Arts
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.
…How to Write a Foreword
Today's how to write looks at what should be included in a foreword in a book. Author Catherine Robertson joins Jesse to talk about what a foreword is, who should write one and how to. Audio
Cultural Ambassador - Dance
Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of contemporary dance, director and choreographer Malia Johnston joins us once again. Tonight we catch her during the "pack-in" at the Repertory House in… Video, Audio
Television Critic: Perlina Lau and Sam Brooks
Perlina Lau has been looking at the Allen V Farrow documentary. Sam Brooks has been watching 'Popstars'. Audio
Court theatre fifty years of ushering
The Court Theatre in Christchurch has an important milestone coming up this week, it's celebrating 50 years since it first opened. Gay Peek has been a volunteer usher for each one of those years. Audio
Ugly Duckling helps change the NZ male ballet narrative
The Royal New Zealand Ballet are about to open a free show for kids and families - at Te Papa in the school holidays - The Ugly Duckling. It plays April 19 and 20. What makes this performance… Audio
A long-needed diary rescue project
Do you have a diary hidden away somewhere at risk of being chucked out or just deteriorating due to lack of attention? Dr Vivienne Plumb is a devotee of diaries. She's also a poet, fiction writer… Audio
