Sunday Afternoon

Tributes are flowing worldwide for rock star Tina Turner, who has died aged 83 after a career spanning five decades. Rob Walker was a former tour manager for Tina Turner, and did a number of tours… Read more Audio

One of the undoubted highlights of the Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival is an exploration of the life and work of one of our most celebrated artists - painter Frances Hodgkins. Simon… Read more Audio

The works of Roald Dahl have been put through a sanitising process recently, as have the James Bond books, and famous novels by Mark Twain and Joseph Conrad. The process is often called… Read more Audio

From performing on street corners in India to the National Theatre in London, comedian, actor, writer, and blues singer Sameena Zehra has spent her life telling stories and, in her own words, holding… Read more Audio

The big thing in theatre these days is "immersive" - shows like London's Sleep No More, which invited audiences into the world of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and encouraged them to be part of the action… Read more Audio

Natalie Murray Beale is a conductor, and these days an acting coach. It was Natalie who taught Cate Blanchett how to wield the baton when she played the role of the conductor Tár, in the 2022 hit… Read more Audio

She's one of New Zealand's most popular - and versatile - artists: singer Jackie Clarke. On stage in plays like Shirley Valentine, on TV judging NZ Idol, or singing with the famous Lady Killers… Read more Audio

Joe Bennett's weekly column is a delight. In a media world dominated by opinion pieces, influencers, pompous "reckons' and trivial drivel, Joe seems happy to provide short , funny - often thoughtful -… Read more Audio

Hannah O'Neill's recent appointment to étoile status at the Paris Opera Ballet generated headlines around the world, partly because it's so rare for foreigners to achieve it. The 30-year-old New… Read more Audio

AudioCulture Iwi Waiata was founded in May 2013 as a means to archive and explore Kiwi music. In the past decade they've published almost 2000 pages documenting our diverse musical history. And now… Read more Audio