Arts

Playwright Jan Bolwell tells her grandfather’s First World War experiences through her teenage self in her show Bill Massey’s Tourists. It’s currently touring the country telling gripping, painful and… Audio

Poet Paula Green talks about this year's Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, plus listeners send wax poetic in the inaugural Jesse Mulligan 1 - 4pm Flash Poem Contest. Audio, Gallery

Southland meat worker Luke Dawson makes his NZ Fashion Week debut this year with his streetwear collection The Boy From Goreville. Audio

Victoria University of Wellington along with some of the biggest names in New Zealand film and design technology have come together to form a new hub where students can learn from the best. The… Audio

The Royal Shakespeare Company took a punt on Roald Dahl’s much loved story Matilda by commissioning Australian composer and lyricist Tim Minchin to turn it into a magical musical in which children… Audio

Lullabies are common to all cultures and are varied in their themes and moods. Anthony Ritchie’s Lullabies is being performed by City Choir Dunedin  featuring more than 140 performers. Composer… Audio

Toa Fraser’s real-life hostage thriller 6 Days is a reminder of a more innocent age of terrorism, says Dan Slevin. Video

The eminent musicologist and performer speaks with Des Wilson about differences in the performing environment between Mozart and Haydn's day and our own. Audio

Once a year, every year, the largest Arts Festival in the world in Edinburgh, Scotland welcomes the world. Among the thousands of performances on offer at the 70th Edinburgh Fringe Festival are dozens… Audio, Gallery

Selina Tusitala Marsh is a Waiheke Island-based poet of Samoan, Tuvaluan, Scottish and French descent whose latest collection of poems, Tightrope, is published this week. Selina reads a couple of… Video, Audio

Making our Mixtape today is Bill Manhire, one of our best known and acclaimed poets, and one of the most influential - he’s taught hundreds of successful fiction writers, playwrights and poets over… Video, Audio

The Going West Books and Writers Festival is characterized by friendliness, intimacy, hospitality, accessibility and good food. Director Nicola Strawbridge talks about getting the right balance… Audio

For his Film Tourism thesis, Stefan Roesch followed film fans to various locations around the world, such as Star Wars in Tunisia and Sound of Music in Austria, in order to capture their emotions on… Audio, Gallery

Karen Nimmo is a clinical psychologist who says not being creative could be making us sick. Audio

The RNZB’s Romeo & Juliet choreographed by outgoing artistic director Francesco Ventriglia had its world premiere last night at the St James in Wellington before heading on a nationwide tour. Is it to… Audio

This is a saucier production of Romeo and Juliet than most – one moment inspired a wolfwhistle from the audience, and it’s worth counting how many times they kiss...