Lynn Freeman

Including 'The Land of the Moa', Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Gold, J C Williamsons, Nellie Stewart, 'Our Nell', Bland Holt, 'The Doll's House' with Peter Sledmere, Peter Downes, John Dryden, Howard… Audio

Named after a Georgian painting, Landscape with Solitary Figure marks Shonagh Koea's return to writing novels after a break of several years. Shonagh's been busy during that time, concentrating on… Audio

Bruce Sheridan is an expat who now teaches at Columbia College in Chicago as well as making films - not bad for a Kiwi kid whose teachers told him an arts degree wouldn't do him any good! Professor… Audio

Rosie Rowe has been working on the digitisation process of more than 300 reels of conservationist John Kendrick's audio tapes at Archives New Zealand. Transferring the audio onto a digital format is a… Audio

We follow up on the ultra-short documentary project, Loading Docs, as ten three-minute long documentaries are about to be released. Topics range from rest homes to Christchurch's homeless, to cat… Audio

We bring you up to date with the Whole House Reuse project, where an entire ex red-zoned Christchurch house was dismantled and its bits are now being distributed amongst artists around the country… Audio

A collective of writers, artists and philosophers formed a utopian community in Havelock North in the early 1900s, under the firm hand of English missionary Dr Robert Felkin. He even had a temple… Audio

The finalists and winners of the Star Wars competition are announced and the details of the next SRO competition are revealed. Audio

This time Standing Room Only's competition is Star Wars themed. Audio

Two award-winning writers for the tricky young adult market, Sherryl Jordan and Elizabeth Knox, swap stories in a panel discussion recorded at the Tauranga Arts Festival. Audio

More from the Kiwi contingent heading to Edinburgh in a few weeks, this time we hear about the visual artists who've been handpicked to represent us in the Festival City, including Auckland… Audio

Dancer/Choreographer, Tupua Tigafua, on persuading his Samoan family that he's made a good career choice, on how handball and labouring help his dancing, and why he's called his new dance work for the… Audio

The results of this week's competition and the next one is revealed. Audio

David Colquhoun has just retired after a 25-year-long career as the Alexander Turnbull Library's curator of manuscripts. Audio

In Ad Lib, first time novelist Thomasin Sleigh offers us the story of a young woman who inherits a Reality TV show from her famous mother. Audio

Music director Peter Walls explains why Waikato's professional orchestra, Opus, gets heaps of praise from people in high places, but needs heaps more cash to reach its full potential. Audio

Last week SRO investigated complaints about the new direction Mangare's Art Centre is taking under Auckland Council control. The former director of another local gallery, Suzette van Dorsser contacted… Audio

The winner of last week's Hollywood sound effects competition and we announce the next curly creative competiton. Audio

We chat to the winner of the country's top playwriting prize, the 2014 Adam New Zealand Play Award. We can't reveal the name til Sunday after the big announcement. Audio

We conclude our look at what it takes to paint a mural as Sheyne Tuffery wraps up his three weeks producing a massive art work in the Wellington suburb of Mt Cook. Audio