Arts

A New Zealander is working on an ambitious exhibition about the Japanese kimono. Audio, Gallery

More than 20 New Zealand feature films are due out for release this year. Audio

Romantic music for summer including GRAMMY award winners Mariachi Los Camperos. and Angélique Kidjo.    Video

If you're in the Super City and a fan of unusual sounds, check out next week's summer series from the Audio Foundation. The event kicks off on Sunday 2 February with two Japanese sound artists joining… Video, Audio

One wedding, two families and two cultures. Tainui Tukiwaho talks about his on stage rom com, Black Ties, and his brilliant take on the Trans-Tasman clash of cultures. Black Ties, which is a… Video, Audio, Gallery

Dan Slevin reviews the new film from director Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) in which Tom Hanks plays the beloved children's TV host Mr. Rogers. Audio

Kristen Stewart plays the iconic screen actress Jean Seberg who in the late 60s and early 70s was hounded by the FBI for her political views (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Kristen Stewart plays a marine engineer trapped at the bottom of the Mariana Trench after a drilling rig unleashes a new kind of terror (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews two films starring Kristen Stewart (the submerged horror Underwater and Seberg, about the screen actor Jean Seberg) and A Beautiful Day in the… Audio

Kimberly Crossman is known for her many acting roles. Many of us first met her as Sophie McKay, a role she played on Shortland Street for over 300 episodes. Audio

German-Jewish refugee Richard Fuchs, came to New Zealand in 1939 fleeing from Nazi persecution. Fuchs wrote symphonies, chamber works, as well as many songs.

But because he was Jewish, his music was… Audio

A new production coming to Auckland audiences over the next month combines the story of one man's personal struggle with the loss of his partner and loss of the magnificent stand of trees surrounding… Audio

Kieran Hurley's work Mouthpiece, won the Hector MacMillan Award for Best new Scottish play and the prestigous Carol Tambor Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year (2019), where it was sold… Audio

Brokenwood Mysteries, Go Girls, Oliver - star of stage and screen, Bronwyn Turei, is our expert today and she talks about what it takes to become an actor. Audio

Dr Piri Sciascia (1946-2020) was farewelled this week at his hometown of Porangahau  in the Hawkes Bay following his passing on the 18th of January. Audio

Since 1996 Christchurch's The Physics Room has been one of our most significant incubators for contemporary artists, yet for two years it's been without a secure home. In that time it has run a bold… Audio, Gallery

It was the British TV series Extras that brought Ashley Jensen to wider attention, although prior to landing the part of Maggie she’d had a busy career on stage and TV – including a stint in Ugly… Audio, Gallery

A dance epidemic broke out in Strasbourg in 1518, and a new show about it stars foremost New Zealand contemporary dancer and choreographer Michael Parmenter. Over the decades he's worked with our top… Audio, Gallery