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1:15 PM.Presenter of this weekend's concert by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra which will be the first concert by the ensemble to be broadcast live on Radio NZ for 19 years. Audio

1:00 PM.Canadian film producer presenting screenings of her documentary Apocalypse WWI as part of the French Film Festival. Audio

12:40 PM.Director of the Auckland Writers Festival previews this year's line-up. Audio

1:10 PM.Elizabeth reviews the season finale of Freddy Kempf's Beethoven Concerto series tour with the NZSO. Audio

12:50 PM.Upbeat jazz contributor looks at albums recorded in 50 years ago. Audio

12:30 PM.Artistic Director of the New Zealand Dance Company who are currently touring their work 'Rotunda' around New Zealand and Australia. Audio

12:08 PM.Artistic Director of the NZ Jazz Festival unveils this year's programme. Audio

1:15 PM.Reviews Jonty reviews recent Auckland Festival shows including Macbeth, The Kitchen and The Book of Everything. Audio

1:08 PM.The War Play Writer and director of The War Play at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre. Audio

12:36 PM.Review of the weekend's action at the WOMAD festival. Audio

12:15 PM.Eva talks to celebrity MasterChef Jax Hamilton Audio

1:06 PM.New Zealand artist talks about his retrospective at the Auckland Art Gallery. Audio

12:42 PM.Upbeat blues contributor looks at the work of blues legend Robert Johnson. Audio

12:15 PM.Writers and performers from Chicago's Q Brothers theatre company preview the Auckland Festival season of Othello: The Remix. Audio

12:15 PM.Cedar Lake Dance Company Director of New York's Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet previews their Auckland Festival performance. Audio

1:05 PM.Verdi's opera 'Macbeth' takes on new meaning in the production at the Auckland Arts Festival by South African director Brett Bailey. Composer Fabrizio Cassol talks to Eva about what changes he's made… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Peter reviews the performance by Canadian early-music ensemble Tafelmusik at the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

12:15 PM.Eric Languet is back in New Zealand from his home in the Reunion Islands, working with Footnote Dance on 'Bbeals'. He tells Eva about the work and its 1980s inspiration. Audio

1:14 PM.Jonathon reviews the first weekend's theatre action from the Auckland Festival, including Lemi Ponifasio's 'I AM'. Audio

1:00 PM.Sophie Roberts returns to the Silo Theatre to direct 'The Book of Everything' for the Auckland Festival. Audio

12:38 PM.Christopher Marshall announces the programme for his Christchurch-based chamber music series Christopher's Classics, as it enters its 20th year. Audio