Lynn Freeman
Confessions of a female bar pianist
War-stories from late nights playing piano in dodgy hotel bars make up a new show by visiting Australian musician Lisa Crawley. Audio
A new broom at the Film Commission?
Annabelle Sheehan talks with Simon Morris about her background, the challenges faced in the film industry as more audiences go on-line for their content, and where New Zealand films fit on the new… Audio
Review: Bless The Child
A death of a child throws a family into turmoil. The mother is accused of the death, but she seeks help to prove herself innocent. Lynn Freeman reviews the play about privilege, life, death and… Audio
Upbeat for Friday 2 March
Justin Gregory reviews the new look Giselle, Lynn Freeman faces the hard truths in Bless The Child, Tim Dodd explores how Phil Dadson is starting From Scratch & we celebrate past Concerto competition…
NZ Festival - Bless the Child
A fiercely honest portrayal of a Maori family under intense scrutiny after the death of a baby, has premiered as part of the New Zealand Festival in Wellington. Hone Kouka has written Bless the Child… Audio
Review: NZ Festival opening weekend – was it a “spectacular”?
The NZ Festival opened in Wellington on Friday evening. Lynn Freeman, host of RNZ National’s arts programme Standing Room Only talks about some of the highlights and disappointments of the Festival’s… Audio
Upbeat for Monday 26 Feb 2018
Was the NZ Festival opening weekend a “spectacular”? Lynn Freeman shares her thoughts & Tony Ryan review the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s 60th anniversary season opening concert. We also explore…
NZ Festival kicks off - Lynn Freeman's review
The New Zealand Festival this weeks offers a glimpse at the future of digital storytelling - as visitors are invited to explore a future playground, complete with an infinity room and a Pop n' Lock… Audio
Early journalist James Boswell
Eassayist, poet, editor, wit and lexicographer - Dr Samuel Johnson was undoubtedly one of the leading lights of Eighteenth Century England. And Scottish writer James Boswell's greatest hit was his… Audio
The mystery of the missing McLaughlin
In the mid 1970s, a painting by American artist John McLaughlin went missing while it was moving between art galleries in New Zealand. Not only did it disappear. Before that, it had been badly damaged… Audio
Behind the scenes - CSO volunteers
Continuing our series on people who work behind the scenes of the arts, Lynn Freeman meets two Christchurch Symphony Orchestra volunteers. They may be separated by about 50 years in age but they're… Audio
20 years of the challenging work of painter Graham Fletcher
An exhibition representing 20 years of Graham Fletcher's paintings - some rescued from obscurity in his mother's garage - is about to go on show in Auckland. The Third Space: the Art of Graham… Audio
Diving deep: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith on getting close to the Southern Cross Cable
Bronwyn Holloway-Smith went to a lot of trouble for her exhibition – spending years learning scuba diving so she could get up close to the Southern Cross Cable. Audio, Gallery
Virtual Reality film-making?
Will virtual reality, VR, help filmmakers craft a new kind of experience for film fans? That's being explored by some of the next generation of filmmakers at Victoria University's new Miramar Creative… Audio
Unearthing evidence of New Zealand's early inhabitants
It's taken two years of work so far and there'll be more years ahead as archaeologists sort though almost 10,000 objects unearthed from a swamp at the Waitaki River mouth more than 50 years ago… Audio, Gallery
Highly anticipated NZ Festival opens with Kupe
Kupe, the great Polynesian navigator and explorer, as imagined by playwright Apirana Taylor, in one of the first shows of the 2018 New Zealand Festival in Wellington. It's also part of a week long… Audio
The art of the Berlin underground railway
Berlin's underground train network will be where Serbian/New Zealand artist Biljana Popovic will be spending much of her time as Creative New Zealand's Artist in Residence in the German capital this… Audio
Novelist Stephanie Parkyn's wild colonial adventure
Expat Kiwi writer Stephanie Parkyn's new novel Into the world is so exotic it can only be based on real life! It's the story of a Frenchwoman who disguised herself as a man to escape the French… Audio
From a stately home to Auckland's Splore Festival
A genuine English aristocrat who literally ran away to join the circus, these days has her feet firmly on the ground running arts festivals in New Zealand. Lady Emma Vickers is the Performance… Audio
BodyCartography Project - still crazy after 20 years!
One of New Zealand's most experimental dance companies, BodyCartography Project, is marking its 20th year with four ambitious works, one of them 13 hours long. The dancers are making history at Te… Audio
