The Arts Garden

James Murphy

Arts aficionado James alongside intrepid arts-gatherer Bronwin, invite you to come delve into the fertile soil of Adelaide’s cultural landscape. Share in the nurturing and propagation of creative minds and voices in action; taste the locally-harvested insights of arts practitioners with provocative stuff to say – and great ways to say it; be enticed to explore and savour the rich produce of their conversations; and be nourished and inspired by the gorgeous, seasonal and perennial blooms of diverse creative expression. The Arts Garden will fill your market bag with visual, performing, poetry, and multimedia arts – a What’s On guide in wild and vibrant hue Listen live weekly on Three D Radio Subscribe to Three D here: Subscriptions - Three D Radio - South Australia

  1. Aug 2

    What Are We Not Seeing? Fiona McIntosh and i know the end

    Send us Fan Mail What becomes visible when artists ask us to slow down and look more closely? Fiona McIntosh transforms microscopic and cellular forms into intricate wool sculptures, using as many as 24 million needle stabs across an exhibition. She discusses the meditative labour behind her work, moving needle felting beyond kitsch and finding inspiration within the David Roche Collection. Then choreographer Alix Kuijpers and performers Fern Mines and Caroline De Wan explore the quiet queer intimacies at the heart of i know the end. They discuss bringing private forms of love into public view, returning to the work after three years and building an immersive world through movement, sound and scent. Two conversations about art making overlooked worlds tangible. Hosted by James Murphy with Bronwin Patrickson. Arts Garden airs Mondays from 6:30pm on Three D Radio, 93.7FM.

  2. Apr 25

    Arts Garden Ep. 12 – Wildflower Roads, Spamalot Chaos, Musical Austen & Karaoke Art

    Send us Fan Mail A road-worn guitar, a coconut horse, Jane Austen compositions and a karaoke bar turned art gallery. We open with folk artist Katie Milae, fresh off the Goodness Me Festival and deep into her Art of Wildflowering tour. From road train childhoods to van-life songwriting, she unpacks music as medicine, movement, and connection, plus a glimpse of her long-awaited debut album.  Then it’s full absurdist throttle with the cast of Spamalot from the Metropolitan Musical Theatre Company. Expect Monty Python chaos, coconut percussion, and a reminder that great ensemble work is the backbone of any show (even one involving shrubbery). We shift gears into classical and literary territory with Gillian Dooley, who brings Jane Austen set to music back to life, blending scholarship, performance, and new compositions that reveal Austen’s wit in an entirely new register. Finally, we head into Chinatown for On Site, a boundary-pushing OSCA project curated by Kim Munro, Yusuf Ali Hayat and Alice McCool transforming a karaoke bar into an immersive, multi-room art experience. Think experimental film, sound works, audience participation and a reimagining of what an arts space can be.

  3. Apr 15

    Arts Garden Ep. 11 – Reclaiming Art: Music, Memory, and Meaning Beyond the Algorithm

    Send us Fan Mail From indie music resistance to immersive painting and politically urgent cinema, this episode moves through art that refuses to sit still. We’re joined in-studio by San Dragan, unpacking a bold move away from Spotify and toward a grounded, community-driven music career; one built on live performance, connection, and creative autonomy.  Then, artist Grace Harper takes us inside her Berlin residency and intuitive painting practice, where abstraction, emotion, and flow state collide in a deeply personal visual language shaped by memory, movement, and conversation with the canvas.  We also hear from Nasser Shakour, co-founder of the Palestinian Film Festival, on the power of film to build empathy and humanise stories beyond headlines.  And finally, ASO clarinetist and drifter Dean Newcomb brings two worlds together: classical music and motor racing, in a new concerto that captures adrenaline, risk, and performance across disciplines.

  4. Apr 1

    Arts Garden Ep. 10 — Jazz, Modernism & Making Meaning

    Send us Fan Mail 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.

  5. Mar 18

    Episode 9: Building Worlds, Riding Cadel & Finding Meaning in the Chaos

    Send us Fan Mail 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  📻 Three D Radio 93.7FM

  6. Mar 10

    Episode 8: Come For The Boy Band Parody, Stay For The Sparkling Wine And Fire Pole

    Send us Fan Mail 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 RouletteTereza — Abraço (Embrace)Virago Circus — FlightSouth Australian Circus Centre — The PackFuccbois: Live in ConcertThe Arts Garden Broadcast on Three D Radio 93.7FM Adelaide  Championing artists, performers and cultural creators from across Australia and beyond.

  7. Mar 3

    Episode 7: Fringe Fever, Circus Chaos & 50 Years of Poetry

    Send us Fan Mail From Brazilian futuristic dance to avant-garde magic, clown game shows, contemporary circus from Aotearoa, stand-up rebellion and the 50-year legacy of Friendly Street Poets – Episode 7 is packed We talk emotional regulation through dance, colonial language hangovers, speed-sewn circus couture, migration and magic, hot girl comedy politics, and why poetry might matter more than political turmoil. In This Episode 🎧 Talita Fontainha – TQ Productions Tune In! The Frequency Within Brazilian choreographer Talita Fontainha joins us to discuss her high-energy, futuristic dance-theatre show about emotional self-regulation. Inspired by lived experience with ADHD, occupational therapy frameworks, and Afro-Brazilian movement traditions, this family-friendly show remixes pop music, DJ decks and carnival costumes into a vibrant sensory journey. Using dance to teach emotional literacyLiving as a migrant artist in AdelaideBrazilian cultural storytellingMaking Fringe shows inclusive and accessible🎪 The Dust Palace (Lizzie & Eve) – Haus of YOLO Direct from Aotearoa/New Zealand, contemporary circus company The Dust Palace brings fast fashion chaos to Gluttony. In Haus of YOLO, costumes are sewn live on stage while aerialists spin, glass is walked on, and Spanish Web circus unfolds under rave beats. Why New Zealand circus is delightfully weird“Number 8 wire” innovation cultureQueer fashion satire meets cabaretWhat actually happens when you sew lycra at speed🎩 Annanya George – I Want To Be The World’s Greatest Magician Off-Broadway performer Annanya George unpacks what it means to reinvent magic as storytelling. This is not a standard card trick show. It’s magic as memoir – blending illusion with migration, bureaucracy, identity and defiance. Why narrative magic is considered “avant-garde”Border agents demanding tricks at 3amThe politics of illusionBreaking the rules of traditional magic culture🌏 Vibhinna Ramdev – Why English? A powerful physical theatre work examining linguistic colonisation in India. Growing up English-speaking in IndiaCultural identity and belongingPerforming across Edinburgh and AdelaideThe parallels between colonial histories in India and Australia📖 Nigel Ford – Friendly Street Poets Friendly Street celebrates 50 years as the largest and oldest poetry group in the Southern Hemisphere. The oral tradition of poetryReading under the shadow of the Whitlam dismissalWhy Friendly Street doesn’t censor languageThree upcoming themed poetry nightsThe release of the expanded Chronicle (350+ pages)A timely conversation about free speech, art and community. 🎤 Korinna Gouros – Comedy & “Hot Girl Retirement” First-time Fringe performer Korinna Gouros reflects on strict Greek upbringing, queer awakening, and navigating comedy as an attractive woman in a male-dominated space. Social media validation“Hot girls shouldn’t do comedy”Rebel energy as creative fuelDoing two Fringe shows at once🤡 Jeremiah Detto – Giuseppe’s Love Quest Clowning meets vulnerability in this charming solo show about searching for love. Studying under Philippe GaulierRediscovering childlike playFringe variety cultureSupporting Gary Starr’s hit show🎟 Adelaide Fringe runs until 22 March  📍 Shows at Gluttony, Courtyard of Curiosities, Tandanya, Woodville Town Hall & more  📻 Arts Garden on 93.7FM Three D Radio  📲 Follow @artsgarden93.7fm

  8. Feb 24

    Episode Six: Earnest Chaos, Mime Romance & Young Women Finding Their Voice

    Send us Fan Mail Adelaide Fringe is in full swing and Episode Six dives deep into joyful chaos, physical theatre and urgent storytelling. 🎭 …Earnest? (Say It Again, Sorry?) What happens when the lead actor doesn’t show up and the audience becomes the cast? Josh and Rhys unpack how Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest transforms into an interactive experiment in identity, ego and theatrical bravery. By the final bows, there are no professional actors left, only audience heroes. 🤍 Joylyn Secunda & Marcel Cole — Partners in Mime From The Routine to Smile: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, two physical theatre artists share how they met at Fringe, fell in love, and built wordless worlds of movement, magic and mischief. We explore clowning, ballet, silence, and why physical comedy still cuts deeper than dialogue. 🩰 Amy Raitman — PleaseDon’tCatchMeWhenIFall A daring contemporary dance work bringing together performers three decades apart in age. Amy reflects on risk, improvisation, agency, and why young women’s perspectives remain urgent on stage. 🔥 Open Room Theatre — Ripe A late-night Sydney story of two 18-year-olds navigating power, ownership and danger on New Year’s Eve. The cast discuss why these themes remain painfully current and why we so often centre powerful men instead of the girls. Plus: Fringe highlights from Gluttony Gala, Slingsby at the Botanic Gardens, Ladyboys of Bangkok, Celestial Gardens, and more. From audience-led theatre to mime romance to generational dance, this episode is a reminder that live performance is unpredictable, intimate and electric. 🎧 Recorded on Kaurna land.  🎭 Adelaide Fringe 2026.  📍 The Arts Garden on 3D Radio.

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Arts aficionado James alongside intrepid arts-gatherer Bronwin, invite you to come delve into the fertile soil of Adelaide’s cultural landscape. Share in the nurturing and propagation of creative minds and voices in action; taste the locally-harvested insights of arts practitioners with provocative stuff to say – and great ways to say it; be enticed to explore and savour the rich produce of their conversations; and be nourished and inspired by the gorgeous, seasonal and perennial blooms of diverse creative expression. The Arts Garden will fill your market bag with visual, performing, poetry, and multimedia arts – a What’s On guide in wild and vibrant hue Listen live weekly on Three D Radio Subscribe to Three D here: Subscriptions - Three D Radio - South Australia

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  • Creator
    James Murphy
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Arts Garden
  • Show Website
    The Arts Garden