Upbeat for Thursday 27 October 2016

1:40 PM.UK playwright Duncan Macmillan’s highly acclaimed dark comedy Lungs addresses love in unstable times as a couple in their 30s decides what shape their future will take. Arthur Meek stars alongside… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Musical theatre and opera performer James Benjamin Rodgers and his wife pianist Jillian Zack usually spend their time performing on the big stages in New York, the UK and New Zealand – with James most… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Edo de Waart discusses the final in this year’s season of great works by Mozart, Beethoven and Elgar he is conducting around New Zealand at the moment… Read more Audio