Culture 101 for Sunday 24 March 2024

2:00 PM.West End and Broadway wasn’t the dream when UK theatremaker Nancy Zamit co-founded Mischief Theatre in 2008, but the idea of being paid to do improv was. For this group of drama school students and… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Port Chalmers in Ōtepoti Dunedin has long been a haven for artists as well as seafarers. It’s an active commercial port and these days the locals also welcome flocks of cruise ship visitors. While… Read more Video, Audio

1:07 PM.For North Yorkshire’s Alexander Wright theatre making is a way of bringing together the very local with the much larger universe he believes we need to feel connected to. 

In his latest touring show… Read more Audio

12:55 PM.Weekly arts and culture news from Aotearoa New Zealand with Perlina Lau and Mark Amery Read more Audio

12:50 PM.The Māoriland Film Festival is being held in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast this week 20-24 March. 

It's Aotearoa's annual International Indigenous film festival in a town where Māori culture thrives. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Still Lives - Auckland is a live performance artwork combining what are sometimes considered opposite ends of the spectrum; rugby and art. 

Following two weeks of rehearsal, the artwork will be at… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Culture 101’s Mark Amery invited award-winning author of fiction, poetry and essays, the Kirikiriroa Hamilton based Tracey Slaughter, to play Fast Favourites. Tracey picks out some favourite poems… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.It may be the fifth and final episode of Best of the Fest but festivals across Aotearoa have not been slowing down. 

Culture 101’s Perlina Lau in Tāmaki Makaurau is joined by playwright and… Read more Audio