Join Emma & Stephen in studio with:

• Going West Books and Writers Festival Director James Littlewood

• author Glyn Harper Author

• Pacific poet Daren Kamili

• AJ The Sound Guy singer/songwriter

• Writer/Co-Director Joseph Hisayasu and Actor Heidi Bernard from Stray Theatre Company’s latest offering “A Shot In The Dark”

Along with a reminder about our Jingle Competition which ends Saturday sponsored by Orise, a new ticket giveaway from Auckland Theatre Company, weekly ARTS Bulletins and some fab music...

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Emma and Stephen were joined in studio by the team from The Centre for Arts and Social Transformation from the University of Auckland about their work in Arts Education.

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Join Emma & Stephen in studio with:

• Mel & Lyndsey from @manukau_performing_arts production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare abridged...

• author of “Moose The Pilot” Kimberley Andrews...

• Jindra Tichy, author of “Prague in my Bones”

• reviews with Sharon

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Last night we had a focus on youth and training with:

• international musical theatre students Emma Self, Michael Self, Georgia Borren, Etuate Lutui and Meg Hargraves;

• with Molly Dimond (actor) and Emma Walton (writer/actor) from Seed Theatre Company’s new New Zealand musical “The End”

• And Adam is in with his student review of The Lion King

Brie and Richard from Auckland Music Theatre’s “That Bloody Woman”

Singer/ Songwriter James Hunter

Daniel Armstrong from Daniel Armstrong & The Monsoons

And they also had some big news to share thanks to Orise...

Andrew D Potvin, Westpoint Performing Arts Centre: the home of Auckland Music Theatre;

Belinda Cannan, Centrestage Theatre Company

Horst Feldhaeuser, Harlequin Musical TheatreThey also talked with

Author- Kerry Harrison about her book “Hold the Line”

And caught up with Emma backstage at Into The Woods.

Choreographer, dancer, actor Villa Junior Lemanu

Miss Manage of Les Femmes NZ Cabaret

Producer Matt Armstrong and Ambike Kumar from Covert Theatre’s Bono Veritas Improvised Mockumentary

Simon Chapman and Beth Goulstone from Harlequin Musical Theatre’s Into the Woods

• Three members: Rebekah, Codi and Taulu, of Tāmaki Makaurau’s 7-piece reggae/dub machine @correllanz

• Enny joined us as we launched our new look website including our rebranded logo and events page

• Jamie and Michelle joined us to review Paradise Island

• Pauline Grogan from “My Music Ignites My Soul”, 500 Letters and more...

• Author Gloria Masters

• Sophia Pederson from Northern School Performing Arts Theatre Awards

  And Sharon joins us to review

• Red Wolves by Adam Hamdy

• The Secret Path by Karen Swan

• Author of My Elephant is Blue - Melinda Szymanik

• Author of Folded - Tony Clough

• Performer, Singer, Songwriter Kristin Paulse

• Writer Indigo Paul and Producer Hannah Diver from Paradise Island

• Tuakoi and Acacia from “Racists Anonymous” from the whanau at Te Pou Theatre

• Dani and Alex from “2401 Objects” from the 701 Postgraduate Course University of Auckland

• Alison Wong, co-editor of “A Clear Dawn”

• Monty Montgomery - DragKing and Producer

• Kerynn & Ross Brannigan from Titrangi Theatre Company’s “The Farm”

• Author Madeleine Eskedahl

• Singer-songwriter Jam Henderson

• Stephen is backstage tonight at The Sound of Music with his Captain Von Trapp and Maria

• Anne O’Brien from the Auckland Writers Festival

• Mary and Alley from The Classic Theatre Company

• Daniel from See Do Auckland

• Jadwiga - Writer / Comedian about their NZ International Comedy Festival Show

• Ravi the Poet about “Wish Me Luck Take 2”

• Courtney & Hamish from Tim Bray Theatre Company’s “The Lion in the Meadow and other stories”

• Ania Upstill from Butch Mermaid Productions production of “Into The Bush”

• Alex & Tasman from Stray Theatre Company’s production of “Metamorphosis”

• Bob Darroch - writer talks about the latest in his “Little Kiwi” series...

• Comedian Steven Lyon

• Singer, Songwriter, Producer Ant Tarrant

• Performer, author, writer, maker Kate Parker

• Author Patricia Donovan

• Reviewer Merrin’s gives her thoughts on Godzonia...

• Bryony and Brady from Tuatara Collective Over My Dead Body: Uninvited;

• Haiming Jiang the Chinese Hypnotist;

• Charlie’s Trio and their music teacher Lucy from Liston College;

• Nelson Author Jessica Le Bas.

• Singer-songwriter Zane Nathan

• Author Emma Barnes

• Producer Sayanti Chatterjee & Actor Andrea Gerstenmaier from Prayas Theatre Company

• We dropped two new kiwi singles

  • Zane Nathan’s “Find Your Love Again”

  • Chris Bates “They Don’t Know A Thing About Me”

• Actor Renaye Tamati and Producer Dion Greenstreet to talk about their upcoming production “Contractions”

• Keith Marr and Esther Dawson talk all things Manukau Performing Arts and “The Addams Family”

• Author Kelly Wilson discusses writing and her latest book Syd, The Muster Pony

• Sharon joins us to review:

  • Scorchers: A Climate Fiction Anthology edited by Paul Mountford & Rosslyn Prosser

  • Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

• Jess Crompton & Carla Harre from Jawline Dance Collective talk about dance and their upcoming show The Monotone Era on at Basement Theatre

• NZ Booklovers Award winners - Lifestyle Award Winner Dr Hinemoa Elder

• Fiction Award Winner Fiona Sussman - Writer

• Children’s Book Award Winner Vasanti Unka

• Annelie Maddock Vocal Tutor The Singing Florist

• Emma Morgana Carr Creative Creative director of Centrestage Youth Theatre’s upcoming production of “Legally Blonde”

• Adam Pavis and Tara Doherty-Eagles from Harlequin Musical Theatre’s upcoming production of “Grease”

• Dr Rosamund Vallings - author of “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”

• Cissy Rock from Neighbours Day Aotearoa

• Merrin with her review of “Out of the Mouths of Babes”.