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Post-Fringe, the Arts Garden resets.

In Episode 10, we trace the threads of creativity across generations, forms, and philosophies, moving from Adelaide’s jazz lineage to the radical history of modernist art, and into the inner worlds of sound, voice, and meaning.

🎷 We’re joined in-studio by James Muller and Lyndon Gray of The Exhibits, ahead of their upcoming album launch. They reflect on collaboration, creative renewal, and building the next wave of jazz musicians through the Elder Conservatorium.

🎨 We revisit the legacy of Max Harris and the Angry Penguins movement with Samela Harris, exploring censorship, resistance, and the long arc of artistic defiance that still shapes Adelaide’s cultural identity today.

🎶 Spiritual author Alana Fairchild joins us to talk about music as regulation, voice as power, and how sound and ritual can help us navigate uncertainty in a rapidly shifting world.

🌏 Plus:

• Stephanie Rowe about a global poetry movement redefining publishing norms
• Brand SA's partnership with The Mill supporting South Australian artists
• SALA Festival registrations open for 2026

Mad March may end but the ecosystem doesn’t. What’s left is the deeper work: sustaining creativity, challenging systems, and finding meaning in the noise.

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It’s the final week of Adelaide Fringe and Festival, and Arts Garden brings together a powerful mix of artists exploring endurance, storytelling, and meaning.

🚴 Connor Delves joins us to talk about CADEL: Lungs on Legs: a high-intensity solo performance where he rides live on stage while telling the story of Cadel Evans’ Tour de France victory. We explore the discipline of endurance sport, the challenge of telling a “winner’s story”, and why this is such a uniquely Australian journey.

🎭 Casey Jay Andrews (Punchdrunk) shares insights into immersive theatre and her Designing Immersive Worlds workshop. We dive into how environment, design and storytelling can merge and how her latest work Feast of Words turns performance into a shared sensory experience through food, music and story.

📖 Gemma Parker discusses her memoir The Mother Is Restless and She Doesn’t Know Why blending philosophy, parenting and pandemic life into a deeply reflective exploration of nihilism, creativity and what it means to keep making work when conditions are far from perfect.

💥 Justine Martin closes the episode with an extraordinary story of resilience, from life-changing illness to building five creative businesses. We talk about “bouncing forward”, rejecting inspiration stereotypes, and the power of creativity as both healing and purpose.

Across sport, philosophy, theatre and lived experience, this episode asks:

👉 How do we create meaning when nothing feels certain?
👉 What does it take to keep going and keep creating?

🎙️ Arts Garden with James and Bronwin
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We are beyond the Womad long weekend and have two weeks of festival season left. On this week's Art's Garden we talk shower burlesque thoughts, boy band dating parodies, Portuguese folktronica and making a career in circus.

New Zealand performer Gigi Cartier joins the show to talk about Showgirl Roulette: a wild, improvised cabaret where a spinning wheel decides the lineup and random song selections push performers into freestyle chaos. We also discuss the craft of burlesque, the realities of nightlife performance, and how improvisation and spontaneity shape the show.

Portuguese artist Tereza shares the story behind Abraço (Embrace), a multilingual music project blending folk traditions, electronic dance music and influences from across Iberian, African and global cultures. Performing in five languages, Tereza explores identity, ancestry and connection through music.

From circus to wine tasting, Virago Circus producer Nicole Walker previews Flight, an immersive experience pairing aerial and circus performance with a curated wine flight at Beresford Estate.

We also hear from South Australian Circus Centre director Alex Charman about The Pack, a youth ensemble show exploring adolescence, trust and risk through acrobatics and aerial performance.

And musical theatre director Richard Carroll discusses the hilarious boyband parody Fuccbois: Live in Concert, written by Bridie Connell, which skewers modern dating culture through pitch-perfect pop pastiche.

Featuring interviews, music and Fringe previews from across Adelaide’s arts scene.

Featured artists and shows

• Gigi Cartier — Showgirl Roulette
• Tereza — Abraço (Embrace)
• Virago Circus — Flight
• South Australian Circus Centre — The Pack
• Fuccbois: Live in Concert

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