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.