A welcome addition to the Breakfast buffet, our resident theatre expert Kate Prior now joins us weekly to talk all things of trodden board and/or broken fourth wall.
This week, Sam and Geneva take a look at the second studio album from UK band The Style Council "Our Favourite Shop." Released in 1985, this album is a politically-charged take-down of Thatcherism and consumerism in 1980s Britain.
You might know this genre from shows such as Glee, Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us the wonderful world of Acapella. Featuring Tracy Chapman's Behind the Wall, The Beach Boys' Our Prayer, and Boyz II Men's It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.
Keegan drops by the studio to share some delicious Avondale delights like Burnt Butter and the wall of corn beef. He also let's us know about Vā, which you can check out across the weekend kicking off tonight! Whakarongo mai nei!
This week Tomorrow's World toes the line of the social sciences, investigating the explosion of reality TV content. From fourth wall breaks, to why it's so consumed, to performative femininity, to whether societal values are actually reflected in formats and duty of care for participants of reality shows. Stella and Isla speak to Rebecca Trelease, who's winding up her PhD at AUT on the subject.
Our beloved Viewmaster is back and this week he chats about the second season of Hunters, which has apparently gone "balls to the wall"! Whakarongo mai nei!
Following the government’s announcement that Aotearoa would move to the red setting of the traffic light system on Monday 24 January, a number of events were forced to cancel or postpone. This is yet another massive blow to the music, arts and events industry, whose artists and workers have spent the last two years of the pandemic struggling to find consistent work and promoters have had to cancel or change the dates for their events multiple times.
News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston reaches out to a few people working in the performance art sector who have been impacted by the red setting. Firstly, Jemima speaks to Director of Splore John Minty, Director of Freqs Out East Dan Hesson and Director of The Others Way Mathew Davis, who are all promoters for summer festivals that have had to cancel or postpone due to the shift to the red light setting. They discuss how the pandemic has affected events and whether the exisitng events support schemes are enough to get the people involved in the industry through the Omicron outbreak.
Secondly, Jemima chats to artist and musician Jazmine Mary who says there is no support available for artists who have effectively lost their jobs under the red setting and cannot access the wage subsidy. Jazmine has penned a letter to the Prime Minister and submitted a parliamentary petition request to call for support for artists and musicians in Aotearoa unable to work under 'red'. They explain what sort of financial support is needed and how the public can help their call for action from the government.
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