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Upbeat for Monday 17 October 2016

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 14 October 2016
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  • Lucinda the Cactus Girl

    arts Auckland Region
    Lizzie Morris in Lucinda the Cactus Girl

    1:40 PM.Cacti usually are usually a bit spikey, and probably not the best bed-fellows on stage, but they represent more than just plants in a dark, whimsical show opening at the Basement tomorrow. Director… Read more Audio

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  • Auckland Shakespeare Company going pro

    arts
    Auckland Shakespeare Company rehearse for Lucrece

    1:20 PM.The Auckland Shakespeare Company is taking a step in a new direction with their very first professional show Lucrece, based on Shakespeare’s darkest narrative poem The Rape of Lucrece. Director Rita… Read more Audio

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  • Putting the rock in bureaucracy

    music
    Wellington group Free and Frank

    1:15 PM.Wellington ukulele group Free and Frank is putting the rock into bureaucracy with their catchy covers about the capital and working in central government. The group consists of public servants… Read more Audio

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  • Looking at Lindauer

    arts
    Gottfried Lindauer, Rewi Manga Maniapoto, 1882, oil on canvas

    1:00 PM.Auckland Art Gallery is celebrating stories told through Gottfried Lindauer’s brush strokes. Gallery principal conservator Sarah Hillary talks about gathering Lindauer’s works, the techniques that… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Friday, 14 October 2016
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 18 October 2016
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