Upbeat

With names like Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo it’s hard to take New Zealand Opera’s The Mikado seriously. But while they are having fun, leading lovers Amelia Berry – as Yum-Yum - and Jonathan Abernethy – as… Read more Audio

Dunedin Symphony Orchestra’s 2017 season is full of highlights. This year sees the return of principal guest conductor Simon Over to lead performances of Sibelius, Dvorak, and Brahms with guest… Read more Audio

The French Film Festival is back with a special emphasis on the story telling through the lens of French female filmmakers. Festival director Dorothee Basel gives us her picks from the Women to the… Read more Audio

Singer-songwriter Amiria Grenell and professional actor & musician Amy Grace are musical sisters. The duo founded The Swan Sisters after meeting at NASDA and now tour extensively, this year performing… Read more Audio

Australian born, West End actor Damien Humbley is searching for inspiration again. He’s worked with some of the greats – Lloyd Webber, Sondheim – but has seen the musical theatre industry change with… Read more Audio

The Adam Chamber Music Festival has brought interesting and varied performers and pieces to Nelson, but did it live up to the hype? Elizabeth Kerr reviews a number of performances, including… Read more Audio

Who at 13 knew what they wanted to do? By that age German pianist Frank Dupree was wowing audiences with his outstanding performances and had taken an interest in conducting. The former Wunderkind is… Read more Audio

Today is World Radio Day, and to celebrate it, Celeste Oram has composed a new piece to pay homage to the humble radio. Her new work, which involves a large number of battery-powered radios, has been… Read more Audio

The Air Force Band is back in force, winging its way around the North Island before heading to Ohakea for the 2017 Air Tattoo which marks the Air Force’s 80th Anniversary. Conductor Flight Lieutenant… Read more Audio

Just imagine floating on water while taking in a show. That’s the idea behind designer/director Stephen Bain’s Floating Theatre, which brings the indoors out. The 30 seat theatre, which floats on… Read more Audio

To celebrate World Radio Day, RNZ Concert invites you into a world with flashing lights, endless cables, its very own anxieties and its very own language... Read more Audio

It’s hard enough having one show in the Fringe festival, but how about two. Wellington based Eliza Sanders brings two solo show – Castles, and Pedal - to the Basement Theatre in Auckland, in late… Read more Audio