ARTS ALIVE PGM 10- 2004 TX: 4:04 Eastern Time, 8 March 2004 THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 29' 36" Hi and welcome to Arts Alive¡Kyour weekly arts and culture current affairs radio...I'm NICOLE FINDLAY and joining me on the panel today is JESS MYLES¡Kand on the news desk KATE STOWELL. On the program this week¡K A new performing arts website that hopes to catalogue every performance ever held in Australia¡K we hear from the young rural recipients of this year's Australia Post Bell Shakespeare Award¡Kand as The Victorian State library turns 150 this year¡Kwe hear from an unlikely voice¡Kthe past founder REDMOND BARRY. Our guest this week is Australian Dance Theatre Director GARRY STEWART¡K he's been with the ADT since 1999 and possesses extraordinary direction skills And as always we have a weekly film review¡Kfresh back from the Adelaide Festival NINA MARIE'S been along to see The Missing featuring CATE BLANCHETT. But first¡Ka round up of the week in the arts¡Kwith ¡K KATE STOWELL NEWS: (approx. 4.00) I'm KATE STOWELL ¡Kand that's the Arts Alive News Ends approx. 5.20 Ever wondered how many performances you've been to in your life that you've forgotten about? Well to combat this problem¡Ka new website called AUSSTAGE¡Kpromises to catalogue as many as possible¡Kreplacing the old Australia and New Zealand Theatre Record. Just recently launched¡Kthe site already has around twenty-six thousand entries¡KJESS MYLES speaks with program director JOH HARTHOG for more details¡K Item 1: Ausstage (4.52) Starts with: "Austage is" Ends with: "cultural life of this country." JOH HARTHOG program director speaking there with JESS MYLES about Ausstage¡K a new website where you can check out what's been happening in the performing arts for the last 100 years or so. If you're interested in adding something or you just want to browse through the database¡Kit's completely free!¡Kso go to www.ausstage.edu.au. Now¡K The Australia Post and The Bell Shakespeare Company have anounced the two winners of the inaugural Australia Post Bell Shakespeare Scholarship for Dramatic Performance¡KFollowing an AUSTRALIA-wide search for two of the nations finest thespians¡Ktwo student actors¡K BENJAMIN COOPER¡K17¡Kand MIRANDA TAPSELL¡K16¡Kwere both been chosen to study with the Company's professional actors. 17-year-old BENJAMIN tells Arts Alive about the level of opportunities available to rural students interested in gaining practical acting experience¡K Item 2: Australia Post/Bell Shakespeare Award (3.01) First Words: "For sure! I think..." Last Words: "...a good crack" KATE STOWELL reporting there. For more information about the Scholarship program go to www.bellshakespeare.com.au TRACK 1: 'Cover You in Kisses' by Vassy remixed by Deepchild (ends) 17 min Item 3A: GARRY STEWART (10 .25) First words: Last words: ¡K Track 2: 'All in One Day' by Gr*da END VOICE 26 min 30 sec END OF PART ONE 29min 36 sec Item 3B: GARRY STEWART ( 8.02) First words: Last words: ¡K Track 3: 'Afternoon on the Moon' by Rhian Sheehan Standing in the middle of MELBOURNE is the State Library of Victoria a place filled with black marble stair wells¡Kleather bound books and brass statues. Well¡Kthe library turned 150 last week and was founded by the infamous Irishman REDMOND BARRY ¡Kalso known as the founder of Melbourne University and the judge who sentenced NED KELLY to death in 1880. At the recent birthday celebrations the spirit of the great man could still be felt in the walls of the state library. Item 4: SLV REDMOND BARRY (8.54) First words: Last words: ... Now its time for our regular film review¡Kand this week NINA-MARIE'S been along to see The Missing Item 6: Film Review: (3:08) Starts with: Ends with: ... 52 min 20 sec And that's the show for this week. The ARTS ALIVE team this week has been NINA-MARIE PETRIK¡KVINCENT O'DONNELL¡Kmyself NICOLE FINDLAY¡KJESS MYLES¡Kand KATE STOWELL. ARTS ALIVE is a production of the INDEPENDENT MEDIA FOUNDATION INC¡K you can listen to the spoken word content of Arts Alive at www.artsaliveradio.com We receive the financial support of the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION .... the assistance of VICNET and the SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION at RMIT University. The program is available on the satellite service of the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA and on audiocassette and CD from THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE. Track 4: Ulumbarru by Gavin bb Bush END VOICE 52 min 50sec PROGRAM ENDS 55 min 50 sec APRA Details: Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec. Sting 1: "Discone"/ Pinau / Pinau /OS/ 857 383 1942/ 10 secs Sting 2: "Ou!¡K Ou!"/ Teo Teo / Teo Teo / OS / FJC8 904 / 10 secs Track 1: "Cover You In Kisses"/ Vassy/ Chocolate Deepchild remix/ CP/ 70252/ 3 mins 20 secs Track 2 "All In One Day" / Gr*da/ Gr*da/ CP/ independent/ 4 minutes Track 3: "Afternoon on the Moon"/ Rhian Sheehan/ Rhian Sheehan/ CP/ LP001/ 2 mins 20 secs Track 4: "Ulumbarru/ Gavin bb Bush/ Gavin bb Bush/ CP/ independent/ 2 mins 20 secs