Lynn Freeman
Otago Mozart Fellow, the very busy Dylan Lardelli
Dylan Lardelli started out teaching himself to play his big sister's abandoned guitar. Now he travels the world playing with ensembles and is considered to be in the vanguard of our next generation of… Audio
Tallulah Holly-Massey - dancing after the Apocalypse!
She had calligraphy written all over her body for filmmaker-turned-artist Vincent Ward. She's posed for life-drawing classes here and overseas. And now Tallulah Holly-Massey is creating a… Audio
Treading softly on Tom Hoyle's leafy dreams
Photographer Tom Hoyle has been photographing leaves in his laundry and working ropes and pullies for aerial dancers in a Commonwealth Games Festival show on Australia's Gold Coast. But Tom's day job… Audio
Te Papa's ambitious new art spaces
Te Papa’s biggest revamp in two decades has the national museum devote a third more space to art. The new Toi Art gallery spans two levels of the museum and includes works from the permanent… Audio, Gallery
Jeanette Schäring
A Swedish-Kiwi environmental artist is tapping into one of the big issues facing this country and indeed the planet - water quality. Jeannette Schäring, who's living in Mt Maunganui, has been busy… Audio, Gallery
Writing tomorrow's TV dramas - a beginner's guide
You could be forgiven for thinking free to air TV is a closed shop these days, with just a handful of production companies securing most drama series and docu-dramas. But our next generation of TV… Audio
New take on Swan Lake as NZ Festival enters final week
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, one of the greatest ballets in history, is taken in a whole new direction in one of the last big international shows at the New Zealand Festival this week. Michael… Audio
A Fringe Festival challenge: create an album in 12 hours
How to Write an Album in 12 Hours is a New Zealand Fringe Festival show, and Play Shop's musicians, improvisers and writers start work at midday on Sunday in front of a live audience. Producer Sam… Audio
Poet Vincent O'Sullivan's new novel All This By Chance
Writer and editor Vincent O'Sullivan published his first novel Let the River Stand in 1993, his second Believers to the Bright Coast in 1998. He's kept us waiting for another two decades for his third… Audio
The digital magic of Ed Hawkins
Visual effects man Ed Hawkins has his name attached to around 50 movies, his name might be new to you. Ed was a digital compositor on The BFG, and he's worked on digital effects for Harry Potter, The… Audio
An art gallery in Gisborne is going great guns
Nine years ago Matthew Nache established a small dealer gallery in the heart of Gisborne. From the start the art lover had an eye on the national and international markets for artists with a point of… Audio
The life and fashion of Bruce Papas
Lynn Freeman spoke to the Fashion Museum's director Doris De Pont and to Jane Groufsky who's Collection Manager, Human History at Auckland War Memorial Museum about Bruce Papas and his 50 years in the… Audio
Australian living legend Reg Livermore is back on the boards
Candide stars one of Australia's real living legends, Reg Livermore. A star there for more than 60 years, is best known as one of the first Frank N Furters in The Rocky Horror Show. Audio
Australian living legend Reg Livermore is back on the boards
Candide stars one of Australia's real living legends, Reg Livermore. A star there for more than 60 years, is best known as one of the first Frank N Furters in The Rocky Horror Show. Audio
Review and preview: Art & book festivals in the Capital
The New Zealand Festival is in full swing. Standing Room Only’s Lynn Freeman reflects on NZ Festival performances in Wellington this week, and turns the page to the Readers and Writers Festival. Audio
Upbeat for Friday 9 March
We take a glimpse at the Readers and Writers fest; then we discover what opera ballet is, and did NZ Opera’s Tosca impress Christchurch crowds? We also play music that brings a smile to your dial.
NZ Festival: Lynn Freeman on the week that was
The New Zealand Festival in Wellington has had a week full of events. Standing Room Only presenter Lynn Freeman joins Susie Ferguson with her take on what she's experienced, including the NZ Symphony… Audio
Julianne Schultz
Australia's Griffith Review, a quarterly journal that investigates Australian and New Zealand literature and current affairs, is encouraging this discussion by bringing authors from around the… Audio
John Parker's love of puppets - and chickens!
John Parker tells Lynn Freeman he's loved puppets from childhood. Still life with chickens premieres at the Mangere Arts Centre on Thursday before seasons at the ASB Waterfront Theatre, Palmerston… Audio
Jem Southam's abiding love with the English landscape
Since the 1970s British photographer Jem Southam has been witnessing and documenting dramatic changes in the English countryside he loves. Jem's a very patient man, observing changes at a single… Audio
