Arts

William Shatner is still going strong at 87, and he is bringing his one man show Shatner's World - The Return Down Under to New Zealand in October. Video, Audio

Cargo was picked up by Netflix at the 2017 Adelaide Film Festival. Dan Slevin wonders when Netflix will come shopping at NZIFF. Video

The NZSO gets its geek on with music inspired by Comic Con. We meet the first two finalists for the Lexus Song Quest 2018, and we continue our series on music inspired by star-crossed lovers.

It's not even available for streaming yet but Netflix's new show Insatiable is already being slammed as toxic and fat-shaming. Video, Audio

English literature lecturer Hannah August joins the programme to offer an academic perspective on the Auckland pop-up Globe's plan to stage all-male performances of Shakespeare plays later this year.

Soda Jerk, formed by sisters Dan and Dominique Angeloro in Sydney in 2002, is a two-person art collective. Working at the intersection of documentary and speculative fiction, Soda Jerk is concerned… Audio

Playwright, journalist and popular culture critic, Sam Brooks has won the Bruce Mason Award, been highly commended twice in the prestigious Adam NZ Play Awards, and won Playmarket's b425 competition… Audio

The 80-year-old actor, writer, activist and fitness guru talks to Noelle McCarthy about existential threat, the MeToo movement and why for older actresses television is more forgiving than film. Audio

Stuart Maunder talks with Eva Radich about 'Aida' and the challenges of staging concert performances of opera. Audio

Ronan Tighe takes us through the story of Verdi's opera Aida. Audio

The largest collection of New Zealand poetry is being stored in a converted double garage in suburban Wellington. Dr Niel Wright has amassed more than 5,000 works in his retro-fitted garage.  Audio

This is our fortnightly attempt to solve the world's problems one small thing at a time. NZ Herald senior writer Simon Wilson debates the pros and cons of building a statue of Papatuanuku at Bastion… Audio

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is currently putting together its 2019 season, and with school holidays underway we have engaged the help of a RNZ family member to compile a list of suggestions… Video