Arts
Sweeping up the road tacks: cycling performance artist Marcus McShane
Marcus McShane’s latest experiment is to employ his cargo bike as a mobile video projection unit, screening commissioned audiovisual animation onto the upper floors of Cuba Street buildings as he… Video, Audio
The time warp turns 50: Rocky Horror’s Richard O’Brien and his Kingdom of Bling
It is 50 years since The Rocky Horror Show premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Audio
Tana Tupai on making Pasifika music symphonic
The NZSO will accompany an 80-strong choir this week in a celebration of Pasifika music, combining symphony with songs from the Pacific. Audio
Dr Rebecca Rice: our early colonial women botanical artists recovered
Dr Rebecca Rice, Curator in Historical New Zealand Art has been rethinking Aotearoa New Zealand’s colonial visual culture, and her current research focuses on nineteenth-century female botanical… Audio
Playing Favourites with Oscar Kightley
Samoan-born writer, director, playwright and actor Vai To'elau Osa Isa'ako Mase Kightley, known as Oscar, is widely regarded as a bit of a legend. But now it's official, with the announcement that… Audio
Richard O'Rawe: In the Name of the Son
Gerry Conlon spent fourteen years in jail as one of the Guildford Four, following the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing. New play In the Name of the Son chronicles the heady aftermath of his wrongful… Audio
Dame Malvina Major donates her archives to Waikato University
Dame Malvina Major is one of New Zealand's foremost opera sopranos and has just gifted her personal archives to Waikato University. Dame Malvina speaks to Jesse. Audio
Fifty best films: Rashomon
Dan Slevin makes his first trip to Japan in his survey of the Sight & Sound top 50 films of all time. Video
The TAHI 16th November 2023
It's a big one, on today's show, Aaradhna, what more can we say, also joining us is the incredibly talented YAHYAH, it doesn't get much better than this folks! Audio
Screentime: Time s2, A Murder at the End of the World
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about the second season of British prison drama Time (Neon, SkyGo), A Murder at the End of the World (Disney+), a drama about a Gen Z amateur… Audio
Miriam Margolyes: 'I know my days are numbered'
Miriam Margolyes "can't resist naughtiness". The actor famed for her character roles and her outrageous chat show appearances is described as someone for whom currency is laughter - by any means… Audio
Monster Review: Shin Ultraman
Japan’s infatuation with monsters continues with the brilliantly weird Shin Ultraman, reports Dan Slevin. Video
An unlikely art project
An unlikely collaboration between a sound and video artist and a mechanical engineer has resulted in an exhibition exploring the cross roads of science, art and technology. Depth of Field is video and… Audio
‘Stop messing around with us’: Theatre group’s fury over council lease
A theatre group is "fed up" after a last-minute change in direction by Gisborne councillors left them with an uncertain future.
David Fincher – auteur?
His latest film, The Killer, is streaming on Netflix, so Dan Slevin looks at three older David Fincher works to see if they provide clues to help us appreciate him.
The TAHI 14th November 2023
When Evie's away, the mice...? Evie usually writes these things, So'omalo and Waimirirangi here, we're holding things down while everyone's away - On the show today we have Brandn Shiraz and Jupita… Audio
Spike Milligan's Badjelly the Witch turns 50
Now the story of a witch - the baddest witch in all the world! She can turn children into sausages, she turns policemen into apple trees and bananas into mice!
Badjelly the Witch, written by the… Audio
Greta Anderson’s strange, psychically charged images of the ordinary
Spooky, beautiful, yet funny, Greta Anderson’s photography transforms day into night, while invasive flora and domestic objects glow with spiritual electricity.
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Film Review with Graeme Tuckett
Today Graeme talks to Jesse about The Marvels, EO and Love in Bright Landscapes. Audio
Encouraging creativity with fibre - Fleur Woods' story
Fleur is a contemporary fibre artist Fleur Woods and has documented her own journey in a beautiful new book - The Untamed Thread - which explores the creative process and teaches us why it matters to… Audio