Arts
Are we just Another Mammal?
We have historic choices to make as a species, reckons Wellington playwright Jo Randerson, who looks a power imbalances and asks why people just can't get along in her new show. Another Mammal was due… Audio
Jacob Rajan's new play is coincidentally timely
A play about impermanence, a population under threat and set in India - it sounds like it's just been created in response to the current pandemic crisis. But writer and actor Jacob Rajan wrote the… Audio, Gallery
Walters Prize Exhibition
The country's biggest art award, the bienniel Walters Prize, marks its 20th year in 2021. It's undoubtedly had a powerful influence on the landscape of contemporary art in Aotearoa. Now the four… Audio, Gallery
Oscar winning actress Olympia Dukakis dies aged 89
US actress Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died aged 89, her agent has announced.
The Musical Chair: Erin Boag
Erin Boag moved to England in 1996 with the intention of building her career for a few years - but she ended up staying. Nowadays she is probably best known for appearing on the first 10 seasons of… Audio
A hiss and a roar: The Lion King - Michael Cassel
The first international touring stage production of The Lion King opens at Auckland's Spark Arena in June. The musical stage show has already toured throughout Asia, and was slated to open in Wuhan… Audio, Gallery
Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery's 103 yo time capsule revealed
Builders doing work on Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery have made a truly remarkable discovery. While drilling into the building they hit upon a time capsule deliberately placed there over 100 years ago… Audio
New festival brings private and public galleries together
Next month, 15 public and private art galleries in Wellington will come together in a new arts festival to showcase work by various artists from around Aotearoa. Face to Face: Portrait Festival opens… Audio
'How I Felt': Chris Parker - International Comedy Festival
Chris Parker is an award-winning comedian, whose sold-out show 'How I Felt' opens next week at the International Comedy Festival. He's also an actor, appearing in Golden Boy and Baby Done, as well as… Audio
Up Down Girl at the Circa theatre, Wellington
Showing at the Circa theatre in Wellington this week is an honest and uplifting inclusive play. Up Down Girl is about the extraodrinary life of a person with Down Syndrome and their mother's… Audio
Questioning the movie subsidies to international giants
Why do we pay mega-subsidies to international movie giants to come to New Zealand to film? Is it really worth it? Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip looks at how writing intersects with art. She talks about Dwelling in the Margins,edited by Katie Kerr Gloria, 'Hooked Up to Monadic Device' from the 15 April 2021 Pantograph Punch written… Audio
Giuliani among Razzie winners for year's worst movie performances
Ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's part in a Borat sequel is among the year's worst film efforts, Razzie voters have decided.
Kate's Klassics: Sydney Bridge Upside Down
Poet and writer Kate Camp returns to discuss another classic work of literature. This week, Sydney Bridge Upside Down. Written by David Ballantyne and published in 1968, it's been described as the… Audio
The unintended role of alternative music festivals
Alternative festivals have unwittingly become a platform for conspiracy theorists and medical misinformation. Journalist Anke Richter has been looking into the issue. Audio
Love and Monsters a familiar formula
Love and Monsters - in a dystopian future, can Joel fight off giant bugs and toads to find true love? Stars Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner). Video, Audio
Tom and Jerry - the Movie
Tom and Jerry: The Movie - can a popular cartoon duo of the past win over audiences today? Directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four) and starring Chloe Grace Moretz (Shadow in the Cloud). Video, Audio
The White Tiger offers no easy answers
Simon Morris reviews The White Tiger, a film that looks at the post-colonial power shift in India and doesn't offer any easy answers to viewers. Video, Audio
At the Movies 21 April 2021 - Climbing out of Debt
Simon Morris checks out the success-rate of recent, bigger movies when it comes to encouraging world audiences back to cinemas. And he looks at the latest would-be crowd pleaser, as well as two more… Audio
Australian musician John Butler
Australian musician John Butler who will be performing in two New Zealand concerts next month, the first at the Isaac Theatre Royal on May 15, and the second at The Powerstation in Auckland on May 16.
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