Standing Room Only for 08/07/2016

Standing Room Only is literally radio with pictures... and arts, theatre, film, comedy, books, dance, entertainment and music – all the things, in other words, that make life worth living. Full programme details are available on the Standing Room Only webpage   Constable's Hay Wain - live! Two New Zealanders - an artist and a curator - are among the team working on a project that's a tribute to one of British painter John Constable's most famous paintings. Aug 07, 2016 02:48 pm Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs Writer and illustrator Leigh Hobbs is using his two year stint as Australia's Children's Laureate to promote libraries, which he worries are under threat. Aug 07, 2016 02:38 pm Pasifika playwright Victor Rodger Victor Rodger is sending out a challenge to other Pasifika writers. Where's the PI book that a nui generation will cherish? Aug 07, 2016 02:25 pm The real Bully Hayes The flamboyant Captain William Henry 'Bully' Hayes was a 'thief, pirate, plunderer and kidnapper' according to newspaper headlines of the time and in subsequent books and movies. But what's the true story of this Pacific maritime legend? Aug 07, 2016 01:45 pm The actor's F Word Failure is part and parcel of an actor's life - at auditions, at the hands of reviewers, when a TV series or a movie bombs with the audience. Aug 07, 2016 01:34 pm Tim Finn's hit musical Ladies in Black Ladies in Black is based on a novel about the women who graced Sydney's top department store in the 1950s. Aug 07, 2016 12:50 pm Life at the National Film Unit Part 2 of our look back at the output of the National Film Unit as it marks its 75th anniversary this month. Aug 07, 2016 12:16 pm   Older stories Beyonce, a Haka and a Viral Video Fiona Kidman's new novel Commedia dell'Arte comes to Aotearoa The Laugh Track - Nisha Madhan and Stephen Bain Walker Evans - the Magazine Photographer Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions