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Arts on Sunday for Sunday 20 April 2008

  • Marv Wolfman

    12:40 PM.Accomplished comic writer talks about his 20 years in the industry. Audio

  • La Boheme

    12:50 PM.New Zealand Opera has given a modern twist to Puccini's much loved opera. Audio

  • Canterbury University Review

    1:35 PM.Extended interviews with people involved in the proposed split of the combined Theatre and Film Studies programme. Audio

  • Haiku

    1:45 PM.The launch of an antholgy, 'The Taste of Nashi' taskes place this weekend in Christchurch. Audio

  • Mahinarangi Tocker Tribute

    1:55 PM.A repeat of an interview first aired in 2004. Audio

  • The Female of the Species

    2:30 PM.Elizabeth Hwathorne and Brooke Williams about a famous author who has been captured by a crazed fan. Audio

  • Damian Skinner

    2:35 PM.The Carver And The Artist looks at turning points for Maori art in the twentieth century. Audio

  • Not About Heroes

    2:50 PM.A new play examines the relationship between war poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. Audio

  • International Comedy Festival Review

    3:05 PM.Diana Wichtel reviews the opening night of the festival. Audio

12:40 Feature Interview: Marv Wolfman (Comics)

Images from the comics of Marv Wolfman.

Marv Wolfman has worked on the great Marvell and DC comic creations - Superman, Spiderman, Batman - and created many of his own. He's a guest at the Armageddon Pulp Expos in Wellington and Auckland.

Patrick Nolan12.50 Feature Interview: La Boheme (Opera)

A chat with Australian director Patrick Nolan (pictured right) who's updated Puchini's La Boheme, setting it in the fashion conscious modern day Paris. This is for the NBR New Zealand Opera production.

1:00 At the Movies with Simon Morris (Film)

Simon avoids going to half the holiday movies on this week. But he does look in on The Spiderwick Chronicles (watch the trailer below), and critics' favourite, Lars and the Real Girl.

1:30 Feature Interview (Film/Theatre)

Canterbury University has released its Draft Implementation Plan for the College of Arts. We hear from Vice Chancellor Professor Roy Sharp, Sharon Mazer from the department of Film and Theatre studies, and two of the department's outraged Phd students.

1:50 Tributes (Music/Theatre)

Tributes to singer songwriter Mahinarangi Tocker and former Theatre Corporate stalwart Roger McGill, who both died during the week.
Go and listen to the beautiful voice and songs of Mahinarangi Tocker in a Music 101 Session from December 2005.

Neil Delamere2:00 The Laugh Track: The Big Show (Comedy)

A triple header of overseas comedians in the NZ International Comedy Festival: American. Eddie Ifft, Brit John Fothergill and Irish comedian Neil Delamere (pictured left). The Big Show will be coming to Wellington to play four nights at the Opera House from Wed 7 May. The Big Show will be hosted by Australian comedian, Mickey D.

 

 

Elizabeth Hawthorne2:25pm The Female of the Species
(Theatre)

An Australian play based on an incident in the life of feminist Germaine Greer. We talk to the Auckland Theatre Company production's two stars, Elizabeth Hawthorne (pictured right) and Brooke Williams.

2:30 Writer's Block: (Literature)

Coverage of this weekend's Haiku conference in Christchurch. and Damian Skinner (below) discusses his book on the Carver and the Artist, Maori Art in the Twentieth Century, published by Auckland University Press.

Damian Skinner and the Cover art of his book.

A scene from Not About Heroes.2.50 Feature Interview: Not About Heroes (Theatre)

The wartime friendship between two of England's greatest poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, who met at Craiglockhart War Hospital. Stephen MacDonald's play Not About Heroes is about to have its New Zealand premiere in Christchurch, you'll hear from him and actor Roger Gimblett.
Picture: A scene for the 'Not About Heroes'.

3:00 Radio Drama: Still Waters by Sarah Delahunty

A lonely woman has her life transformed by a television soap opera.