Enjoy this absorbing episode of Sunday Arts Magazine with special guest, award-winning Sally McKenzie.  Sydney-born playwright, performer, director and screenwriter Sally McKenzie chats to Sunday Arts about the captivating play, WAY:  a dynamic, fast-paced journey into homelessness. Sally has been passionate about the arts since her teen years.  In this episode she speaks about her background, qualifications and extensive career within the arts industry. Hear about Sally’s involvement with...

Two very special guests, David Youings and Return guest Jennifer Vuletic, chat to Sunday Arts Magazine about the play The Grinning Man. David Youings, Music Director, has been passionate about music since a very young age.  Not only is he a music director, he is a talented pianist, pit musician, conductor and composer.  Based in Melbourne, he is also a vocal coach, music engraver/copyist and keyboard programmer. Jennifer Vuletic graduated from NIDA in 1984.  She is an Australian theatre...

Meet the person behind the captivating Male//Chair exhibition when photographer Garrie Maguire returns to Sunday Arts Magazine. Australian born, Garrie Maguire has been passionate about photography from a young age.  He is also owner of the XYZ Gallery in Docklands.  Garrie “uses photography to understand the world and his place in it.”(https://garrie.xyz)   Garrie’s Male//Chair exhibition is currently on display in the Pride Gallery at the Victorian Pride Centre.  To Garrie, a chair seems...

  Enjoy a truly awe-inspiring Sunday Arts Magazine with special guest, award-winning  Jo Gilbert.  Jo is the author of the book Along the Road to Gundagai:  Biography of Jack O’Hagan and Birth of Australian Pop Culture.  Jo Gilbert is Jack O’Hagan’s granddaughter and knew him intimately.  She manages the Jack O’Hagan Estate and official website(from which this information is sourced.) “If Jack had been born in America, he would have been world famous.”(Barry Humphries)  Jack is the famous...

Meet Chris Orr and Gavin Brown, the two artists whose work is displayed in  the Motherboard Exhibition, on this exciting episode of Sunday Arts Magazine.  Both artists are return special guests to the program. Melbourne born, Gavin Brown has done fine art for forty years, and has exhibited his work in numerous exhibitions.  The main theme in his work is the fascination of collage and assemblage.  In Gavin’s own words, “this work should be monochromatic, a plethora of images, tumbling and...

Listen to this fascinating episode of Sunday Arts Magazine and meet the artist behind the spectacular Joy Generator exhibit, Niki Killick. Globally renowned fashion designer, Nixi Killick, chats to David and David about her vibrant, interactive Joy Generator: an enormous multi-sensory and tactile structure set within a colourful, otherworldly space.  It is literally flames of optimism, flames of elation, flames of joy.   Hear all about this installation and the magnificent effects it...

Meet Elyas Alavi, special guest on Sunday Arts Magazine, broadcast live from the Immigration Museum in Melbourne.   “I really wanted to show that how each culture, each background…..is full of history…..full of art.  I think that’s really, really important”.(Elyas Alavi on Sunday Arts Magazine, 14th April 2024) Afghanistan-Australian visual artist and poet chats to David and David about the exhibit In Search of the Simurgh, a Persian mythical bird.  Through the Simurgh, Elyas and Sher Ali...

Broadcasting live from the Immigration Museum in Melbourne, Sunday Arts Magazine proudly welcomes award-winning Anthony McAleer.  Anthony is the Team Leader of the Visitor Engagement team at the museum, and chats to David and David about Beci Orpin’s Bunny Dearest exhibit. Bunny Dearest  “has been a huge hit for our visitors”.(Anthony McAleer on Sunday Arts Magazine, 14th April 2024)  The gigantic yellow bunny has attracted large numbers of young people, toddlers and even babies in prams;...

Say hello to celebrated Melbourne-based artist, Beci Orpin, on an exciting episode of Sunday Arts Magazine.  Beci is the  creator of the gigantic bunny installation, Bunny Dearest, as part of the Joy Exhibition currently at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne. “I think when you’re in the moment, that’s where joy comes from…..joy is such an individual thing”(Beci Orpin  on Sunday Arts Magazine, 14th April 2024.)   Bunny Dearest  is inspired by joyful childhood memories.  Find out how Beci...

Sunday Arts Magazine welcomes special guest, Callum Preston, artist and exhibitor at the Joy exhibition, currently running at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne. Callum studied Architecture and is a qualified high school art teacher. Find out why Callum decided to have his exhibition as a 1990s video store entitled VIDEO LAND; displaying just under 2,500 individual video cassettes. Hear what Callum says about the carpet he chose, and why he designed it the way it is.Also hear about the...

Meet Rohini Kappadath on a very special Sunday Arts Magazine. Broadcast live from the Immigration Museum in Melbourne, the team chat with return guest to the program, Rohini Kappadath, the museum’s General Manager. Learn about Rohini’s background and career path. Rohini advocates that “part of the aim at this museum is to be more relevant to contemporary Melbournians and to the world at large….The Immigration Museum is a place that celebrates the cultural tradition that people bring with...

Broadcast live from the Immigration Museum, Sunday Arts Magazine proudly welcomes Ballarat Artist, Spencer Harrison, as special guest. Spencer is a visual artist whose work distills colour, form and space. Through his work he invites people to strut their true selves beneath iridescent jewels. Learn about Spencer’s background, his qualifications and why he started doing art. He was contacted about exhibiting his work in the Joy exhibition but it was up to himself as to how he went about it,...

Now for a Sunday Arts Magazine with a difference. Broadcast from the Immigration Centre in Melbourne, the team chat with return guest to the program, General Manager Rohina Kappadath. Learn about Rohina’s background and her career path. Rohina advocates that “part of the aim at this museum is to be more relevant to contemporary Melbournians and to the world at large”. “The Immigration Museum is a place that celebrates the cultural traditions that people bring with them….people from all...

Sunday Arts Magazine proudly welcomes recurring guest, award-winning film critic and arts journalist, Stephen A. Russell. Stephen was imported from Glasgow, Scotland, to Melbourne and is passionate about film and theatre. Hear what Stephen has to say about upcoming movies and the ratings he gives them.

Now for another very exciting Sunday Arts Magazine, with special guest Rowland Thomson. Roland founded Hares & Hyenas back in 1991. Hares & Hyenas has fiction, biography, sexuality, kink; “anything of interest to queer people and those who love them”(Rowland Thomson on Sunday Arts Magazine, 7th April 2024) This is definitely a not to be missed opportunity to listen to Rowland chat about everything ‘books’. Visit: https://hares-hyenas.com.au

Melbourne-based, award-winning playwright and performer, Bridget Mackey is special guest on this absorbing episode of Sunday Arts Magazine. Learn about Bridget’s interesting background and qualifications. Listen as Bridget chats about her upcoming play: THE EXACT DIMENSIONS OF HELL. THE EXACT DIMENSIONS OF HELL season runs from 19th – 28th April at Fortyfivedownstairs Theatre, Flinders Lane in Melbourne. For more information visit: https://bridgetmackey.com ...

“Treat people how you want to be treated in the rehearsal room and it will show on the stage as well”.(Darcy Kent on Sunday Arts Magazine, 7th April 2024) This is an intriguing Sunday Arts Magazine with special guest, Darcy Kent. Darcy Kent graduated with a Masters in Classical Acting from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in the UK in 2019. Learn about Darcy’s amazing background, his career and his passion for acting and teaching. Hear how Darcy places importance on keeping...

Multi-award-winning Maree Coote; artist, and author of THE INDEPENDENT PEA, DAUGHTERS OF MELBOURNE, AZARIA and other titles, returns to Sunday Arts Mazine. Find out what else Maree owns and does. Honestly, this is a simply stunning episode where Maree talks about her upcoming exhibition RAUCOUS. Listening to this episode will endorse why the exhibition is titled RAUCOUS. Listen to the story behind RAUCOUS. The story is so beautifully told and in such detail. The audience could not...

Welcome to an exceptional Sunday Arts Magazine with a difference where David speaks with return special guest, Trevor Hancock. Sixth-generation East Gippslander Trevor Hancock has been passionate about antiques from an early age and is now a highly regarded antique dealer. He is also a Member of the Australian Art and Antique Dealers Association, and former Malvern Councillor. Listen to this incredible program and find out everything jewellery when Trevor discusses the upcoming AAADA Art...

Hello and welcome to Sunday Arts Magazine; the show that delves into the thriving arts scene in Melbourne and beyond. Now in this hilarious episode, the hosts chat with regular guest, the multi-award-winning film critic, Stephen A Russell. Hear what Stephen has to say about upcoming movies and the ratings he gives each movie. Also find out the AMAZING news Stephen has to share. For more information about Stephen, visit: https://www.stephenarussell.com/about ...

Introducing special guest on this episode of Sunday Arts Magazine, the award-winning Kitan Petkovski. Born in Macedonia and brought up in Auckland, New Zealand, Kitan started in the Arts as a young performer. He successfully auditioned for a play when he was seventeen years of age. This is what gave him the foundation, the framework, to continue with a career in theatre. Learn about Kitan’s background and his new play THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE through this moving interview. For which...

Acclaimed performer, writer and video-maker, also graduate of NIDA’s post-graduate playwriting program; meet Hannah Malarski. Hannah is special guest on this exciting episode of Sunday Arts Magazine. From a painfully shy primary school child, Hannah started drama classes at a young age and performed in front of the school class in Grade Seven. By this time she had gained confidence and studied Theatre and Playwriting in Sydney. She is now very talented within the wider arts culture. Hear...

Well, meet Melbourne-based, multi-award-winning Geraldine Quinn on this spectacular episode of Sunday Arts Magazine. Geraldine was born in Wagga Wagga, N.S.W and moved to Melbourne with her family at an early age. Learn all about this inspirational comedian, singer-songwriter, actor and guitarist, who is Geraldine Quinn. Hear about Geraldine’s background throughout this intriguing episode. Find out whether comedy is Geraldine’s main love out of her extensive range of talents. Geraldine...

In a thrilling episode of Sunday Arts Magazine, meet special guest the highly skilled and award-winning actor, Ilai Swindells. Ilai grew up in Queensland, Australia. “I’ve been acting like I know what I am talking about for a long time.”(Ilai Swindells on Sunday Arts Magazine, 31st March 2024) This delightful comment comes from Ilai, who dreamed of becoming an actor when he was very young and now he is living that dream. He wanted to become a renowned actor like Robyn Williams or Whoopi...