New faces
Our weekly chat with new, emerging and visiting talent on the Australian arts scene.
‘My business is about supporting Black businesses’: Washington DC spice shop incubates an empire
Angel Gregorio’s The Spice Suite is a $1m foodie’s retail paradise and support system for Black women start-ups
Dustin Tebbutt: working solo, there's not so much time to sit and stew
With an upcoming EP and tour, the singer-songwriter talks about doing everything himself and why playing a small stage beats Splendour in the Grass
Nicholas Carter: conducting is not what every seven-year-old wants to do
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s new principal conductor on working with Vladimir Ashkenazy, the controversial baton question and what conductors actually do
UV boi: Flume showed if you make what you love, you can achieve anything
The young Brisbane producer on attending his first Splendour as an artist, how SoundCloud changed everything and seeing the Beastie Boys live
Mark Leonard Winter: we hold up celebrities as idols, then we crucify them
The Birdland actor discusses our obsession with celebrities, un-Australian movies and hanging out with Kate Winslet and Ronnie Wood
Yolanda Lowatta: I wish people knew how much beauty is in the Torres Straits
Bangarra dancer and winner of the Russell Page fellowship talks about Leah Purcell, the future of Indigenous arts and keeping cool in the Torres Straits
Matt Levett: 'Doubt creeps in and you're always finding ways to push it away'
The Heath Ledger scholarship winner on the actor’s legacy, resisting doubt and toasting marshmallows under a sky full of stars
Asta: ‘I had the best childhood; Tasmania is an amazing place not to be influenced'
The Dynamite singer on aspiring to be a diva, the confidence-boosting powers of busking and her quest to find pen pals with life experiences
Julia-Rose Lewis: 'If artists can keep being brave then you get a lot back'
The emerging playwright on the clash between friendship and religion, saying awful things to her sister and why helping other women is the best way forward
Emily Milledge, the actor playing Carrie, Antigone and Dorothy (not all at once)
‘I love that I get to amplify my personality by 10,’ says the 21-year-old fast becoming Australian theatre’s go-to girl for intense young women
Montaigne: it’s good to make fun of yourself
The Sydney singer-songwriter discusses French philosophy, not taking herself too seriously and why forensic anthropology really wasn’t for her
Artist Peter Nelson: I don’t have the detachment a curator should have
The Sydney artist on computer games, what lies beneath landscapes and why the 2014 Biennale boycott ‘didn’t change anything’ in terms of government policy
Olympia: 'If you are a performer you’ve got to step up, reach out and connect'
The Melbourne-based singer-songwriter talks about singing in church, making mixtapes and finding inspiration for her album in strange places
Jekyll x James: 'Nothing is scarier than hundreds of ravers dressed as Pikachu'
The Sydney comedy duo discuss highbrow vs lowbrow comedy, the scariest thing that can happen onstage and making each other laugh
Jessica Fyfe: no one's perfect – each dancer is beautiful in their own way
The Brisbane ballerina discusses working at the barre with her idol, grimacing through the lactic acid, and the perennial pink thread problem
Alison Wonderland: Eclectic taste is good, but making music is all about your ears
The Sydney DJ/producer on her first album, sort of working with The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and her plan to eat a cheeseburger in every city on her US tour
Hunter Page-Lochard: the Greeks can teach us a thing or two about family
The performer and writer on growing up backstage, connection to spirit and whether Belvoir’s Orestes is ‘a black fella Greek tragedy or just a Greek tragedy’
Comedian Tessa Waters: 'guys are moved by the feminist party we're having'
The Melbourne comic on the best thing about being a woman (aside from the orgasms) and why Beyoncé might be more of a feminist than Taylor Swift
New faces: meet James Bay
He’s picking up Brit Awards – and criticism – back home, but the man in the hat is becoming an Australian favourite after sell-out gigs in Sydney and Melbourne
New faces: meet Matthew Mitcham
On his way to training for Rio 2016, the very honest Olympian discusses his autobiographical cabaret and the big differences between sport and theatre
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