Navigation for Arts on Sunday

12:40 The December Brother

A play about truth - based partly on the Bain family murders and partly on the memoirs of writer Tim Spite's father who was adopted.
Below: Brad McCormick and Tim Spite at rehearsal for The December Brother.

Brad McCormick and Tim Spite at rehearsal for The December Brother.

12:50 International New Zealand Arts Festival

A look at how the recession is biting into arts audiences - the country's biggest cultural event, the International New Zealand Arts Festival, still brings in tens of millions of dollars for the capital despite a downturn in ticket sales.

1:00 At the Movies with Simon Morris

The case that made a mockery of South Africa's apartheid system - the black woman with white parents…
Below: Sophie Okonedo in the film 'Skin'.

Sophie Okonedo in Skin

1:30 Movies

The good news for people who want to see the old movie classics where they belong - up on the big screen.

1:40 Caring for the Dead

In a new photo exhibition about death, Caring for the Dead, it's not the dead bodies in the pictures that are grabbing people's attention.

Gravestones

Brad Zimmerman1:50 Roger Boyce

Artist and art lecturer Roger Boyce, uses his paintbrush to have some fun with the terribly serious art of painting.

2:00 The Laugh Track: Brad Zimmerman

The man behind Wellington's latest comedy club.
Pictured right: Brad Zimmerman.

2:20 High Seas

High Seas is both an art gallery and comic book store and it's celebrating its first birthday in Auckland, Julie Hill joins the party.

High Seas is both an art gallery and comic book store.

2:30 Chapter and Verse

Victoria University's Stout Fellow John Newton who's just released his second book of poety, some 25 years after his debut collection… and playwright turned novelist Whiti Hereaka.

Moko Smith2:50 Moko Smith (pictured right)

A chat to the first Maori actor to be accepted onto the famous Jacques Lecoq international theatre school.

3:00 Radio Drama: Faith

Part One of Tom McCrory's contemporary New Zealand play Faith which examines the blurry nature of what we believe.