Join Beth Torrance-Hetherington and Sofia Roger Williams for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!
The New Zealand Young Writers fest is coming up in Ōtepoti later on this year, and guest curator Jennifer Cheuk is aiming to bring the festival further around Aotearoa.
This year is also seeing the fest traverse various different mediums, expanding far on the idea of what it means to be a writer.
Liam had a chat to Jenn about the events she’s been working on, and the current writing scene in Dunedin as a whole.
With the 2023 general election on the horizon, Ōtautahi illustrator and designer Maya Templer has put together a set of Magic the Gathering-esque trading cards comparing and contrasting the candidates.
The game has 45 cards of MP’s running in the upcoming election, alongside policy cards and a few tributes to Aotearoa’s political history.
The game can indeed be played like a classic trading card game, but is still meant to be informational in an effort to help upcoming voters learn more about who they’ll be electing.
Liam had a chat with Maya about the card game, and how it came together.
Aman Bajaj and Bala Murali Shingade are in the studio to chat about Boom Shankar, the ‘explosive bromantic comedy’ they wrote and are now performing as a part of Q Theatre’s Matchbox season. Whakarongo mai nei!
Poet and illustrator Liam Jacobsen will soon be releasing his debut collection of poetry, titled ‘Neither’.
This showcases the foggy atmospheres Liam has experience in Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa as a whole, consisting of work from the last six years of his practice.
There’ll be a little launch party ver at Basement Theatre on the 14th of September, featuring readings from Liam, Ria Masae, Jai Selkirk and a solo set from BAD FOR EDUCATION.
Michael Hockey is in the studio for Stage Direction, chatting about his one-off return showing of To Be Frank at Basement Theatre to help him and the team take it to Naarm for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Whakarongo mai nei!
Joe speaks with River Evans, a recent film graduate, and the Writer/Director of the upcoming film Night Waves. Joe and River chat about what inspired the making of this film, which hits quite close to home for us here at 95bFM, the challenges faced by young professional filmmakers, and much more!
Frances speaks with Yasmin Farry, General Manager of New Zealand Fashion Week about all things fashion week. She has a kōrero with Nina Dyer from Depot Artspace about the show 'Material Instinct' closing and what's coming up next.
Liam talks to Catalina from Auckland Zinefest about the fest so and their upcoming closing party.
Finally, Joe has a chat to local filmmaker River Evans about his upcoming film 'Night Wave'!
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