Helen Simondson from Boola Bardip is here to let us know what she’s seen in Perth and to introduce her local guest artist, playwright Bruce Denny…

Then we meet another playwright, who’s also a psychologist and those two experiences come together in Grazia Marin’s new play Why Can’t Women Be Like Men?

After that, even though it’s not our week for Screens & Streams, we’re off to the movies… first of all with the brand new Young Australian Film Festival and we’ll meet one of its founders; Alexander Dymalovski

Plus we’re about to see the return of the Italian Film Festival and Elysia Zecolla is back to tell us what she’s got lined up for us…

And finally, I catch up mutli-award winning author and now screenwriter, Craig Silvey, to talk about the adaptation of his book Runt…

They’re all on this wee’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.

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Shane Carroll is a former dancer with Nederlands Dans Theatre and Sydney Dance Company. She has also been a dance teacher, lecturer for training programs, advisor for arts agencies and devotes much of her focus on programmes aimed at building capacity and inclusion in the art form that has been part of her life since a very early age. In August, she spoke with Behind the Scenes Presenter, Chris Thompson, about her current work with Bangarra Dance Theatre in Education and Accessibility and in particular about the company’s initiatives in Audio Described performances for audiences who are blind or have low vision. But there was more to talk about than could be covered on a regular episode of Behind the Scenes – including her recent Churchill Fellowship and her other work in the area of dance for people living with dementia. So, in this special Behind the Scenes Podcast, Chris catches up with Shane again after having his first experience of audio described performance with Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Horizon at Arts Centre Melbourne.

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First up this week, we’ll find out what’s been happening in Adelaide with InSite Arts’ Elena Vereka who’ll also introduce us to her local guest artist, actor, writer, director Ansuya Nathan…

Then we’ll drop in on the Koorie Heritage Trust where Curatorial Manager Gail Harradine will again be our guide for a walk & talk – this time for the exhibition Let’s Shake, an installation of 200 plaster casts of different handshakes created by the late Karen Casey…

Then we’re back out to Monash Performing Arts Centres where First Nations’ writer/performer Glenn Shea presents his work Three Magpies Perched in a Tree which includes the recorded voice of the much-missed Uncle Jack Charles…

And finally, Ganbu Gulin, means “One Mob” in Woi-Wurrung language. It’s also a family event being presented as part of the Fuse Darebin Spring Festival and we’ll chat with Curator in Residence Allara Briggs Patterson…

They’re all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes with Chris Thompson right here on Vision Australia Radio.

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