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Arts on Sunday for Sunday 13 March 2011

  • Christchurch Creatives - Tim Chesney

    12:45 PM.Christchurch's pro-active creatives are putting out a call to the rest of the country for work. Audio

  • Nitin Sawhney

    12:50 PM.Nitin Sawhney has written scores for more than 40 films and countless TV series and ads, he's produced eight albums, is in demand as a DJ and for writing music for high grossing video games. Audio

  • Michelle Ang

    1:35 PM.Simon talks to Michelle about new film 'My Wedding and Other Secrets' which opens nationwide this week. Audio

  • Clare Mora - Urbis Designday

    1:45 PM.Auckland designers are about to open their studio doors to the public for the Urbis Designday. Audio

  • Hear to See

    1:50 PM.In 'Hear to See', a young lad is obsessed by computer games to the point where they can't get him out of his room. Audio

  • Bernard Beckett - August

    2:30 PM.Wellington novelist Bernard Beckett turns the lives of his two protagonists upside down...literally. Audio

  • Sue Orr - From Under the Overcoat

    2:40 PM.Auckland based writer Sue Orr has used some of the world's best known short stories as a spring board for her own collection. Audio

  • Expressions Art and Entertainment

    2:50 PM.Expressions Art and Entertainment Centre is determined to provide opportunities for NZ's best and brightest emerging musicians, in collaboration with the NZ School of Music. Audio

12:40 Indian composer and DJ Nitin Sawhney

Nitin Sawhney (below) produces multi-award winning albums, film and video game scores, TV ads and symphonies - you name it. He's coming to the WOMAD festival in New Plymouth.

Nitin Sawhney.

12:50 Christchurch singer/song writer Tim Chesney

Co-founder of a website to help Christchurch creatives find work around the country after the earthquake.

www.chchcreative.co.nz

1:00 At the Movies with Simon Morris

Sci-fi film The Adjustment Bureau introduces a new romantic team - Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.

1:30 Kiwi actress Michelle Ang

Michelle Ang talks about her new film My Wedding and Other Secrets, about working in Big Mama's house, and an exciting new American TV show.

Clare Head.1:40 Urbis Designday

A chat to Clare Mora (right), who's one of the driving forces behind many of New Zealand's top international designers and wants to spread the word about Urbis Designday.

See images from the 2010 Urbis Designdays.

1:50 Hear to See

A look at children's theatre and one of the premieres at the Capital E National Arts Festival, Hear to See.

Hear_to_See

Dean Butler.2:00 The Laugh Track

Comedy veteran, Dean Butler (right).

2:20 Chapter & Verse

Novelist Bernard Beckett puts his two protagonists upside down in a car that's come off the road and makes these strangers talk to each other… while Sue Orr re-imagines some of the classic short stories in her new collection from under the overcoat.

Beckett and Orr.

2:50 Expressions Live!

Expressions is an arts and entertainment centre in Upper Hutt which boasts a 200 seat theatre and two galleries. And their motto is all about collaboration - they're keen to nurture the rising stars of tomorrow by letting them shine today with an upcoming project, working alongside the New Zealand School of Music. Sonia looks at the initiative offering young musicians a chance to shine.

3:00 The Sunday Drama: Why is the Sky So Blue? by Katie Hims

A schoolgirl recounts her day; a teacher feels unwell and thinks someone bears him a grudge; a policeman tells us it isn't poverty which drives women to prostitution; a mother debates with her son "why is the sky so blue?" But as they fight a common enemy, they realise that they have the power to change and take control of their lives.