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Arts on Sunday for Sunday 30 October 2011

  • REAL New Zealand Festival - Briony Ellis

    12:40 PM.The director of the REAL New Zealand Festival - the Arts partner to the Rugby World Cup - is Briony Ellis and she joins the programme to give a little post-analysis to the event. Audio

  • Breath - the fleeting intensity of life - Vincent Ward

    1:30 PM.Renowned movie director Vincent Ward takes his visual artistry in a new direction with an upcoming exhibition at New Plymouth's Govett Brewster Gallery. Audio

  • Arts Circus - Dr George Parker

    1:40 PM.Arts Voice Christchurch's Dr George Parker speaks to Arts on Sunday about a new direction for the city's arts scene with a venue inspired by the circus. Audio

  • Marble detritus - Martin Selman

    1:50 PM.Sculptor Martin Selman joins the programme to talk about his works, inspired by every day cast offs from the mundanity of modern life. These objects are reimaged in the medium of Carrara marble. Audio

  • Antique Furniture Restoration

    2:20 PM.Sonia Sly goes into the field and speaks with G&L Antiques' Grant Smith and restorer William Cottrell about the craft and artistry involved in successfully putting life back into antique furniture. Audio

  • Chapter & Verse - Breton Dukes

    2:35 PM.Northland house husband, ocean swimmer and bird watcher, Breton Heath, talks about his other pastime, short story writing. Audio

  • Chapter & Verse - Caroline Lark

    2:40 PM.Dunedin based artist and playwrite, Caroline Lark, speaks about her new poetry collection A Messy Affair. Audio

  • Antiquaria - Anah Dunsheath

    2:50 PM.A leading antiquarian bookseller, Anah Dunsheath talks about her three decades of dealing with specialty rare books with her focus on New Zealand and the Pacific. Audio

  • Ballet review - Sleeping Beauty

    3:05 PM.Ann Hunt has been to see both versions of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's new production of Sleeping Beauty so as to view both sets of lead dancers. Audio

Briony Ellis cropped12:50 REAL New Zealand Festival

Were all the millions spent showcasing the arts during the Rugby World Cup, money well spent? We ask the director of the Real New Zealand Festival, Briony Ellis (right).

1:00 At the Movies with Simon Morris

Simon talks to the Film Commission's CEO Graeme Mason about how to make New Zealand films that are popular and profitable, which is not always the same thing.

1:30 Breath - the fleeting intensity of life

Vincent Ward is creating an art exhibition that's every bit as ambitious as one of his groundbreaking films, there's paint, photography, sound to create work with an extra dimension.

Vincent Ward Born in a Caul Courtesy the artist and Govett Brewster Art Gallery
Vincent Ward, Born in a Caul. Courtesy the artist and Govett Brewster Art Gallery.

1:40 Arts Circus

An Arts Circus of temporary venues hosting arts and cultural events is being promoted to ease Christchurch through its transitional years. Arts Voice Christchurch is behind the project which it says is getting a lot of attention and support.

Part of Sam Martin and Jason Mill s design for Arts Circus
Part of Sam Martin and Jason Mills' design for Arts Circus.

1:50 Debris of the city

Martin Selman carves twisted bottles and cans out of the highly prized, and expensive, carrara marble - it's not sacrilege but a new way of looking at beauty.

Martin Selman Lovers Lane installation carrarra marble dimensions variable
Martin Selman, Lovers Lane. Installation, carrarra marble, dimensions variable.

Sam Shore2:00 The Laugh Track

Theatre director Sam Shore, who delves into the quirky - and often murky - world of viral internet comedy.

2:25 Antique Furniture Restoration

Even if it looks like trash, the worn-down, falling apart piece of antique furniture sitting in your garage can be restored to its former glory. Sonia Sly finds out more when she meets Grant Smith from G & L Antiques in Eastbourne and restoration specialist William Cottrell.

Antique Furniture restorer William Cottrell discusses the history of Colonial furniture
Antique Furniture restorer William Cottrell.

2:40 Chapter & Verse

Our featured writers are poet and playwright Caroline Lark, and Breton Dukes who's published a collection of short stories exploding two myths - that of the male stereotype and the grim short story.

Lark Bird

2:50 Antiquarian Anah Dunsheath

One of New Zealand's foremost antiquarians, Anah Dunsheath, has been finding and selling rare New Zealand books for more than three decades.

Gallery: Art Work by Anah Dunsheath

3:00 Ann Hunt looks at a new homegrown production of the ballet Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

3:08 The Sunday Drama

The conclusion of the Canadian series Player One what is to become of us, by writer-performer Douglas Coupland.