Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

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!