New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012

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  • James Thierree ( 19′ 08″ )

    09:30 James Thierree is an acrobat, dancer, director, and stage designer whose latest show Raoul features at the New Zealand Festival of the Arts. He is French-born, and the grandson of Charlie Chaplin.

  • Festival Review for 15 March 2012 ( 15′ 08″ )

    14:30 Festival Review discusses the musicians Shivkumar Sharma and Sharon Shannon, and the stage show Raoul.

  • Festival Review for 14 March 2012 ( 16′ 26″ )

    14:30 Festival Review discusses the theatre show Leo, the band Tinariwen from North Africa, and visual arts in the festival.

  • Shivkumar Sharma ( 16′ 16″ )

    13:00 Indian classical musician and world-leading santoor player performing at NZ International Arts Festival as well as WOMAD Taranaki.

  • Jonathan Lemalu ( 19′ 18″ )

    12:12 NZ bass-baritone performing in NZ Opera production of Jenny McLeod's 'Hohepa' as part of NZ International Arts Festival.

  • Festival Review for 13 March 2012 ( 16′ 13″ )

    14:30 Festival Review discusses the festival so far, the film version of Peter and the Wolf to a live orchestra, and The Phoenix Foundation.

  • Feature Guest - James Hill ( 33′ 38″ )

    10:20 James Hill, master of the uke, joins the programme to play and chat live. With him is cellist Anne Davison and together they make wonderful music for us.

  • Pohjonen, Kimmo ( 16′ 27″ )

    23:55 Finnish avant-garde accordionist talks about following the family tradition, farmyard sounds, and accordion wrestling. 10 March 2012.

  • Cubano Be! Cubano Bop! ( 8′ 53″ )

    23:55 Mexican-American conga master Poncho Sanchez visited the New Zealand International Arts Festival with his Latin jazz band to perform the influential 1947 works of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and Afro-Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo. Poncho Sanchez tells us of his love for the rhythms of Latin America. 10 March 2012.

  • Festival Review for 12 March 2012 ( 17′ 19″ )

    14:29 Festival Review discusses the concert Walk a mile in my shoes, the Maori Troilus and Cressida and the New Klezeland concert.

  • Maori Troilus and Cressida Review ( 8′ 36″ )

    13:20 Jonathan Hendry reviews NZ International Arts Festival production of Te Reo version of Shakespeare play.

  • .Alison MacKay ( 13′ 51″ )

    13:00 Double bass player from Canadian early music group Tafelmusik who are performing at the NZ International Arts Festival.

  • Sharon Shannon ( 10′ 18″ )

    12:35 Irish accordion virtuoso performing at the NZ International Arts Festival with the Sharon Shannon Big Band.

  • Kelly Link : in the slipstream ( 19′ 09″ )

    11:40 American "slipstream" writer whose work mixes the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and mystery.

  • Blythe Duff : beauty and boxing ( 30′ 15″ )

    11:05 Scottish actress best known for her role in the TV drama Taggart, and member of the cast of Beautiful Burnout, a play about boxing culture.

  • Festival Review for 9 March 2012 ( 14′ 28″ )

    14:30 The Animals and The Children Took to the Streets, the final dance show Political Mother, and the band First Aid Kit

  • Political Mother Review ( 10′ 41″ )

    12:40 Deirdre Tarrant reviews the NZ International Arts Festival production by Israeli-born UK-based choreographer Hofesh Schechter.

  • Festival Review for 8 March 2012 ( 17′ 43″ )

    14:30 Festival Review discusses Hone Kouka's play Tu, based on Patricia Grace's novel; the Latin jazz concert Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!; and whether this festival buzz has generated big audiences.

  • Jonathan Besser, Ross Harris and Chris Prosser ( 17′ 00″ )

    12:15 Members of 'Kugeltov' klezmer band presenting 'New Klezeland' at the NZ International Arts Festival in Wellington.

  • NZIAF: Colombia ( 18′ 14″ )

    19:10 Juan Gabriel Vasquez was born in Bogota, studied Latin American literature at the Sorbonne University and now lives in Barcelona; his latest book is 'The Secret History of Costaguana', an adventurous family saga set in 19th and early 20th century Colombia

  • Festival Review for 7 March 2012 ( 15′ 48″ )

    14:30 Festival Review discusses the one-man play Frequently Asked Questions, the poetry and music show Words in Motion, and the highlights of art exhibitions.

  • Vicki Gordon and Merenia ( 17′ 30″ )

    13:03 Producer/director and performer in NZ International Arts Festival production of Walk a Mile in My Shoes by Barefoot Divas.

  • NZSQ & Jonathan Lemalu Review ( 8′ 05″ )

    12:42 Peter Mechen reviews last weekend's NZ Arts Festival performance by NZSQ and NZ Baritone Jonathan Lemalu.

  • Festival Review for 6 March 2012 ( 14′ 15″ )

    14:30 Festival Review discusses the boxing play Beautiful Burnout, Jonathan Lemalu in concert with the NZ String Quartet, the final concert by the Sixteen Choir, and the punk piano accordionist Kimmi Pohjonen.

  • Kimmo Pohjonen Review ( 5′ 43″ )

    12:53 Megan Collins reviews NZ International Arts Festival performance by Finnish experimental accordionist.

  • Nicky Spence ( 17′ 54″ )

    12:11 Scottish tenor playing the role of Thomas Mason in NZ Opera's upcoming premiere of Jenny McLeod's 'Hohepa'.

  • Feature Guest - Jo Nesbø ( 29′ 38″ )

    10:08 Jo Nesbø's series about the brooding and flawed detective Harry Hole have been best-sellers around the world. He is visiting New Zealand for the New Zealand International Arts Festival's Writers and Readers sessions. Jo Nesbø is also the lead singer and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre.

  • Festival Review for 5 March 2012 ( 13′ 51″ )

    14:30 The family circus Circenses, the dance shows TeZukA and Masi, and the late-night cabaret Cantina.

  • Jonathan Hendry ( 10′ 36″ )

    13:18 Second review of the International Festival theatre productions.

  • Deirdre Tarrant ( 12′ 14″ )

    13:00 First review of the dance component of the International Festival.

  • Rachel Hyde ( 10′ 17″ )

    12:40 Review of The Sixteen's New Zealand concerts.

  • Kim Scott ( 23′ 59″ )

    12:15 Australian author featured at the International Arts Festival's 'Writers and Readers' week.

  • Arts Festival ( 4′ 36″ )

    07:55 International shows and local theatre productions dominated the programme during the second weekend of the New Zealand International Arts Festival in Wellington.

  • Ron Rash: Appalachian gothic ( 34′ 01″ )

    11:05 Poet, short story writer (Burning Bright), and novelist (One Foot in Eden, Serena, The Cove) who lives in North Carolina and is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies.

  • Festival Review for 2 March 2012 ( 15′ 47″ )

    14:30 Festival Review discusses the play 'The Winter's Tale', The Sixteen and the New Zealand band An Emerald City.

  • Tubular Bells for Two ( 16′ 09″ )

    13:00 Australian musicians Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts have arranged Mike Oldfield's classic 1973 album Tubular Bells for just two people, making for a precariously athletic performance at the NZ International Arts Festival 2012. Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone caught up with the duo before the show. 3 March 2012.

  • Jonathan Hendry ( 22′ 09″ )

    12:40 Review of Festival shows 'The Wild Bride', 'Henry V', and 'The Winter's Tale'.

  • Chamber music group debuts at Arts Festival this weekend ( 5′ 13″ )

    07:55 Arts reporter Lynn Freeman has been to the I Musici Chamber Ensemble.

  • Festival Review for 1 March 2012 ( 15′ 16″ )

    14:30 Festival Review discusses the play Henry V, the musical shows Bon Iver and Tubular Bells for Two, the NZ premiere of the dance theatre work Birds with Skymirrors.

  • Reuben Bonner and Sam Handley ( 11′ 22″ )

    13:00 Musicians from An Emerald City preview their New Zealand tour.

  • Hone Kouka ( 15′ 13″ )

    12:15 Writer of the new play Tu, based on a book by Patricia Grace.

  • Feature Guest - Paul Thomas ( 27′ 24″ )

    10:15 New Zealand author, columnist and sportswriter, Paul Thomas speaks to Nine to Noon about his work and the resurrection of character Tito Ihaka.

  • International Arts Festival - Cantina ( 16′ 59″ )

    19:15 Combining theatre, circus, aerial and spectacle, Cantina co-creator Scott Maidment has produced major events for festivals all over Australia.

  • Festival Review for 29 February 2012 ( 16′ 14″ )

    14:29 Festival Review discusses the NZ plays Peninsula and Michael James Manaia, the Topp Twins, and the concert by I Musici di Roma.

  • Gunnar Cauthery ( 19′ 58″ )

    12:33 Actor with the Propellor Theatre Company, starring in productions of Henry V and The Winter's Tale.

  • Feature Guest - Paul Ubana Jones ( 38′ 10″ )

    10:10 A remarkable guitar player with a unique singing voice, Paula Ubana Jones is a talented songwriter and song interpreter. Paul is performing at the upcoming WOMAD festival in Taranaki. He is UK-born, but lives in Christchurch. (Note: The first song perfomed has been removed due to copyright restrictions)

  • Festival Review for 28 February 2012 ( 15′ 02″ )

    14:31 Festival Review discusses the play The Wild Bride; the NZSQ concert Beethoven! Age of Enlightenment; and The Barons of Tang.

  • Antonio Anselmi ( 28′ 58″ )

    12:13 I Musici violinist previews their New Zealand tour starting tonight.

  • NZIAF: Indigenous Stories ( 33′ 18″ )

    21:15 An Australian novelist of indigenous Australian ancestry, Kim Scott discusses the themes in his latest book 'That Deadman Dance'.

  • Festival Review for 27 February 2012 ( 17′ 02″ )

    14:31 A critical look at the New Zealand International Arts Festival begins with First Contact, Arcane, The Rehearsal - Playing the Dane, Parabelo/Onqoto, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms.

  • Rachel Hyde ( 10′ 48″ )

    13:14 Review of the New Zealand International Festival Stravinsky concert

  • Hand-picked productions kick off Festival of the Arts ( 3′ 53″ )

    07:58 Hand-picked productions from England, Brazil, Ireland, France and Aotearoa have kick started The New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington.

  • Gavin Quinn : The Great Dane ( 17′ 35″ )

    10:06 Director Gavin Quinn tells us about the perils of working with children and big dogs in his International Arts Festival show, The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane.

  • Mike Shepherd: wild rides ( 15′ 15″ )

    09:45 Founder of Touring British theatre company Kneehigh, which is bringing its production of The Wild Bride to the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival.

  • Sonic Tonic with the The Phoenix Foundation ( 23′ 17″ )

    19:10 Under the guise of singing songs, Sam Scott and Luke Buda from The Phoenix Foundation sneak into the studio to surreptitiously spread around some state secrets.

  • Emma Rice ( 12′ 09″ )

    13:15 Artistic Director of UK based Kneehigh Theatre company presenting The Wild Bride at the NZ International Arts Festival.

  • New Zealand arts festival kicks off tonight in Wellington ( 4′ 21″ )

    07:56 It's not quite bigger than Ben Hur but it's close - with four opera singers, two choirs and the NZSO, a Stravinsky double bill is opening the New Zealand International Arts Festival tonight.

  • Circus Ronaldo ( 13′ 57″ )

    14:22 Circus Ronaldo is coming here for the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival. They're known for their traditional circus appeal and razor sharp wit.

  • Gary Henderson ( 22′ 58″ )

    13:07 NZ Playwright presenting 'Peninsula' at Circa Theatre for the NZ International Arts Festival.

  • Joana Carniero ( 20′ 32″ )

    12:15 US-based Portuguese conductor working with the NZSO and NZ Opera in NZ international Arts Festival production of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms.

  • Martin Snell ( 15′ 29″ )

    12:15 NZ Bass performing Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex with the NZSO, and the NZ Opera premiere of Jenny McLeod's Hohepa - both as part of NZ International Arts Festival.

  • Asian Report for 21 February 2012 - Birds With Skymirrors ( 11′ 30″ )

    15:36 The 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival is about to begin in Wellington. Festival Director Lisa Twomey says "the NZ work for 2012 is distinctly of and from Aotearoa," which she defines as a "stand-out programme of Maori and Pacific Island work." One of this year's festival highlights includes Birds with Skymirrors. It's by the Auckland-based group MAU, choreographed and directed by internationally acclaimed Lemi Ponifasio.

  • Daniel Sumegi ( 14′ 01″ )

    12:40 Australian baritone performing in NZSO's NZ International Arts Festival production of Stravinsky's 'Oedipus Rex'.

  • Wild Bride ( 7′ 34″ )

    14:50 Audrey Brisson travelled the world as a child with Cirque Du Soleil, was directed by Clint Eastwood in the movie Hereafter, and is now heading to New Zealand to appear in a show based on a Grimms Fairy story about a child sold to the devil by her father.

  • Hofesh Schecter: politics and dance ( 29′ 52″ )

    11:08 Israeli choreographer and composer based in the UK whose first full-length work, Political Mother, will play at the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival.

  • Andy Manley ( 19′ 48″ )

    11:30 UK theatre Artist Andy Manley on his new show WHITE - for 2-5 year olds which plays at the NZ International Festival of the Arts.

  • Paul Kieve ( 24′ 51″ )

    12:15 British illusionist collaborating with director Nina Nawalowalo on the New Zealand International Arts Festival production of 'Masi'.

  • Bryony Lavery : Boxing Clever ( 12′ 04″ )

    09:40 English Playwrite Bryony Lavery talks about her upcoming play, Beautiful Burnout, on soon at the International Arts Festival

  • Alan Hollinghurst: Lines of beauty ( 34′ 43″ )

    09:05 British novelist on his latest book, The Stranger's Child, and a guest speaker at Writers and Readers Week during the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival.

  • Feature Guest - Nina Nawalowalo ( 28′ 16″ )

    10:08 Fijian New Zealander Nina Nawalowalo on how her parents cross cultural love story inspired her latest play Masi which premieres at the NZ festival of the Arts.

  • Michael James Manaia ( 11′ 02″ )

    14:28 Nathaniel Lees and young actor Te Kohe Tuhaka are in rehearsals for a new production of one of New Zealand theatre's genuine classics, Michael James Manaia. Jim Moriarty made the story of the emotionally tortured Vietnam Vet his own back in the 1990s, so what will this new team bring to the work?

  • Tim Flannery - Mammal Man ( 27′ 54″ )

    10:06 Scientist, explorer and environmentalist, Tim Flannery was Australian of the Year in 2007, and chairs the Copenhagen Climate Council. He talks to Chris about climate change, energy options and his hope for the planet's future, also his passion for mammals and adventures in the Pacific.

  • Rawiri Paratene ( 20′ 18″ )

    13:00 NZ actor appearing in three separate productions at NZ International Arts Festival and The Maori Troilus and Cressida, opening this year's Globe to Globe festival in London.

  • Tu ( 8′ 55″ )

    14:25 Playwright and director Hone Kouka drops in to talk about his wildly amibitous theatre project - taking Patricia Grace's epic novel and turning it into a stage production.

  • Michel Tuffery ( 48′ 06″ )

    11:05 Pacific projections New Zealand-based artist of Samoan, Rarotongan and Tahitian heritage, whose giant digital artwork, First Contact will be projected on to Te Papa during the New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012.

  • Gary Henderson - on the Peninsula ( 33′ 06″ )

    11:10 New Zealand playwright, theatre director and teacher, whose play Peninsula will be staged during the New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012.

  • Rawiri Paratene - The Maori Troilus and Cressida ( 31′ 08″ )

    10:06 Rawiri Paratene is a well-known actor, writer, director and tutor of theatre, film, and broadcasting. Shakespeare has played a major role in Rawiri's performing arts career, and that continues with his co-producing of, and acting in, a Maori language production of Troilus and Cressida, which will debut at the 2012 NZ International Arts Festival.

  • Michel Tuffery ( 24′ 34″ )

    12:17 Wellington based artist speaks about 'Siamani Samoa' exhibition at Pataka Gallery in Porirua and upcoming installation at Te Papa Museum for 2012 NZ International Arts Festival.

  • Arts with Courtney Johnston ( 11′ 56″ )

    11:50 The visual arts line-up for the NZ International Festival of the Arts.

  • Masi ( 8′ 39″ )

    14:30 Getting ready to debut her new work at the New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012, director/actor Nina Nawalowalo talks about getting back on stage, magic, and the secret to taking the world by storm with her unique brand of visual theatre. Her new show Masi is an evocative story of love, loss and memory, which sees a collaboration between The Conch and master illusionist Paul Kieve.

  • Lissa Twomey ( 18′ 38″ )

    12:10 Artistic Director of the New Zealand International Arts Festival introduces the 2012 programme, taking place in Wellington from 24 February to 18 March.

  • Circus, opera, accordions all part of 2012 arts festival ( 2′ 58″ )

    08:56 A big top circus from Belgium, a punk accordion player from Finland and the world premiere of a New Zealand opera are among the three hundred shows in next year's International Arts Festival.

  • Playing Favourites with Jenny McLeod ( 37′ 11″ )

    10:05 New Zealand composer whose new opera, Hohepa, will receive its world premiere with the New Zealand Opera staging at the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival.

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