Big Life Conversation

On the show this week we have Darryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra performance at the Counts and Steve Carey writer of the play, Between the Lines, the James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters running between 17/5/26-21/6/26

Join us today, Monday 11 May from 4-6pm. Our guests are: friend of the show, Dr. Djoymi Baker on the latest cinema and streaming highlights. We will also chat with the remarkable duo, Rebecca Jensen and Aviva Endean. Following the international success of their duet SLIP, returning with SLOP, a visceral sequel that plunges into a submerged, murky world of sound and movement. If SLIP was about falling out of sync with reality, SLOP revels in the messy aftermath. Performances at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, from Wednesday 13 May. Plus all our news and viewes, and not to be missed, jokes!!Livestream 3wbc.org.au

On the show this week it all about relaxing and being entertained. Our guest Mina You will join us. Fresh from a nomination for the 2025 Australian Music Prize and the APRA Art Music Award for Best Performance, Mina brings her acclaimed project, A Day and Life to the The Count's. We also have friend of the show Dr. Djoymi Baker who shares her latest picks in the streaming included free to air must watch shows.

This week we continue our interviews with guests from the Sorrento Writers Festival, plus all our news and views. Ourt guests are: Richard Piper - a distinguished acting career in England and Australia, appearing in more than 80 productions, including 40 for the Melbourne Theatre Company. After training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, he appeared in West End productions Grease and Elvis. In the 1980s he travelled to Australia as part of the band The Bouncing Czecks, before moving to Melbourne permanently. Susan Wyndham - journalist, author and former literary editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. Her latest book is Elizabeth Harrower: The Woman in the Watch Tower.Big Life Conversation with Jacinta, Nicole & Barbara 94.1FMLivestream 3wbc.org.au

On the show this week we have two guests of the Sorrento Writers Festival, Sally Bailleau from Barnacle Studios and Heather Rose, award winning Australian author.

On the show today, Monday 30th March, our guest Corrie Perkin founder and Director of the Sorrento Writers Festival.

This week we have two wonderful interviews on the show:First up Alwyn Hanson - Local photographer and teacher and the founder of Alwyn's Photo School Melbourne. https://alwynsphotoschool.com.au/photography-seminarsSecond up we have Melanie Hillman - who is a Director and Performer, with a diverse presence across the theatre arts, based in Melbourne. Melanie helped found Concrete Cloud Theatre Company, is the Co-Artistic Director of Two-Man's Theatre Company and in 2021 became the Co-Artistic Director of Watch This. She is a founding member and treasurer of AWE Alliance (Australian Women in Arts & Entertainment), President of ART ETC. Collective (Australian Repertory Theatre, Expanding The Canon), and is on the panel of the Helen Noonan Prize. Along with exploring and continuing to develop her performance and directing skills. Melanie also teaches vocal and theatre skills at schools and Monash University. Latest project, the dazzling world of Stephen Sondheim with Colour & Light: The Art of Sondheimhttps://www.theround.com.au/ColourLight

Our show from 16th February did not recored due to technical issues.However enjoy this weeks show as we have two wonderful guests:At 4.30pm we have Marguerite Brown - Curator of Whitehorse Art Space andat 5.10pm we have Caroline Lee, professional actress with news of her latest projectsAlong with your news, views and tunes.