Emma & Stephen are joined by:

- singer / songwriter / producer - Ant Tarrant

- business coach / writer - Terrence Bull Magic Beans Success Program

- singer / songwriter Sarah Brown from Boudica

- comedian Steven Lyons Comedy

And Sharon is back to review The Madison Gap

KickArts with Emma & Stephen catch up with

- writer, publishers Anton Blank

- musician Victoria Knopp from Imperial April

- Burlesque pirate and all round nice guy Rich Manic AKA Captain Festus McBoyle

- writer Pipi Johnson-phillips

and Sharon Sykes is back with two book reviews "A Clear Dawn" and "Burst Kisses on the Actual Wind".

Join Emma & Stephen for our "Come From Away Special Episode" with guests:

• Michael Lee Porter - actor from the cast of Come From Away Australia;

• Elias Karanis -author and public speaker, passenger on UA929 diverted to Gander Airport 9/11,

• Sharon Sykes - reviewer with her review of Elias's soon to be released book "Leading from the Stop"

Hear Emma & Stephen’s latest lockdown pre recorded episode with interviews with:

• NahBo with their new album ‘Ruptured’

• Author Patricia Donavan with her latest release ‘The Madison Gap’

• Actors Kieran and Sinead from Centrestage Theatre Company’s production of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’

• Multidisciplinary instrumentalist Henika with her new single ‘Future of the Species’

• Art Curator Gloriana Meyers discusses Tautai Pacific Arts Trust

• singer, songwriter and producer Kendall Elise

• writer / playwright Kathryn Burnett from Beginner's Guide Writing Workshops and Playwright of Tadpole Productions “Campervan”

• authors Siobhan Harvey, Rosetta Allan and Murray Edmond from the Going West Books and Writers Festival

• and our reviewer Sharon is back to review The Royal NZ Ballet double bill and two books: “City of Vengeance” by D.V. Bishop and “Circus of Wonders” by Elizabeth McNeil

• Rebekah Dack and Ashleigh Hook from Embers Collective “Stop Kiss”

• Electronic Producer Lauren Gin

• Writer of Mittens the Cat Silvio Bruinsma

• Taylor and Jamie review Stray Theatre Company “Shot in the Dark” and Henry joins us for his book review of “The Memory Thief”

Emma & Stephen were joined in studio by the team from the Barfoot and Thompson season of Wicked. Including:

Alexandra McKellar- Director/Producer/Performer

Trafford Anderson - Assistant Director

Teresa Wojtowicz - Glinda

Carla Te Paa – Elphaba Alternate

Gerard-Luke Malgas – Fiyero

Daniel Norcross – Ensemble

From North Shore Music Theatre NZ’s production of WICKED...

Emma and Stephen are joined in studio by:

• Gabrielle and Jonathan from Foolish Wit’s production of The Crucible

• Shaan Kesha from Auckland Theatre Company’s production of Gary Henderson’s “Things That Matter”

• We chat with childrens author Leonie Andrews about her latest book "The Memory Thief"

• and announce the winner of our KickArts jingle competition sponsored by Orise Creatives

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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.

Listen here: https://www.planetaudio.org.nz/.../kickarts/kickarts/805008

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