Join Nicholas Lindstrom and Beth Torrance-Hetherington for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!
Clue: On Stage is a show directed by Christina Christopher. It’s a murder-mystery farce adapted from the 1985 film Clue, based on the popular board game Clue/Cluedo.
Beth spoke to actress Natalie Peart about Clue: On Stage, which is currently on at the Dolphin Theatre, Onehunga. Tickets are available from Dolphin Theatre’s website.
Printopia 2024 will be going down from the 3-5th May at the Corban Arts Centre Estate. It will involve all things print, along with good food, good music and good vibes!
Beth caught up with the creator and organiser of Printopia, Ina Arraoui, about what to expect from this year’s event.
f Stop Photo Fair is a photography exhibition with stalls, activities and more. It’s taking place next Saturday 27th of April at Studio One Toi Tū in Grey Lynn.
The event is in collaboration with Camila Araos, representing Auckland Zinefest, and Fernanda Venegas, representing Colectivo Narval from Chile.
Beth caught up with Camila and Fernanda about f Stop and all things photography.
This week on Various Artists, Beth caught up with the creator and organiser of Printopia, Ina Arraoui, about Printopia Festival 2024.
Nicholas spoke to Executive Director of UnionAID Tim Sutton about the NZ premiere of upcoming film UNION.
And for Record Store Day, Nicholas caught up with Jeffery Stothers from Southbound Records, York Tait from Real Groovy and Hunter Keane from Flying Out.
Jimmy Robert is Artspace’s current artist in residence. He is interested in the body’s discipline into the following categories: acceptably invisible, or acceptably visible.
His exhibition Joie noire will be at Artspace on Karangahape Road from 20 April – 13 July 2024. It is the third reinterpretation of a performance by Jimmy of the same title which debuted in Berlin in 2019.
Beth spoke to Jimmy about Joie noire and the conditions of the body in the public sphere.
On the 5th of March, Aotearoa author Lauren Keenan released her debut novel, The Space Between, via Penguin Books New Zealand. Set in Aotearoa in 1860 during the Taranaki Wars, the historical fiction novel explores themes of alienation through the lives of two women who struggle to reconcile their pasts.
Beth spoke with Lauren about the novel and the feedback it’s received since its release. You can purchase The Space Between at your local bookstore.
Nicholas spoke to Vira Paky a recipient of Amnesty International’s Gary Ware Legacy award about a new one-day applied theatre workshop that she is running for young refugees and migrants.
He also spoke to Music therapist Rachel Foxell about the upcoming music therapy week, that is happening from the 10th-15th of April.
And Beth catches up with artistic and academic Yolunda Hickman about My Creative Rights, a programme subsidised by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, that provides artists free 15-minute consultations with a legal advisor.
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