Mobil Radio Awards 1994 Finalist - "Yo Banfa" - Stuart Hoar, National Radio, Wellington.
Entered in category: Best Spoken Programmes - Best Dramatic Production.
A play telling the story of a young peasant girl who becomes caught up in the machinations and politics of China in the 1930s.
Writer: Stuart Hoar
Composer: Michelle Scullion
Musicians:
Michelle Scullion - flute and percussion
Graham Hanify - trumpet
Actors:
LI-NA - Miranda Harcourt
AI LING - Helen Moulder
REWI ALLEY - Lloyd Scott
MAO ZEDONG - Jonathan Hendry
HU MENG - Mark Hadlow
SWAN - Joanne Simpson
BASHO - Bruce Phillips
AGNES - Ellie Smith
JULIA - Anne Budd
LING MEI - Carol Smith
FU - Brian Sergent
ZHOU ENLAI - William Brandt
MAN - Desmond Kelly
WOMAN - Dorothy McKegg
FATHER - Michael Haig
SOLDIER - Timothy Bartlett
HOMER HURLEY - Grant Tilly