12:43 - The 11th Festival of Pacific Arts:
Dianna Fuemana
and Damen Kamali are two of the 120-strong delegation of artists who're heading
to Soloman Islands on Monday, to represent New Zealand at the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts. Creative
NZ is spending half a million dollars on the trip, so what's in it for our
artists, for this country and for the host nation?
12:48 - Auckland's Objectspace
We find out if a craft sector talk fest over the
past few days at Auckland's Objectspace has come up with concrete ideas to
improve the lot of our designers and makers. Glass artist Elizabeth McClure and
art researcher Linda Tyler tell us if 7UP will make a difference.
1:10 At the Movies:
Simon Morris has a miserable time at
the rock musical Rock of Ages.
1:35 Rohan Wealleans
- made a name for himself in the art
scene here by layering paint and carving things out of the big cake-like wedges
he created. Now he's restored a giant
polystyrene head from an old TV show and turned it into a man cave, complete
with white shag pile carpet and cushions, a jewelled ceiling and an oracle.
1:45 - Dame Malvina Major Foundation
Two internationally successful young New Zealand
opera singers sing the praises of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation which
helped them and many others make it big. Hear the full story from Kristen
Darragh and Phillip Rhodes, who are both taking part in the Foundation's
upcoming 25th anniversary concert.
1:55 Miria George's
latest play is called Sunset Road,
it's premired in Wellington and our reviewer Uther Dean was in the opening
night audience.
2:05 The Laugh Track:
Two of the stars of new TV3 sitcom
Hounds, Toby Sharpe and Susanna Tang. Their picks: The Big Lebowski; Julian Smith;
"Chinese Dad" sketch;
The Office.
2:25 Hamilton reviewer Gail Pittaway
shares with us her
impressions of Oliver! the musical, starring Rocky Horror's Richard O'Brien as
- who else? - Fagin.
2:28 Swedish movie producer Jenny Gilbertsson:
Simon
Morris talks to Jenny Gilbertsson, who is still pinching herself over the
extraordinary world-wide success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Her new
film is called Last Will.
2:38 Gisborne-based Ben Galbraith
doesn't quite paint by
numbers but by what he reads on the tube. That's because he's colour blind. Not
that this ever stopped him from picking up the colours that he can't even see.
He's the author and illustrator of award-winning children's book The Three
Fishing Brothers Gruff, a project that launched his career almost six years
ago, catching the eye of UK publishers. Sonia Sly was curious to meet him to
find out how the children's book industry works, and to hear about his
international collaborations.
2:48 We head to Kerikeri
to find out how, every two
years, this small community manages to host an international competition for
aspiring young pianists. The Kerikeri International Piano competition is seen
has not only giving New Zealand pianists an invaluable opportunity against top
class competition, it's also a financial windfall for the township. We talk to
two of the hard working trustees, Jill Cottle and Tony Norman (pictured right),
about how the festival started, and where it's heading.
2:54 Elizabeth O'Connor
reviews a new show from the
country's longest running experimental theatre company, Christchurch's Free
Theatre. Its latest boundary pushing play is called I Sing The Body Electric.
3:05 The Drama Hour:
This week's New Shorts winner is Joe
Ryan with his dark and dangerous tale of deception. Our Go Solo piece this
week, featuring Tansy Hayden takes us back to the farm. And we change gear a bit into comedy with The
Gullibles.
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webpage: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/artsonsunday
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