For three decades now, Ilbijerri – an Indigenous theatre company – has presented some of Australia’s most important productions. On their anniversary, we spoke to Artistic Director Rachael Maza about how the company has had time to reflect during COVID, where they’re going next and her own journey from actor to leader.

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A full transcript can be found at www.artshub.com.au.

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Ilbijerri Theatre turns 30

We speak to Associate Professor Rick Chew, pianist, composer and academic, about how arts careers can evolve in unexpected ways and how studying the arts is shifting with the ‘new normal’. We hear how Rick himself performed to the ghosts of Her Majesty’s Theatre during COVID, and how music helped him cope with loss and lockdown.

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This episode is supported by Federation University’s Arts Academy. Our theme music is ‘Chasing Waterfalls’ by Tim Shiel. This episode features Rick Chew’s Hiraeth, performed by Rick Chew on piano, Dunja Lavrova on violin and Lachlan Dent on cello.

A full transcript can be found at www.artshub.com.au.

Arts education, change and creativity with Associate Professor Rick Chew

To celebrate the opening of Incendium Radical Library and Press at The Substation, Curator at Large Phuong Ngo joins co-founders Anne-lise Ah-fat and Tilly Glascodine in conversation, to discuss radical approaches to publishing and the importance of small and independent press and libraries.

Image: In Conversation with Incendium Radical Library And Press, The Substation, 2021, Photo: Pat Casten

In Conversation with Incendium Radical Library And Press

How far will you go for your art? For her latest book, journalist Jenny Valentish spoke to performance artists, body builders, ballerinas and neuroscientists about testing their limits and going beyond them. In Everyone Harder than Everyone Else, Jenny looks at people who keep stretching their boundaries for greater art, to test themselves, or just for the thrill of it.

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Our theme music is ‘Chasing Waterfalls’ by Tim Shiel. 
Everything Harder than Everyone Else is available at www.blackincbooks.com.au
A full transcript can be found at www.artshub.com.au

Content warning: This episode contains references to body modification, substance abuse, cannibalism and sexual abuse. If this raises any issues for you, we advise you to seek support from Lifeline on 13 11 14 or a similar service.

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Taking art and life to extremes with Jenny Valentish

The trust and rapport between circus performers is clearly visible on stage. Offstage, such bonds connect a troupe’s members with a global community of circus artists as well as one another. In this episode of The ArtsHubbub, Jascha Boyce and Lachlan Binns from acclaimed Adelaide company Gravity and Other Myths talk about the importance of connection, making art in lockdown, and the popularity of Australian circus on the world stage.

Hosted by George Dunford.
Our theme music is ‘Chasing Waterfalls’ by Tim Shiel.
Learn more about Gravity and Other Myths: http://www.gravityandothermyths.com.au 
A full transcript can be found at artshub.com.au/podcast

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Circus and the art of community

Who owns art and when should it be returned? With many objects in museums and galleries being the product of a colonial past, we look at how works can be repatriated to their original owners. This episode we speak with Nick Mitzevitch, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, about the NGA’s recent history of returning works to India and what this might lead to for the Gallery’s Indigenous collections.

Hosted by George Dunford.
Our theme music is ‘Chasing Waterfalls’ by Tim Shiel.

A full transcript can be found at https://www.artshub.com.au/podcast

Art and ethics: Nick Mitzevitch on repatriation

Dr Kate Rice uncovers stories from the Australian Performing Arts Collection in a series of creative docu-drama podcasts, which are produced with the generous support of the Frank Van Straten Fellows 

FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE is a 19th century Australian novel about a man transported from England to Van Diemen’s Land for a crime he didn’t commit. Adapted for the stage many times over, it became an epic melodrama that drew huge audiences for over thirty years. Behind the stage show is another story of injustice: of a writer who lost control of his most famous work, theatre makers who exploited it, and two women who fought to get it back.

Written, researched and narrated by Kate Rice. Additional voice acting by Angourie Rice, Jason Geary, Jimmy Eaton, Laurence Boxhall and Maddy Tyers. Produced and edited by Jimmy Eaton. ‘Curious Case’ written and performed by Cody Martin. ‘Good Old Days’ written and performed by Dresden the Flamingo. ‘I’m Sorry I Made You Cry’ written by NJ Clesi and performed by Angourie Rice. ‘Kings and Queens’ written and performed by Wicked Cinema. Handel’s ‘La Rejouissance’ and Chopin’s ‘This Too Shall Pass’ in B minor performed by Joshua Speight.    

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Performing the Past | Episode 2: FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE

From residencies to touring your work, art is fuelled by travel. But COVID has clipped all of our wings and forced us to create from the couch. We look at how artists have had to adapt their travel and how going away can give a new perspective on your own culture.

Executive Director of Res Artis Eliza Roberts talks about the impact of COVID on arts residencies, choreographer Natasha Sturgis explains the pros and cons of creating work virtually, author Craig Silvey tells us how he promoted his new book without leaving the state and artist Peter Drew reminisces on travelling to the UK and how travel shaped his practice.

The Not-in-Transit Lounge: Travelling for art with Peter Drew

Acclaimed writer and editor Sophie Cunningham reflects on hope, the climate crisis, and the ways that writing can help reconnect us with the planet. In the lead up to our Visions 2020 conference, Cunningham also tells us how leaning into her concerns has kept her sane throughout this truly turbulent year.

Visions 2020 with Sophie Cunningham

What can we do to make the arts more accessible? Activist and author Carly Findlay joins us to discuss Growing Up Disabled in Australia, featuring over 40 disabled artists. She talks about eliminating the barriers to accessible arts, and about the media guidelines she created for reporting on disabled people. A full transcript of the podcast is available on our website. Hosted by George Dunford.

Centring disability in the arts with Carly Findlay

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