms of the Australian bush in his vibrant paintings. Captured by the world of painting as a boy, Tony Costa’s works have been featured in Australia’s major art prizes; including the Archibald and Wynne prizes, and the Doug Moran Prize. […]
Read More… from Tony Costa on The Dialogue Wednesday 31 January
Meredith O’Reilly is a musical theatre star, cabaret performer, jazz singer, lyricist, and actor who has recently added the role of producer to her repertoire. An Australian musical that was originally produced in 1958 has caught her eye. That show is Lola Montez. It’s a story of deception, intrigue and glamour and a mysterious woman […]
Read More… from Meredith O’Reilly on The Dialogue Wednesday 29 November 6pm
Simon Marnie is a man of many talents – he knows how to do card tricks and clever things with pieces of rope, but he’s best known as a broadcaster on ABC Radio. He has interviewed the talented and fabulous and reported on triumph and tragedy. This time he’s on the other side of the […]
Read More… from Simon Marnie on The Dialogue Wednesday 26 July
Let me entertain you! Virginia Ferris is a respected choreographer who has worked with the best in the business – Frank Sinatra, Peter Allen, K.D.Laing, Kath and Kim and Kylie. Tune in to The Dialogue on Wednesday 29 March at 6pm when Claudia Chan Shaw chats to Virginia about her fascinating career. From her days as […]
Read More… from Virginia Ferris on The Dialogue Wednesday 29 March at 6pm
Have you seen the giant Lunar Lantern zodiac animals around Sydney Harbour? Heard the firecrackers in Chinatown? Want to find out what goes on behind the scenes of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival? Claudia Chan Shaw chats with Michelle Bell, human firecracker and Program Manager of the Chinese New Year Festival and Events at the City […]
Read More… from Michelle Bell on The Dialogue Wednesday 1 February
If you visited this year’s Archibald Prize you will have been stopped in your tracks by the powerful portrait by Nick Stathopoulos of Sudanese lawyer and refugee advocat, Deng Adut. Tune in to The Dialogue at 6pm on Wednesday 28 December as Nick Stathopoulos chats to Claudia Chan Shaw about the Archibald Curse, serendipity and […]
Read More… from Nick Stathopoulos on The Dialogue Wednesday 28 December
The world of Rebecca Ritchie is full of glamour, drama and beauty; with equal doses of murder, tragedy and ambition. It is the wonderful world of Opera Australia. Rebecca Ritchie, Wardrobe Production Manager for Opera Australia, takes us behind the scenes of the workroom. We step into the domain of the costume designers, cutters, seamstresses, wig makers, milliners and […]
Read More… from Rebecca Ritchie on The Dialogue Wednesday 30 November