Standing Room Only - Programme for Sunday 8 June 2014 - Radio New Zealand National

12:40pm Leanne Pooley

She conquered 3D technology in her Everest documentary Beyond the Edge, now director Leanne Pooley’s new project is an animated feature about the Gallipoli Landings, to be called 25 April. She’s pencilled-in Flux Animation Studio in Auckland to make the movie with her. Justin Gregory asked her, why animation?

12:50 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

Eleanor Catton, Elizabeth Knox, Emily Perkins (right), William Brandt; how did Bill Manhire inspire a generation of extraordinary authors through his creative writing course at Victoria University? Director Richard Riddiford tries to find out in his new documentary, 13 Ways of Looking At A Blackbird. But when he began asking, he ran up against an unexpected roadblock.

1:10 At The Movies with Simon Morris

At The Movies looks at two films featuring strong women – Angelina Jolie as Black Fairy Maleficent, and Charlize Theron as a gunfighter in A Million Ways to Die in the West – and one featuring two insecure men – Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon go on The Trip to Italy.

1:31 Ruby Joy

Fourth-year fine arts student Ruby Joy Eade exudes confidence. Before finishing her BFA Honours at Massey University she’s already landed a solo exhibition at Gilberd Marriott Gallery in Wellington.

1:40 Sound Designer Jason Smith: Once On Chunuk Bair

Sound designer Jason Smith is fighting the battle of Lone Pine – digitally. He’s recreating the sound of this epic conflict during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign for Auckland Theatre Company and their upcoming production of Maurice Shadbolt’s play, Once On Chunuk Bair. Jason says he’s glad he’s doing this design now and not with the technology available in 1982 when the play was first staged.

2:05 The Laugh Track

This week’s Laugh Track guest is comedian and improviser Guy Montgomery, winner of this year’s Billy T Award.

2:26 Poetry New Zealand

The Poetry New Zealand journal has had to adapt to survive more than most in its fifty year history. And with the appointment of Massey University lecturer and writer Jack Ross as its new managing editor, more changes are planned. But Jack tells Justin Gregory that his changes should feel more like renewal rather than reinvention.

2:40 Books

In her first novel A History of Crime – The Southern Double-Cross, Dinah Holman takes us back to the New Zealand of the 1880s when dubious land deals were being done by unscrupulous speculators and corrupt politicians.

2:51 Theorbo

Early music ensemble Affetto take to the stage next weekend with a flash new (old) instrument at their disposal. It’s called a Theorbo, it look like a lute on steroids and is the only example of this baroque curiosity to ever be made in this country. Musician Philip Griffin plays Justin Gregory a tune.

3:05 The Drama Hour

Sad Heron – Part 2 By Caroline Barnes.

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