Arts

An insight into the lives of transgender performers and exotic dancers working in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross in the 1960s is offered in the latest novel by best-selling Hamilton-based writer… Audio

Imagine being able to fly over a massive inky ocean at night, zooming in, through and around dancers, massive carvings and a haunting empty boats made out of black feathers - all without leaving home… Audio, Gallery

As film festivals - here and overseas - head into the great unknown and go digital, one at least remains proudly theatrical, the New Zealand Italian Festival. Simon Morris talks to Paolo Rotondo… Audio

Another year, another Diversity Report on gender ethnicity balance - this time from New Zealand On Air. The most glaring imbalance, once again, is among Asian creatives - on the small screen and also… Audio

Alice Procter is an art historian, tour guide and museum enthusiast who thinks institutions need to be more honest about how they came to acquire their collections. She runs "Uncomfortable Art Tours"… Audio

Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police murderer Ned Kelly is both a man and a myth. From Sir Sydney Nolan's epic paintings to Peter Carey's 2001 Booker Prize-winning novel… Audio

Artist, activist and film maker Mika X's new short film GURL will debut in the festival. It's inspired by the story of Carmen Rupe, and Mika plans to add to it to make a feature length film titled The… Audio

Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of contemporary dance, director and choreographer Malia Johnson joins us once again. Tonight she's looking a the intersection between choreography and video… Video, Audio

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to share some of his picks from this year's NZIFF including: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets; Fritzi - A Revolutionary Tale, The Kingmaker, The Truth, True… Audio

Seven years ago Kevin Kwan's first novel Crazy Rich Asians became an instant New York Times number one best seller, translated into thirty languages, and then made into a hugely successful movie. Audio

A Bump Along The Way sees what happens when 40-something Irish party girl Pamela (played by Bronagh Gallagher) unexpectedly becomes pregnant. Video, Audio

Israeli film God of the Piano sees a fiercely competitive musician torn between the demands of her demanding father, and the problems of her aspiring pianist son. Video, Audio

Endings Beginnings finds Shailene Woodley torn between the rival merits of Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan. Is this Jules and Jim for the millennial generation? Video, Audio

Pacific directors are making their mark at this year's New Zealand Film Festival which opens next week. Audio

Public art project, Lockdown Laundry, is visiting libraries around the Wellington Region. Audio, Gallery

Masterton based community progamme, Come Sew with Me, has been given a funding boost through the COVID-19 community fund for women and girls. Audio

Nathan Joe is an award-winning Chinese-Kiwi playwright and performance poet. He joins us to sing the praises of what he regards is a unfairly neglected and under-appreciated artform, the Radio Play. Audio