Arts on Sunday for Sunday 20 January 2013

The Best of Arts on Sunday 2012

The Laugh Track - Dave Fane

Peter Hayden
We profile Dunedin-based actor and the voice of many New Zealand nature documentaries, Peter Hayden (right). He talks about his early years on stage and in TV, and his life long concern for this country’s endangered wildlife.

TV scriptwriter and short film maker Kate McDermott
Kate McDermott has worked on successful series like Go Girls and is the head writer for the second series of Nothing Trivial. Plus she has a new TV series on the go, we’ll find out what she can tell us about it.

The Otago University Sextet
The 100th anniversary celebrations of the Otago University Sextet with all six members of this year's iteration of this illustrious Capping tradition.

Tenor Simon O'Neill
One of New Zealand's opera sensations – and that's no exaggeration – tenor Simon O'Neill (right), who's been to Wagner boot camp in preparation for a New Zealand production of The Valkyrie. Photograph by Fraser Harding.