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  • Why Isn't Theatre Dead Yet?

    8 Apr 2012

    A panel recorded at the recent New Zealand International Arts Festival Writers and Readers Week in Wellington, debating the premise that theatre is dead. Ken Duncum, teacher of Victoria University’s… Audio

  • Bats Theatre

    27 Nov 2011

    Wellington's Bats Theatre's knight in shining armour turns out to be Sir Peter Jackson. He and Lady Fran have pitched in to buy the theatre which was up for sale and out of reach of the Bats Trust… Audio

  • Spiritual Outlook for 23 October 2011

    23 Oct 2011

    Composer John Gibson and actor and voice teacher Sylvia Rands have long shared a passion for the religiously inspired works of poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Now they’ve turned that passion into a new… Audio

  • Douglas - Landscape of a New Zealand Composer - Episode 2

    history music
    28 Aug 2011

    Practicalities, looks at aspects of the working life of Douglas Lilburn the composer. Writing music for film, theatre and radio, and the creative partnerships with Dame Ngaio Marsh, Richard Campion… Audio

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  • Adam Mansbach: parenting, comedy, race

    16 Jul 2011

    Novelist, hip hop artist and former Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University, New York, whose new parenting comedy book, 'Go the F**k to Sleep' has been an unexpected bestseller. Audio

  • Michael Galvin

    14 Jun 2011

    Writer of and actor in "Station to Station", a play about a charismatic TV presenter turned religious zealot. Audio

  • 2001: Restoration of the Embassy Theatre

    5 Jun 2011

    Camilla Maling went to see the restoration of Wellington's Embassy Theatre in time for the premiere of Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Wil Anderson

    13 May 2011

    Wil Anderson has won several awards for his comedy including the People's Choice award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - for the second year in a row. His award winning show The Gruen… Audio

  • Feature Guest - Ardal O'Hanlon

    5 Apr 2011

    Ardal O'Hanlon is a comic actor and stand-up comedian who became a household name playing Father Dougal Maguire, the simpleton priest in the hit Irish TV series Father Ted. Has he managed to shake the… Audio

  • Feature guest Tommy Tiernan - Irish comedian

    9 Mar 2011

    Irish comedian whose annual ticket sales in his homeland are only beaten by U2. Audio

  • The Lonesome Buckwhips on Music 101

    music
    3 Jul 2010

    Benny and Arty Buckwhip share a song and shed a tear before their final show. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Ian McKellen: good to Godot

    29 May 2010

    British stage and screen actor (Gandalf in Lord of the Rings), currently on tour with a production of Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot, visiting NZ in June and July. Audio

  • Pete Rainey

    27 May 2010

    Nelson City Councilor and Concert Director of the region's historic Theatre Royal talks about the recently completed refurbishment of the 1878 building. Audio

  • David Hare: political staging

    17 Oct 2009

    British playwright (Plenty, Knuckle, Pravda, Stuff Happens), screenwriter (The Hours, The Reader), and theatre and film director. Audio

  • The Lonesome Buckwhips: Episode 4 - Aftermath

    music
    23 Aug 2009

    In this episode we hear live recordings from the Lonesome Buckwhips' astoundingly successful world tour - a tour that should have seen them set for life, but their journey was less a highway and more… Audio

  • The Lonesome Buckwhips: Episode 3 - Live at the Gold Guitars

    music
    16 Aug 2009

    The Lonesome Buckwhips' notorious performance at the Gold Guitars in Gore, and their confrontation with iconic Kiwi singer/songwriter Barry Saunders - an event that was to have a long-lasting effect… Audio

  • Asian Report for 11 August 2009

    11 Aug 2009

    Jason Moon delves deep into the bowels of a new play by Indian community theatre group Prayas. Audio

  • The Lonesome Buckwhips: Episode 2 - Life After Death

    music
    9 Aug 2009

    The months between the sinking of the Interislander ferry and Gary Buckwhip's arrest (as an accessory to poaching) have been shrouded in mystery. Justin Gregory sheds some light on what really… Audio

  • The Lonesome Buckwhips: Episode 1 - On the Road Again

    music
    29 Jul 2009

    Produced and directed by Adam Macaulay

    Justin Gregory begins his investigation of the phenomenon that is The Lonesome Buckwhips, through interviews with the band members and archival material.

    This… Audio

  • Asian Report 22 July 2008

    22 Jul 2008

    Jason Moon has a homegrown Asian comedy story about Film Director Roseanne Liang, and her latest work, Take 3. Audio

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