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Sarah Petrescu, John Threlfall, Amanda Farrell-Low and Melanie-Tromp Hoover have a long history of arts and culture journalism in Victoria, so we decided to get together and talk about it. In this episode: reviews of Twelfth(ish) Night by Launch Pad Theatre, on until April 14 (2:55), Comedy of Errors at the Phoenix Theatre (5:13), Kent Monkman's keynote at Moving Trans History Forward (March 24) (6:23) Victoria Arts Council's Look Show, on until April 15 (7:45), and the Belfry Theatre's Spark Festival wrap up (Tomorrow's Child, Cafe Daughter) (8:55). On the newsier end, we discuss the ongoing happenings at Open Space (12:42) (with thanks to visual artist and interim Open Space board of directors president Charles Campbell for speaking with us), We also discussed the proposal of converting the former Maritime Museum in Bastion Square as an arts hub (22:02), which appears to be gaining traction with a presentation to Victoria City Council scheduled for April 5. Plus a look ahead.

Our inaugural episode! Amanda, Sarah and John talk about why we feel Victoria needs an arts podcast, plus the Belfry's Spark Festival, Dance Victoria's presentation of Company Wayne Gregor, Cassils at the University of Victoria, Capital City Comic Con, Open Space, The City of Victoria's artists in residence, Uno, and more.