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Audio from Sunday, 23 November 2008
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- 12:38 Whangarei Museum - Phillipa Tocker
- Will it be the first of many regional arts and cultural institutions to bear the brunt of proposed rates cuts? (duration: 9′51″)
- 12:49 Participant Productions - Chris Adams
- Movie makers with two aims - to do well at the box office, and to do good. (duration: 11′49″)
- 13:35 Young playwright - Paul Rothwell
- Wellington based Paul Rothwell is the winner of the 2009 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. (duration: 6′15″)
- 13:42 John Drawbridge The Book - Tanya Ashken
- John Drawridge's brilliance encompassed not only paint, but printmaking, large public murals and stained glass. (duration: 8′28″)
- 13:51 Former Principal Viola Emmeritus for the NZSO
- Vyvyan Yendoll has played for the NZSO for 46 years, and has recently stepped down as Principal Viola. (duration: 9′43″)
- 14:24 The Enchanted Forest Exhibition
- Lucy Orbell reports on The Enchanted Forest which opens this coming Staurday at the Dowse in Lower Hutt. (duration: 9′06″)
- 14:34 Landfall Prize for 2008
- Kirsten Warner and Alice Miller, share the prize for this year, while the Kathleen Grattan Award goes to Joanna Preston. (duration: 14′21″)
- 14:44 Kapiti Coast based writer Linda Niccol
- Her new book The Temperature of Water is published by Silver Owl Press. (duration: 7′08″)
- 14:51 A history of dance in NZ
- Tara Jahn-Werner has written, 'Dance: The Illustrated History of Dance in New Zealand', published by Random House. (duration: 15′06″)
Arts on Sunday for 23 November 2008
12:40 Museum Funding
Will Whangarei’s Museum the first of many regional arts and cultural institutions to bear some of the brunt of sought after rates cuts?…we talk to Phillipa Tocker (left), the Executive Director of Museums Aotearoa about the ad-hock way museums are funded.
12:50 Participant Films
Chris Adams from Participant Films which offers big money to socially conscious movies – like An Inconvenient truth and Niki Caro’s North country…
1:00 At the Movies with Simon Morris
Simon reviews three comedies,
directed by their writers – New Zealand’s Show Of Hands, Britain’s
In Bruges, and the American 
Ghost Town, starring Ricky Gervais.
He also looks at the film version of Blake Morrison’s award-winning
memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father.
1:30 Paul Rothwell
Paul Rothwell (right) is the winner of the 2009 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award, a Wellington writer with a very dark side indeed.
1:40 Worth waiting for
The long awaited book about the late John Drawbridge, one of New Zealand’s most significant artists. John’s widow, Tanya Ashken, describes how this book has been a genuine labour of love to produce.
1:50 Vyvyan Yendoll
The NZSO’s Principal Viola (pictured below left) stands down after 46 years with the orchestra. He talks about his observations over those five decades, why the viola is the butt of jokes even amongst viola players, and what the Principal Viola’s job actually involves.
2:00 The Laugh Track
Te Radar (pictured below centre) talks about maintaining a sustainable lifestyle and sustaining a long career in comedy.
2:20 Forbidden Forest
Lucy enters the Forbidden Forest (see image below right) at the Dowse Gallery in Lower Hutt…but will she get lost in its wonders?
Pictured below: Vyvyan Yendoll, Te Radar, and the New Dowse's Enchanted Forest exhibition which opens on the 29 November (Photo by Amelia Handscomb).
2:30 Writer’s Block
We announce the winners of the Landfall Essay Competition and the Kathleen Grattan Awards, live on air…. And from Linda Niccol (right), who co-wrote the screenplay for the hit Kiwi movie Second Hand Wedding, released her second collection of short stories.
2:50 History of dance in New Zealand
Tara Jahn-Werner talks about her lavishly and lovingly illustrated history of dance in New Zealand, from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. Published by Random House
3:06 Monty Python Strikes Back!
3:00 Radio Drama: Stand Up Love by Gavin McGibbon
Freddy’s always struggled to keep his personal life out of his stand up and unfortunately he’s also never been able to keep his stand up out of his personal life.
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