Arts

Artists and performers who're struggling emotionally during COVID-19 now have access to a counselling service that up until now has been focused on helping our music industry. MusicHelps is extending… Audio

Set on Vanuatu immediately after Cateogry 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam in March 2015, Mikaela Nyman's novel Sado is the story of an isolated community and its residents coping - and not - when put under… Audio

NZ on Air is promising those who rely on it for funding that it will be responsive and innovative over the weeks and months to come, with COVID-19 seeing planned productions around the country… Audio

This time of imposed home time is the perfect opportunity to dust off that unfinished painting, sculpture, music score, poem or book. But if taking on a big project is a bit much, how about trying… Audio

From Monday morning, Kiwi performers will be presenting original work to the nation via Silo Theatre's Instagram account. And they're getting paid for it.

Lynn talks to Sophie Roberts, artistic… Audio

The guitar of Julie Bevan and the miniature guitar like ngoni of Bassekou Kouyate Video

Nick Heath, is a sports broadcaster who is passing his time commentating on everyday life. Audio

Most of us will be spending a fair bit of time with our whanau over the next four weeks. Courtney and Heta Dawson are daughter and father comedians from Auckland who know a thing or two about the… Audio

With countries around the world banning public gatherings in a bid to curtail the coronavirus, outings to see your favourite musicans are off the agenda for now.

More and more stars are streaming… Video, Audio

Some of the country's high profile actors are now out of a job.

The arts, theatre and television industry has been especially hard-hit by the sudden economic downturn linked to Covid-19.

Actor and… Audio

Volunteers in a small West Coast town have been working hard to restore a heritage theatre. The Lyric Theatre stands in the heart of Granity, a small seaside mining town about a half hour north of… Audio

He was the first ever artist-in-residence at Whanganui's Tylee Cottage, and now, 34 years later, Laurence Aberhart is the first to return. Laurence first spent time at the cottage in 1986, and… Audio

You could be forgiven for thinking there's a pitched battle between the Baby Boomer Generation and the Millennial one. There probably isn't, but both generations are seemingly so obsessed with… Audio

This week the full effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on the arts has really been revealed. Theatre shows, concerts, arts and comedy festivals have been put off, or cancelled. It leaves many artists, who… Audio

A focus on the marimba and its African cousin the balafon used in the classical music of Mali.

New music from Aotearoa: singer songwriter Reb Fountain, and gypsy jazz from violinist Fiona Pears and… Video

For his Festival Review today Mark Amery has been forced to change tack and looks at what happens for artists when festivals and other events cancel. Audio