Standing Room Only for 24 January 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   Building the butterfly (stroke) A fascination with the lives and achievements of early Australian women swimmers comes through in a solo play by Australian writer and actor Alice Mary Cooper. In her show Waves, which she's bringing to the New Zealand Festival as well as the Auckland Arts Festival, Alice imagines how a woman on an Australian island invents the butterfly stroke by swimming with fish and penguins. Jan 24, 2016 03:52 pm Spooning Wooden spoons are one of the most useful things in the kitchen even in these days of flash appliances. Sam Keer teaches how to carve greenwood spoons at the Wellington's Community Education Centre. Jan 24, 2016 02:45 pm On This Day… 24 January 1916 Standing Room Only heads to a variety show from a hundred years ago that sounds like a must see. Jan 24, 2016 01:52 pm Sounds of the Outer Hebrides - Willie Campbell In the Outer Hebrides on Scotland's Western flank traditional Scottish music is hugely popular, but a whole new generation of artists with their own style are also finding a following with locals and tourists. Willie Campbell is one of the most in demand new generation of musicians on the Isle of Lewes. Jan 24, 2016 01:45 pm Defending the J.J.Mac Can fantasy help us to understand things we'd rather not think about at all? That's the question behind new play Defending the J.J. Mac, which opens soon in Auckland. Director Leon Wadham says the play, written by Beanie-Maryse Ridler, is possibly about a butterfly tamer who lives in a tree house - maybe - and addresses questions of mental health and grief using magical realism and imagination. Jan 24, 2016 01:30 pm Films with Dan Slevin Widescreen's Dan Slevin expounds on The Big Short, Brooklyn, and Quentin Tarantino's post-American civil war flick The Hateful Eight. Jan 24, 2016 01:10 pm Shakespeare at Auckland's Pop-up Globe Pop-up Globe is the world's first full-scale working replica of the second Globe theatre, and eight of Shakespeare's works will be performed in Auckland before it heads to another part of the world. The pop up theatre is closely modelled on the original, and actors will work on a stage that's 360°, offering lots of opportunities to interact with the audience. Especially the groundlings, as most will be standing looking up at the stage. Lynn Freeman met two of the directors: Ben Naylor (Romeo and Juliet), along Dr Miles Gregory (Twelfth Night) who's also the Pop-up Globe's artistic director. Jan 24, 2016 12:46 pm   Older stories Objectspace's crafty plans Entangled Islands Teching out museums The Laugh Track - Summer Report's Teresa Cowie & Ian Telfer New Zealand performers entertain festive memories Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions