Friends, Romans, and local theatre-makers, listen in to Alice's community notice board of some super cool opportunities about town! Submissions for Basement Theatre's Ideas in Residence and Ahurei Mōwaho ō Tāmaki Makaurau(the Auckland Fringe Festival) close TOMORROW (Wednesday 20 April). Also, if you're a budding playwright or just have some ideas steeping in your brain juice, check out what Playmarket has to offer! Phew! Lots of stuff, cheers Alice!
It's a long weekend and we have all kinds of impressive guests in town and we have two of them on the show. Joining regular hosts @soul_scourer and @KirkJames13 is Tairāwhiti's Cass AKA Cassawarrior, whose mix today traverses Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, French Guiana, Benin, with an eye-wateringly deep and grooving mix. In the final hour, latest official member of the Swap Meet crew is Campbell Ngata, who delivers a mix across all the medically recognised musical erogenous zones: boogie, disco, and soul!
Hour 1: “reflections/instincts not able to be definitely ascertained or trusted”
Hour 2: Artist profile of Pōneke based multi-disciplinary artist Mo H. Zareei, otherwise known as mHz (@milli_hertz). It includes compositions from Form (2019), Function (2020), sometime after two, somewhere else (2020), and Earth’s Shadow (2021). Recorded for and broadcast on AFM in February, 2021.
Tracklist:
Focusing Fatigue - Delusive Tongue Shifts
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF LISTENING - VENT
Untiled (To Describe You) - Space Afrika
Fear In Reverse - Dedekind Cut
Depart - Jason Van Wyk
Stay - Jason Van Wyk
Resistor - M. Geddes Gengras
Undefined - Yann Novak & Richard Chartier
Limbo Town - Robert Crouch
Salene's here to talk about the scariest thing in town - the state of our renter's protection laws. Whakarongo mai nei for her advice on renter privacy, fixed term contracts, and raising rents. You can also check out these other helpful resources:
It's laughing season as the NZ Comedy Fest rolls into town - with Jess Karamjeet joining the Drive crew this week on what comedians inspire her and also how they wrote for Australian Soap Opera, Neighbours.
Rachel is back in the building, and we have a lovely show for your Thursday! On Political Commentary, Rod Oram discusses Meka Whaitiri’s exit from Labour, the Restore Passenger Rail protestors and how they’ve been received, and Michael Wood’s letter of expectations to Immigration NZ. Plabita Florence, chef and owner at Forest, is up in the studio on Breakfast Food, chatting foraging and food waste minimisation. Gareth Shute is in to chat about his NZ Music Month historical walks and tours around the city, including around Queen Street, Karangahape Road and the Auckland Town Hall. Whakarongo mai nei!
Frances speaks to Shona Tawhiao who has a new show opening at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery and to Mags Delaney-Moffatt from Pumphouse Theatre about their Creative Talks evenings
Liam chats to Thomas Barrer from Õtautahi’s Fnife Games about their queer indie game 'Small Town Emo'.
And of course, your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week. Get amongst it!
Stand Up Stand Out is an annual competition that nurtures and showcases music and dance talent from secondary schools across Auckland. The winners were announced last weekend at a sold-out Auckland Town Hall, showcasing 26 diverse acts across five categories: dance, solo instrumental, group vocal, solo vocal and bands. To hear about the competition, its unique beginnings and what it means for Rangatahi, Frances caught up with Gene Rivers, Auckland Council Arts and Culture Programmer.
Author Tina Makereti’s new novel released on Wednesday 3rd of July. It covers an array of themes such as colonisation, ecological devastation and extremism. It explores the strength of womanhood and the importance of connection in a polarised and fraught world.
Set in a small Aotearoa town, a little bit into the future, the story follows three women who find themselves neighbours. A sense of disquiet arises when the Pākehā neighbour’s son moves in sporting a fresh buzzcut and a new tattoo.
Beth spoke to Tina about The Mires, its themes and the inspiration behind the book. You can pick up a copy of The Mires at Time Out Bookstore or another independent bookstore near you.
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