Episode 289

This week's hosts are Misha Adair and Ralph Mclean.

It's a special shot earlier in the year--we had a preview of it on an earlier show but given it's the last week of the Dali: Liquid Desire exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria International in St Kilda Road we thought the full tour and interview with Ted Gott, the Senior Curator International Art was totally justified.


Possessing an encyclopaedic knowledge of the twentieth century artist, celebrity and innovator, Ted was in a great position to give us an insight into the exhbition.

This last week of the exhibition has all sorts of add ons to the traditional exhbition, including a twenty four opening later in the week. Check for details of current plans at the NGVI web site. In the meantime, enjoy the viewing we are presenting for your entertainment and enlightenment.


A special thank you to Ocea Sellar, our review and producer for visual arts for her camera work in difficult corners!

Episode 303

This week's Yartz on television was hosted by Misha Adair and Ralph Mclean.


"The Hamlet Apocalypse" is a new play being staged at La Mama Theatre in Carlton. Ralph Mclean interviewed Katrina Cornwell from the troupe staging it and we got a scene or two from their rehearsals.

"A Black Joy" is Declan Greene's latest play. No longer our co-host, Dec has gone on to being a successful playwright but still providing filth, mirth and mouth-gaping material for the enjoyment of audiences.

Eugene O'Neill wrote "Mourning Becomes Electra" based on an old Greek story and MUST are setting their short season at Monash in the American Civil War. Ralph Mclean interviewed Lucy Hotchin and Daniel Lammin from the cast (they play the particularly badly-behaved son and daughter) and they gave us a taste of the production in rehearsal.



TINA is This Is Not Art and it's a festival held each year in Newcastle. Often attracting many artists and audience members from down South, Hermione Gilchrist interviewed Lou Smith and Lauren Brown before they set off for the city in the North.

Karen Hitchcock is a modern phenomenon of woman who does it all including write short stories and novels. Her first book of short stories has now been published and Misha Adair interviewed her about it, life for the busy modern woman and the prospects for her first published novel.



Picks of the week were Fiona Wood at Kick Gallery, Once We Lived Here at 45 Downstairs, Requiem for A Golden Boy at the Arts Centre and Vaudeville X at Dantes Fitzroy.

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