Arts

Max Cryer attended the world premiere of Hair in New York in 1968, and joins us to tell us what it was like Audio

Te Papa's Curator of Photography, Athol McCreedie, is the author of New Zealand Photography Collected, and is here to share his knowledge on the man behind the famous "Monsoon Girl" photo. Audio, Gallery

Film and TV reviewer Lara Strongman looks at new Lightbox series The Enemy Within, a psychological thriller with a strong female lead character and RNZ-produced Pax Assadi's 5 Star Stories. Audio

Thunder Road is a virtuoso performance by actor-and-director-to-watch Jim Cummings, reports Dan Slevin. Video

American singer-songwriter, actor and novelist Val Emmich joins Kathryn to talk about his transition from musician to writer, and how he turned the hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen into a novel… Audio

The documentary Celia is a fine testament to one of New Zealand‘s most direct and powerful social communicators, says Dan Slevin. Video

Kiwi baritone Julien Van Mellaerts is performing the premier of some specially commissioned works about NZ native birds in a fund-raising concert at Wellington's Zealandia tonight. Composer Gareth… Audio

At the Fringe Bar in Wellington tonight, some of the country's best poets are coming together to read their work and raise money for Muslims around the country, Audio

The Amazon documentary series This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy is entertaining and informative, but not comprehensive, says Dan Slevin. Video

A Wellington artist whose illustration was shared thousands of times after the mosque attacks has been commissioned to design TIME magazine's new internatioanl cover. Ruby Jones' first design depicted… Audio

Images of the Kaikoura earthquake are included in a new exhibition of seismic data by a UK artist duo called Semiconductor. It's called The Technological Sublime, including five massive patterned… Audio, Gallery

Here we are, read us: Women, disability and writing is about to be launched, offering readers an insight into the relationship between writing and disability. It's a little book with big ideas… Audio

After a comprehensive refurbishment of its Grade 1 heritage-listed interior, Auckland University's Gus Fisher Gallery is about to throw open its doors once again with what it describes as its most… Audio, Gallery

Gender equality in sport, body image and the role of social media are among the topics New Zealand's high school students have been asked for their views on, to build into a play called Permission to… Audio, Gallery

Can the arts heal us when we are broken? That's one of the questions being put to a panel of doctors who're also writers and artists - a panel created long before the events of March 15th in… Audio, Gallery

After helping shape New Zealand's taste in movies since 1979, Bill Gosden is retiring as director of the NZ International Film Festivals this month. Bill tells fellow cinephile Simon Morris that it's… Video, Audio, Gallery

Actor and playwright Rebecca Vaughan has appeared in film, television and on stage. her celebrated solo shows with colleague Elton Townend-Jones include Austen's Women, Dalloway and Jane Eyre: An… Audio

A stage play about Tuvalu lost to rising seas aims to give Tuvaluans strength as they contemplate the future. So says its creator, a New Zealander of Tuvaluan and Samoan heritage, who's dream is to… Audio