Finbar O'Mallon

Finbar spoke to Patrick McCarthy, artistic director of Mutation Theatre about the show LIBERATE YOURSELF FROM MY VICE-LIKE GRIP!! playing as part of Next Wave Festival. They talked about the theatre world's current obsession with post-apocalyptic theatre.  

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FINAL Patrick McCarthy Mutation Theatre Interview.mp3

Jenni and Bron were challenged to a poetry slam battle on Arts Mitten. They were given a topic by listeners, then given an hour to write an awesome slam poem to read on air. It resulted in a flurry of bongo drums, berets, hilarity and well... have a listen. 

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FINAL Poetry Slam 1.mp3

 If the world really were to end in December 2012 as the Mayan Calendar predicts, how would you live differently? Fresh new Melbourne arts group KIN Collaborative ask this very question in their new show, Until Tomorrow. Nat and Fin spoke to Belinda and William about the end of the world and other cheerful things.

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FINAL Until Tomorrow Interview.mp3

Nat and Fin spoke to Carolyn and Helen from The Shift Theatre about their new play The Girls in Grey, a minimalistic piece that commemorates the service of Australia and New Zealand's nurses in World War I. It opens on ANZAC Day and has been heralded for its accurate portrayal of three courageous and dedicated women. It's also on the VCE Drama 2012 playlist, so have a listen for some handy advice from the play's authors.

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FINAL The Girls in Grey interview Podcast.mp3

You may have heard of SARS and Swine flu, but have you ever heard of a dancing epidemic? Jesse Rasmussen from Four Larks Theatre caught up with Nat and Finbar to talk about The Plague Dances, their new play based on real historical dance epidemics, which involved a contagion causing people to dance uncontrollably and even to their deaths. It takes a critical look at msas hysteria through the ages.

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FINAL Four Larks The Plague Dances Interview.mp3

Arts Mitten's Finbar O'Mallon spoke to two talented designers having their VCE work featured in the VCE Season of Excellence's Top Designs Exhibition at the Melbourne Musuem. Fin spoke to Visual Communication student Matilda Rutherford and Systems Engineering student Robin Kent about their pieces, and got their sage advice for current VCE design students vying for next year's Top Designs.

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Matilda and Robin Top Designs Interview.mp3

 Lisa-Skye is loud, she's vocal and excitable and she spoke to Arts Mitten's Finbar O'Mallon about sexual freedom, her high impact fast food cravings and how fun her new show Ladyboner is to say. Go on, try it. Ladyboner.

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Lisa-Skye Ladyboner Interview.mp3

Jenni and Finbar take a look at 50/50, the new comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen. It's the story of a young writer who is unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer, and given a 50/50 chance of living. Hilarity unexpectedly ensues.

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50-50 Review Podcast 04-03-12.mp3

 Finbar, Beth and David delve deep into Shame, the controversial new film from Steve McQueen, starring Michael Fassbender as a hollow sex addict, and Carey Mulligan as his fragile and broken sister. The guys discuss the artistic merit of the film's hardcore sexual imagery, and grapple with the nature of sex addiction itself.

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FINAL Shame Reivew.mp3

Arts Mitten's journalism expert Finbar went to this year's Greek Film Festival in Melbourne to see the documentary film Shooting VS Shooting, directed by Nikos Magrelis.  Shooting VS Shooting investigates the ordeals faced by war journalists in the 2003 war in Iraq and the complexity of modern propaganda in today's media. 

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Review of Shooting Vs Shooting with Finbar 23 October.mp3