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Director Emily O'Brien-Brown discusses wit incorporated's production of Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.  November 25 to 29 at the Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray and 13 December at the Bowery Theatre, St Albans. Wit Incorporated Theatre Company

Second Idol's Kate Farquharson interview celebrating the band's new single Spineless Wonders. "The concept emerged from the music."  SECOND IDOL (@second_idol) • Instagram photos and videos

Krishna Istha interviews potential sperm donors in their Melbourne Fringe reality theatre show First Trimester at Arts House, North Melbourne. On now until October 18. Melbourne Fringe Festival - First Trimester

Psyarchy celebrates the release of their debut EP 17 with an interview in the 3CR studios.  Includes their track Principles from 17. Psyarchy (@psyarchy) • Instagram photos and videos

Interviews with Mitch Jones, punk clown show Strange Chaos, Anna Lumb, femme bot burlesque show Queen Machine and Queer soul and RnB songwriter Thorne.   Melbourne Fringe Festival - Strange Chaos Melbourne Fringe Festival - QUEEN MACHINE Thorne (@thorne_music) • Instagram photos and videos

Interview with drag kings Teddy Clitter & Alf Alpha. Alf Alpha (@thealfalpha) • Instagram photos and videos Teddy Clitter (@teddyclitter) • Instagram photos and videos 

Two women yap on the beach while the world burns.  Alex Hines & Sarah Stafford star in camp comedy BIRDS for Melbourne Fringe.  Directed by David Stewart.  Meat Market - The Stables 1, September 30 to October 18.    Melbourne Fringe Festival - Birds

Possible Prince X interview after the release of new single Too Hot remixed by Istanbul DJ and producer Mustafa Basal.  "Industrial, early 2000s, sweaty dance party stuff." Possible Prince X – possibleprincex

Explores queer African diaspora with "a poetic, bruising dive into the ways we love".  I Met An Angel Named Jacques' writer, director & actor Gideon D. Wilonja joins us.  October 1 to 4 at Footscray Community Arts Performance Space, 45 Moreland St, Footscray. Footscray Community Arts | HomeFootscray Community Arts

Tuck Shop Ladies Rosie & Sam join us for a chat about their Melbourne Fringe show There's A Song In That.  October 8 to 12 at Trades Hall's Quilt Room. Melbourne Fringe Festival - There's a song in that

An intimate robo-burlesque spectacle.  Queen Machine performer Anna Lumb joins us in the studio.  October 15 to 19 at Trades Hall's Quilt Room for Melbourne Fringe.   Melbourne Fringe Festival - QUEEN MACHINE 

Punk clown show Strange Chaos performer Mitch Jones joins us.  October 9 to 19 for Melbourne Fringe.  An Oozing Future production. Melbourne Fringe Festival - Strange Chaos

Queer Australian songwriter Just Shy joins us from London.   Just Shy (@justshymusic) • Instagram photos and videos

Thorne joins us for a sex positive chat after the release of his new single Habitual. Thorne (@thorne_music) • Instagram photos and videos

Hans joins us for a live to air chat during his Young, Fun & 21 cabaret tour.  Includes Melbourne Fringe. Tour — Hans 

Reality TV and AI subversion artist Georgia Banks presents Villian Edit and Death Warmed Up at Platform Arts, Geelong.  Platform Arts   Death Warmed Up: September 19 & 20.  Villain Edit: on now until September 26.  Image: photography by Guilia McGauran, editing by Guilia McGauran & Georgia Banks.

Kaiyah Mercedes interview and new music.   Kaiyah Mercedes » singer/songwriter

Psyarchy interview and we feature their mental health anthem Forget Me Not. Psyarchy (@psyarchy) • Instagram photos and videos 

Pride of Our Footscray presents the Pride Short Film Fest, August 28 and September 3 and 10.  Curator Tom Nguyen and Pride of Our Footscray CEO Mat O'Keefe join us. Pride of our Footscray

MINH joins us from Vietnam and we feature his new single Gossip in the lead-up to his gigs in Taiwan and Singapore. MINH (@theofficialminh) • Instagram photos and videos

Soon to happen theatre productions in Melbourne: First Trimester, Crisis Actor and The Machine Stops. First Trimester, a reality theatre search for a sperm donor, Arts House, North Melbourne, October 16 to 18.  Melbourne Fringe Creative Director Simon Abrahams joins us.  Krishna Istha - First Trimester | Melbourne Fringe  Crisis Actor writer and director Vidya Rajan interview.  The audience chooses how a disaster ends, using their phones.  Plays at Arts House, August 27 to 31.  Crisis Actor - Arts House A child emerges in an AI controlled world.  Patrick Livesey and Mary Helen Sassman perform director Briony Dunn's theatre adaptation of EM Forster's 1909 sci-fi novella The Machine Stops.  Plays at Theatre Works, 22 to 30 August.  Patrick joins us for an interview.  The Machine Stops | Theatre Works

Melbourne Rubber Chaiperson Taylor joins us for a chat about Rubber and Latex community festival SLICK 25: UTOPIA, otherwise known as SLICK Week.  September 9 to 14.  Includes the Melbourne Rubber Competition at the Collingwood Town Hall, September 12. Melbourne Rubber

There's been a disaster and the audience chooses the outcome on their phones.  Crisis Actor writer and director Vidya Rajan joins us.  Plays at Arts House, August 27 to 31. Crisis Actor - Arts House

Beau Newham discusses history project Tracing Our Memories.  It pieces together community activism and organising since the early days of HIV in Australia.  The project is underway.  National Association of People with HIV Australia 

In a world controlled by AI, a child emerges.  Patrick Livesey and Mary Helen Sassman peform director Briony Dunn's theatre adaptation of EM Forster's 1909 sci-fi novella The Machine Stops.  Plays at Theatre Works, 22 to 30 August.  The Machine Stops | Theatre Works  Our image of Patrick at 3CR was taken in the studio after a previous chat on In Ya Face.  

Producer Josh Sanders chats about Dial M For Murder at Theatre Works, August 7 to 16.  Dial M for Murder | Theatre Works

Sally Goldner chats about her new venture as a wrestling commentator and ring announcer. the_zali_gold • Instagram photos and videos

Bloomshed tackles current issues in their version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.  Actor Lauren Swain joins us for a chat.  Plays at the Darebin Arts Centre, 401 High St, Preston, 30 July to August 10. Bloomshed's Pride & Prejudice Darebin Arts BLOOMSHED 

Music Director Mark Bradley chats about Green Room Award winning show Songs For A New World at Chapel Off Chapel, August 5 to 10.  Songs for a New World | Chapel Off Chapel

Reality theatre as performer Krishna Istha meets potential sperm donors in Melbourne Fringe production First Trimester at Arts House, North Melbourne, October 16 to 18.  Melbourne Fringe Creative Director Simon Abrahams joins us.  Krishna Istha - First Trimester | Melbourne Fringe

Charlie Lane joins us for a chat about her album I'm Okay Now But I Wasn't.  Charlie Lane

Samuel Gaskin joins us for a chat, following the release of their new single The Gift.  Samuel Gaskin (@samuelgaskinmusic) • Instagram photos and videos

Mr VicBears 2025 Billy Mather and James Anfruns from the VicBears Committee join us in the studio to chat about Melbourne's Bear Community.  VicBears - Home

Greg Gould joins us for an interview before he and Emily Williams perform their George Michael and Whitney Houston tribute show Keep The Faith at the Brunswick Ballroom tonight.  Official Site   Home - The Brunswick Ballroom

Sonia Marcon joins us for an interview about The Importance of Being Earnest by Misfit Toys Productions at The Motley Bauhaus, August, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 13.  Directed by DL Turnbull.  Misfit Toys Productions | Facebook

Psyarchy joins us in the studio and we feature their new single Mr Jones from their upcoming EP 17.  Psyarchy (@psyarchy) • Instagram photos and videos

The Rockstar and the Krill narrator and director Moira Finucane joins us.  Cabaret for the climate with a focus on Antarctica, July 9 to 12.  The Rockstar and the Krill - MPAC – Monash University Performing Arts Centres

Robert Meldrum performs STILL for the Victorian Theatre Company, July 10 to 26 at Theatre Works' Explosives Factory.  Six late works of Samuel Beckett orated as a 50 minutes' piece.  Drected by Richard Murphet.  Home | Victorian Theatre Company

Flip That Groove joins us for a studio chat and we feature his new EP Hip Tactic.   Music | Flip That Groove

Trans music creator Thea Riley joins James for Radiothon.  Thanks to everyone donated, your support is much appreciated.  GiveNow - In Ya Face, 3CR

DJs Scott Anderson and George Roussos join us before they play at Woof Club at The Peel on Sunday, 8 June.  We celebrate 20 years of Woof.  Home

Madam Nightingale joins us at 3CR.    Madam Nightingale (@madamnightingale) • Instagram photos and videos

Soldier Boy director Beng Oh interview.  Soldier Boy is in the 2025 VCE Theatre and Drama Syllabus.  Plays at Theatre Works, St Kilda, Melbourne, 19 June to 5 July.  Soldier Boy | Theatre Works

Sean Mulcahy from Rainbow Local Government discusses IDAHOBIT and news about LGBTIQA+ heritage sites in the City of Yarra, including The Laird and AIDS Memorial Garden.  Rainbow Local Government is a Victorian Pride Lobby campaign. Rainbow Local Government - Victorian Pride Lobby

A young person meets a lesbian couple and searches for answers about turkey basters in short queer film Fourteen and Nine months.  Screens at the Victorian Pride Centre, 15 June, 2 pm, with seven other short queer films for the St Kilda Film Festival's Pride Without Prejudice: LGBTIQ Showcase. Fourteen and Nine Months | SKFF

Australian-based actor Alana Louise is studying at clown school in Étampes, France and plans to bring her new immersive clown show The Deadmouse and Peabrain Dreams to Australia later this year, after taking it to Edinburgh.

Director & Choreographer Belle Hansen joins us to chat about Love and Information at Theatre Works, May 29 to June 14.  Written by Caryl Churchill. Love and Information | Theatre Works

Comedian Sarah Bartolo joins us in the studio before she takes her show Daddy Issues to the Sydney Comedy Festival, May 7 to 9.  Sarah Bartolo (@sarahtbartolo) • Instagram photos and videos

Musicians Mister Co joins us for an on-air interview. Includes chat about their music festival and new EP.  Mister Co. (@misterco.melbourne) • Instagram photos and videos

Caleb Thaiday & Elijah Money from The Motherless Collective join us in the studio to chat about their YIRRAMBOI Festival production Three Blak Ravers, May 1 to 3, 7.30 pm at The Uncle Jack Charles, The Beckett, Malthouse, 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne.  A queer horror production set at a rave.  Three Blak Ravers | YIRRAMBOI

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Chairperson Carolyn Gillespie discusses health policy priorities for parties to commit to during Australia's federal election campaign, including funding amounts.  LGBTIQ+ Health Australia  QLife - Support and Referrals