Lynn Freeman

New Zealand is hosting the World Science Fiction Convention later this year. This is a major event for fans of traditional sci-fi, fantasy, horror, speculative fiction and all the other sub-genres of… Audio

South Korean theatre company Elephants Laugh is about to unleash a work where its performers are immersed in water in glass tanks while refugees walk around them. Audio

When you think of the skills of movie stunt performers, you usually think of breathtaking leaps and spectacular fight scenes. But Ashlee Fidow is also required to free-dive, to abseil, to fall off… Audio

It's been a closely guarded secret, but the anonymous donor behind the country's richest literary prize is anonymous no longer. Audio

105 years after it opened, the Hawke's Bay Opera House's multi-million-dollar earthquake strengthening and refurbishment are about to be revealed. Audio

Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho is heavily involved in Te Pou Theatre and the Hobson Street Theatre Company that works with Auckland's homeless while also running Atawhai, a two month-long mental health… Audio

A digital art expert has turned 15 paintings by Dunedin artist Ewan Mcdougall into a virtual reality world where people can move through and interact with his colourful hybrid creatures. He's… Audio

Wellington writer and performer Freya Daly Sadgrove has just published her first poetry collection, and is already hard at work turning it into a stage show. Lynn Freeman talks to Freya about her life… Audio

Graham Hickman tells Lynn Freeman that the inaugural New Zealand Military Tattoo is a celebration of the country's military history, to honour and thank servicemen and women, past and present. The New… Audio

Rachel Marlow is one of this country's most in-demand lighting designers, and co-founder of design company Filament Eleven 11. She works on everything from straight theatre productions to outdoor… Audio

Disability advocate, Touch Compass Dance Company's Charlotte Nightingale has written a play about a teenager who's not only on the autism spectrum but also has ADHD.  She talks about The Incredible… Audio

When New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa lost its funding, publisher Peppercorn Press started looking at its options. Audio

Seeing a portrait of his namesake and Great Great Great Grandfather who was a treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, prompted drama lecturer and critic James Wenley to write a play about identity… Audio

Hamiltonian Mike Sorenson spends his days fixing cars - but his spare time is dedicated to dancing and creating work that gets people talking about tough issues like mental health. Mike's new work is… Audio

Book editors do much more than checking grammar and spelling and if necessary asking writers to cut out pages of text. They're also painstaking fact checkers. On Standing Room Only last year Lynn… Audio

A self funded New Zealand feature film in the style of a mock 1990s home video is about to screen around the country - six years after it was shot. Births, Deaths and Marriages was filmed over three… Audio

The Kapiti Coast arts community has something to celebrate - a new performing arts centre, based at Kapiti College, is opening this month. Already the bookings are rolling in, with the Royal New… Audio

Encouraging film crews to shoot footage for more than one film or TV series at a time in an effort to reduce carbon emissions is one of the ideas being pushed by the Film Strike for Climate movement… Audio

It wasn't until 2009 that provocation, a defense killers of gay men used to have the charge downgraded to manslaughter, was struck from New Zealand's law books. Before then they'd been able to claim… Audio