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Creating a demonic
hand puppet is one of the more unusual commissions for Auckland puppeteer
Jon Coddington. It's taken a few goes to perfect Tyrone for the premiere of
a play called Hand to God about a possessed hand puppet and the impact it
has on the Christian ministry at a Texan church. Jon talk to Lynn Freeman
about training the cast in the art of puppeteering which is not for the
feint hearted. Hand To God will be on at Circa Theatre from 22 April - 20
May.
Apr 23, 2017 02:49 pm
As a tribute to
her mother, respected writer Lauris Edmond, her daughter Frances has
co-edited a new anthology of favourite poetry and prose. She and Sue
Fitchett approached family, friends and other writers for suggestions of
writing they felt was quintessential Lauris. Night burns with a white fire
is available through Steele Roberts Publishers. Frances - who's a writer,
actress, director and Lauris' literary executor - joins Lynn Freeman in the
studio after the Wellington launch of Night burns with a white fire.
Apr 23, 2017 02:35 pm
Paint, marble,
fabric, wood, film... all are fundamental artists' materials. What we don't
often think about is the role that light plays in art - not only through
illumination. Maori artists have harnessed light in all kinds of ways in
work created for Wellington's LUX Light Festival this year. Lynn Freeman
talks to Robert Jahnke and Hemi Macgregor. Hemi is working with musician
Mara TK on an audio visual work, and Bob's presenting neon lit crosses
originally created for an outdoor exhibition on Waiheke Island.
Apr 23, 2017 02:24 pm
After surviving
near demolition back in the 1970s, the North Shore's Pumphouse Theatre is
about to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The building's changed a lot -
there's heating and dressing rooms for the cast and comfortable seats for
the audience. The brick building dates back to 1905 and was originally a
water pumping station for the North Shore's early settlers. In 1983 it was
listed as a Category II Historic Building. Returning to the stage are a
couple who performed in the first Pumphouse Theatre production. Lynn
Freeman chats with Max and Sue Golding who have both taken many bows on
that stage over the decades.
Apr 23, 2017 01:48 pm
It's still a rare
thing to have the chance to see an English play translated into Maori. The
Merchant of Venice was turned into a te reo film and another Shakespeare
play Troilus and Cressida was peformed in Maori here and in the UK. Now New
Zealand writer Gary Henderson's play, Mo and Jess Kill Susie about a
hostage drama, set in the near future, has been translated into te reo by
Te Pou an Auckland Maori theatre company. Lynn Freeman takes some time with
Ani-Piki Tuari and Krystal-lee Brown and finds out about translating into
Te Reo and staging a production of this kind.
Apr 23, 2017 01:30 pm
Three
great-great-uncles of composer Gareth Farr were killed in the First World
War and are buried in France and Belgium. His family's loss, and the deaths
of all the men and women killed during the war to end all wars, are woven
into Gareth's new Cello Concerto. Chemin des Dames will have its premiere
with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra next month, and in September it
will be performed in France. Lynn Freeman asks Gareth about this new work
and about the personal story behind it.
Apr 23, 2017 12:40 pm
Emerson Vandey is
captivated by old newspapers. He's in charge of the National Library's
Papers Past online collection, and every so often he brings in a few
attention grabbing headlines for Standing Room Only. This time it's the
reporting of divorces that's caught his eye.
Apr 23, 2017 12:25 pm
Beyond the Battalion airs on Maori
Television on ANZAC day and tells that story of forgotten kiwi filmmaker
Michael Havas who documented members of the 28th Maori Battalion's 1977
pilgrimage to the battlefields of World War Two and how Michael came to be
the one to film it. Lynn Freeman speaks to the director of this new
documentary Julian Arahanga - better known as an actor playing Nig Heke in
Once Were Warriors - about his part in breathing new life into Michael
Havas' story.
Apr 23, 2017 12:15 pm
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