I should be working (on a very dull report!) but have just heard the very exciting news that the Limelight Theatre/Arrow FM production of Under Milk Wood that I was in has made the finals of the NZ Radio Awards! This link should take you to the NZ Radio Awards broadcast announcing the finals. It’s only … More Under Milk Wood makes the final of the NZ Radio Awards!!
Just in case you didn’t manage to catch March’s edition of ReCooper8, your local arts show on 92.7FM Arrow FM, the Wairarapa’s Community Access Radio station, then here are the best bits! My interviews with Richard Clark and Simon Fleck. Both gentlemen are residents of Featherston, and both are vastly talented, generous and outspoken creative … More Listen Again to ReCooper8 in March – Simon Fleck and Richard Clark
ReCooper8 started 2013 in the most promising way for a community arts show – I had the pleasure of interviewing Madeleine M Slavick, a locally based poet and artist with an international background and a global repertoire. We discussed her development as a writer, her time in Hong Kong, where she spent several years and … More My Interview with Madeleine M Slavick
ReCooper8 this month airs: On Thursday, 21st March, at 8pm On Sunday, 24th March, at 10pm and On Thursday, 28th March, at 8pm 92.7FM locally, or click listen live here Tune in to 92.7FM (or click ‘listen live’ here) at 8pm on Thursday 21st March for a crash course from award winning film editor, … More ReCooper8 This Month: Meet Richard Clark and Simon Fleck
So, the title of my little ‘event’ could do with an overhaul! But, don’t let that put you off! Instead, put yourself in the driving seat of cultural innovation and change, and come along on Wednesday 6th March from 7.30pm to the Community Centre in Featherston (14 Wakefield Street – we have a little yellow … More ‘An Evening with…. Arrow FM’ – Weds 6th March, 7.30pm, Featherston Community Centre
I’ll be the first to admit I have been very slack on the blog front. But, blog slackness (or BS as I like to call it!) has corresponded with a period of intense activity out there in the real world (and, indeed, the reel world, more of which later). I’ve hit my stride with my … More Coming up on February’s show!
On this month’s show, I am joined by a very special guest: Madeleine M Slavick, a poet, author, photographer, editor and social activist, who has recently settled in the Wairarapa after living and working in Hong Kong for several years. I first met Madeleine at last year’s Greytown Arts Festival. I’d just finished recording an … More January’s show: Poetry in Motion
Back in October, I interviewed local artist and film maker, Tania Williams, at the opening of her exhibition at the Colours for Art Gallery in Kuripuni, Masterton. There was a fantastic atmosphere at the gallery, and I was lucky enough not only to talk to Tania about her work, her inspiration and her future projects, … More Interview with Featherston artist, Tania Williams
Hello there, I hope you had a great Christmas! I am feeling considerably more round and calculate that my personal chocolate:mince pie:turkey ratio is currently standing at roughly 80:10:10. Yes, being a Brit by birth, my family went the Turkey With All the Trimmings route, with left overs consumed on Boxing Day with a lot … More December’s Interviews
I’m feeling very Christmassy – the ReCooper8 Christmas show is in the bag, and this month in the broadcasting ‘suite’ at the Featherston Community Centre I was accompanied by my mum, Avie, and my eldest daughter, Isla, who gave our ragged proceedings a learned flavour by doing maths on air! She’s only three and a … More The Merry Christmas Show!
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