This week Emma & Stephen chat with:

• Sarah Somerville from TAPAC about their holiday season of “The Frog Prince”

• Comedian Dan Boerman talks Saturday Night Laughs

• Amelia, Drew & Gianni-Mia tell us all about North Shore Music Theatre’s youth lead production of “The 25th Annual County Spelling Bee”

• we catch up with DJ Lauren Gin and drop her latest track

• we talk with actor Susan Williams about her upcoming Basement season of “illegally blind”

  All this and some fab kiwi music on KickArts

  Thanks to ENNY BENZONELLI for sponsoring the month of July.

This week Emma & Stephen chat with:

• Abbie and Caleb from Atamira Dance Company about Kaha Triple Boost

• Rebecca & Frankie from Improvished “It’s Alive”

• Banjo from PSYCHOWOLF

• George, Tim and Tom from Tim Bray Theatre Company’s Bad Jelly the Witch

  And we drop the latest track from t_bone

This week Emma & Stephen chat with:

• Poets Olivia Hall and Carrie Rudzinski from “Hysterical”

• Performer Scarlett Jacques about Year 1 in NYC

• Author Les Allen about “If That’s What It Takes”

• International Singer/Songwriter Graham Candy
  We drop Graham’s latest track as well celebrating Matariki ....

And we catch up with Keith Marr from Masked Productions to thank him for their sponsorship for the month of June

This week Emma & Stephen chat with:

• Christopher Onafoa from Fesh Movements “Maui”

• Geoff Allen from The Rose Centre about their upcoming Matariki Festival

• KatieRose, Jakoby and Jamie from StageAntics “Disney’s Camp Rock”

• Author Vivienne Lingard about her book of short stories

• Yuki and Sam from punk band Memory Foam

KickArts sponsored for the month of June by Masked Productions

This week Emma & Stephen are joined by guest cohost Taylor as we chat with:

• Mark, Aria and Jordan from Chocolate and Carnage Productions “.co.nz”

• Huia O’Sullivan from Manawa Ora by Nga Rangatahi Toa

• Tanya and Pos from Pacific Underground

• Nomuna & Hahna from Tawata Prouctions “Ngā Rorirori”

KickArts sponsored for the month of June by Masked Productions

Emma & Stephen chatted with

• Actor Amanda Grace Leo from Auckland Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Nathan Joe’s “Scenes of a Yellow Peril”

• Singer/ songwriter Rebecca Caffyn

• The team from Glass Ceiling Arts Collective’s “High School Musical JR”

• Jordan and Ryan from dollhouse.org.nz

  And we drop tracks from kiwi artists Graham Candy, Troy Kingi, Harry Burt and Dan Millward...
  
  KickArts sponsored for the month of June by Masked Productions

Emma & Stephen chatted with

• Gabbi Conway (Producer), Jules Daniel (Dramaturg and Scripting Lead) & Lily Fitzgerald (Musical Director) from Victoria University Wellington Theatre 302s production of “Hell School Musical”;

• Rachael Penman (Producer) @docedgefest;

• Mr Mac (author, illustrator) of “The Super Weirdos and the Royal Roodle Rumble”

• Natassja Kelly (singer/songwriter)

• Charlie, Milla and Mirabelle from the cast of StageAntics “Godspell JR”

  and we celebrate NZ Music Month with @substax_music, @charlotteoldershaw, @thebeths and @correllanz
  and we have a quick chat with Tapere Hewett from Hewett Mortgages to thank her for her sponsorship for the month of May

Emma & Stephen chatted with

• Michael Hurst & Zane Fleming from @maskedproductionsnz “Woman in Black”

• Author / illustrator / designer Fifi Colston about her latest book “Masher”

• Illustrator Isobel Joy Te Aho-White about “The Astromancer

• Director/producer/ performer Jeremy Hinman about Les Femmes NZ latest offering “Drop Dead Gorgeous: A Drag Miss-tery”

We celebrate NZ Music Month with tracks from @natassjakelly, @aromusicao @jam_hendersonn and @captainfestus

Emma & Stephen chatted with

• Rose and Jemma-Kate from Stray Theatre Company’s latest production “Much Ado About Nothing”

• Cole Johnston catches us up with his work around Aotearoa including the Auckland Artists Network

• Richard Green fills us in about all things Kete Aronui & The Factory Theatre

• Author Kimberly Andrew’s talks about her lastest book “Goose the Artist”

Plus we play a whole lot of kiwi music as it’s NZ Music Month!

Emma & Stephen chatted with

- Maryanne, Bridget, Grace and Reuben from @papakuratheatrecompany’s “Dusty: The Orginial Pop Diva Musical”;

- Author David Burt about his book “Embedded”

- Kiwi Singer Songwriter Harry Burt

- Alisha & Ayesha from @prayastheatrenz production of “Dhaba on Devon Avenue”

And we play a whole lot of Mother’s Day Music...

This episode Stephen & Emma catch up with:

• Kevin Keys from Auckland Theatre Company’s encore season of “Grand Horizons”

• Calum Gittins & Venetia Clark from Potent Pause Production of “The Homecoming”

• Edith Fumarola & Adam Pereira from Covert Theatre’s puppet comedy “Covid Response Team”

• Singer/songwriter Ophelia Muller

• Chloe joins us with her poetry reviews

Download now at https://www.planetaudio.org.nz/.../kickarts/kickarts/877358

This episode Stephen & Emma catch up with:

• writer Susan Waddell & illustrator Rose Northey about their book “The Lighthouse Princess”

• NZ singer songwriter ELCEE

• NZ author, activists from designer Nora West about her book “Unholy Business”

• Producer Patrick Kelly & Actor Kazim Khan from Harmonious Events, Studio & Musicals discuss Boosted and their show “Christmas is Coming”

• Katie, Rose & Adam from the cast of St Peter’s College & Marist College production of “Grease the Musical”

DOWNLOAD NOW AT:

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This episode Stephen & Emma catch up with:

• Joshua, Lily and Nathan from Manukau Performing Arts “Singin in the Rain JR”

• Josh, Benny and Megan from Navi Collaborative’s “The Potential for Rain”

• Jack and Nick from NZ Band Sin City Band

• Producer Conor Dunbar from Mouthful and the Miniature Comedy Featival

• We catch up with Meg from The PumpHouse Theatre about the Masterclass series,

• we have loads of bulletins and Sharon is back with her book reviews

This episode Stephen & Emma catch up with:

• NZ Booklovers Award winner Lucy Corry

• NZ Band TOOMS

• Author Tina Clough about “The Shadow Brokers”

• Meg & James from The Pumphouse Theatre about their upcoming Masterclass Series

• Author Sally Sutton about her new children’s book “Crane Guy”

This episode Stephen & Emma catch up with:

• Doug Kamo from DKCM about “The Hundy Concert Series”

• Author Eileen Merriman about “Black Spiral”

• Author Catherine Lea about “The Water’s Dead”

• Pictorial Curator Shaun Higgins from the Auckland Museum

• Writer, performers, dancer, radical artist Alexa Wilson

This week Emma & Stephen caught up with:

• Patricia Bell Author about her debut novel 'The Library of Unfinished Business'

• creator / composer Leon Radojkovic chat about LIVE LIVE CINEMA: THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - LOCKDOWN EDITION with Silo Theatre, Auckland Arts Festival & Jumpboard Theatre

• cinematographer / writer/ director Max Van der Westhuizen

• Cissy Rock from Neighbours Day Aotearoa

• Edith Fumarola from Covert Theatre

• Sharon is also back with her book review of Catherine Lea's 'The Water's Dead"

This episode Stephen & Emma catch up with:

• Author Sasha A. Linderon aka Ashley and Sarah about their debut novel "When the Rain Falls"

• Comedy improvisers Greg Ellis and Stephen Youngblood

• Makeup / Special Effects Artist Yolanda from BODY FX

• Jo Pilkington from First SceneAll this and a whole lot of kiwi music

This week Emma & Stephen catch up with four of the 2022 NZ BookLovers Award shortlisted authors:

• Steph Matuku 'The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke'

• Pania Tahau-Hodges 'The Greatest Haka Festival on Earth'

• Andy Southall 'Both Feet in Paradise'

• Angelique Kasmara 'Isobar Precinct'

and we have surprise visits from Steve Lyons and Zane Nathan....

This week Emma & Stephen talk with:

• Singer/songwriter/producer/host Ralphe

• 2022 Margaret Mahy Medal Awardee author Diana Noonan

• Actor, director, writer Bentley Stevenson about Wet Dreamz - The Musical

• Brick Haus Productions NZ Genoveva and Bella about their three upcoming productions at New Zealand Fringe Festival

Emma catches up with

• Cassandra Woodhouse from @nztheatrecompany

• Director Isla Frame about their production Sappho: Lesbians & Lyres

• Andy from ChCh band Bad Llamas

• Actor/ Singer / Writer @manukaluitenapirana

• TikTok / Instagram dancers @joshnlou

• Plus we drop the latest single from @lunavelanz and Ralphe