Zoe George

Jonathan Crayford and Callum Allardice are the big winners at the 2017 Jazz Music Awards in Wellington. Audio

London’s Philharmonia Orchestra has developed a new PlayStation app that allows users to experience what it's like to sit in the middle of the orchestra surrounded by talented players. Audio

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Turning sound into visuals is the idea behind one of the pieces at the Lux Light Festival on in Wellington this week. Sound artists Mo Zareei and Jim Murphy have collaborated on a piece called… Audio

Legendary American Jazz pianist Kenny Barron is coming to Christchurch as part of the International Jazz and Blues Festival at the end of this month. It’s the first time he’s performed in New Zealand… Audio

Artist Justin Crowe takes human ashes and turning them into pottery – from plates and mugs to vases and beads. And in turn he’s bringing a whole new meaning to having a cuppa with Gran. He tells Zoë… Audio

It’s a confronting headline right? But that is exactly what happens in Wellington every couple of months. A group of naked women sit and read important pieces of literature from feminist prose to… Audio

Rugby league and musicals might seem like strange bedfellows, but Australian journalist Hugh Lunn and composer Bradley McCaw have combined the two, for their new show Home Ground: The State of Origin… Audio

Australian born, West End actor Damien Humbley is searching for inspiration again. He’s worked with some of the greats – Lloyd Webber, Sondheim – but has seen the musical theatre industry change with… Audio

The voice is an instrument and it can be used in many different ways. As part of last month’s New Zealand Singing School, the style of belting was explored.  Zoe George explains there’s more to the… Audio

How do you sing without damaging your voice? What should you do to warm up and cool down? What about avoiding dairy before singing? Dr Irene Bartlett from the Queensland Conservatorium is a specialist… Audio

Swedish born, Amsterdam-based playwright Jakob Ahlbom is bringing his theatrical work Horror to the Auckland Arts Festival in March. Audio

Kiwi actor William Kircher explains how being buried in dead fish, and being pushed down a river in a barrel in full costume has changed his life. This all happened when Bill was a dwarf in The… Audio

Moses Mackay, one third of Sol3 Mio, talks to Zoë George about going out on his own, the move to more contemporary music and the price of fame. Audio

What does it take to compose an original piece in just 10 days? Prolific Christchurch composer Philip Norman takes Upbeat through the creative process behind his new piece written while he was the… Audio

This year we explored the etiquette of the arts in The Art of Etiquette; from where to look in a life drawing class, to what to wear to the opera or ballet. Today we look back at the etiquette of… Audio

UK based Australian Annie Sloan is described as one of “Britain’s most influential female designers” by the Telegraph. She’s printed more than 26 books about painting and designing, and has created… Audio

Broadway smash-hit musical Legally Blonde has made its professional New Zealand debut with a 60-show run at the Court Theatre over summer. But it’s not all pink, pretty and pop-music. The musical… Audio

The 1986  pulp and paper mill strike in Kawerau were so bitter and divisive, they cast a shadow even now over the town. That's what author and former psychologist Helen McNeill discovered when she… Audio