Standing Room Only is literally radio with pictures... and arts, theatre, film, comedy, books, dance, entertainment and music – all the things, in other words, that make life worth living. The programme broadcasts weekly on a Sunday afternoon and is produced by Simon Morris and Lynn Freeman with Justin Gregory and Sonia Sly. In today's programme:
12:39
Jack Lasenby
Writer Jack Lasenby on his latest literary achievement - winning the 2014 Prime Minister's Award for Fiction. He is one of New Zealand's best loved writers for children and was described by Margaret Mahy as "perhaps the most innately New Zealand writer of all New Zealand writers for children."
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Duration: 9'21"
12:47
Field Theory
Memories of Christchurch's Lancaster Park are sought for a new art project called Field Theory. For nearly four years Lancaster Park (AMI/Jade Stadium) has lain dormant on the edge of the city, yet thousands of fleeting, ecstatic, breath-catching moments that have taken place on this site remain a vital part of Christchurch's identity. This coming Canterbury Anniversary Weekend Australian art collective Field Theory will enter the legendary field of the old stadium. For 72 hours they will broadcast non-stop to the world every story they can find, from anyone, on anything. So, Field Theory need your stories! Martyn Coutts and Jason Mayling explain how it all works.
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Duration: 14'49"
13:05
At the Movies.
Simon Morris reviews three films with a unique view of the past: the sixties in the James Brown story, Get On Up; the eighties in Pride, when lesbians, gays and coalminers took on the might of Margaret Thatcher and a thriller set just before 9/11 – A Walk Among The Tombstones, starring Liam Neeson.
13:34
Te Ara
The online New Zealand encyclopaedia, Te Ara, reveals its final chapters on this country’s cultural life, including one on the history of this country’s fiction. We talk to the booklover who researched and wrote it, Lydia Weavers.
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Duration: 14'41"
13:47
Cheshire Architects: In pursuit of the extraordinary
Together, father and son architects Pip and Nat Cheshire direct a small team of 25, many of whom are straight out of architecture school. Their fresh eyes and perspectives are valued, alongside those who have honed their skills and plied their trade through decades of experience in the industry. The creative brief expands well beyond designing buildings alone; they have a vision that encompasses design in its totality; from industrial and interior design, through to creating websites, branding and even helping new restaurants to come up with a menu Cheshire Architects.
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Duration: 13'07"
13:51
Govett Brewster Gallery
How New Plymouth's Govett Brewster Gallery is getting tips from an art gallery that's become one of Tasmania's biggest attractions, the privately owned and run MONA museum. Mona curator Jarrod Rawlins joins the Govett Brewster's director, Simon Rees. [region] New Plymouth
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Duration: 14'41"
14:05
The Laugh Track.
Actress Yvette Parsons, star of new play Famous Flora. @FloraFamous and facebook.com/famousflora
14:40
The Nobel Prize winner for literature
Massey University's Dr France Grenaudier-Klijn is a New Zealand-based champion of the recently announced Nobel Prize winner for literature, Patrick Mondiano. She explains why, until he won the prize, so few English speakers had heard of him.
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Duration: 9'12"
14:46
Govett Brewster Gallery
How New Plymouth's Govett Brewster Gallery is getting tips from an art gallery that's become one of Tasmania's biggest attractions, the privately owned and run MONA museum. Mona curator Jarrod Rawlins joins the Govett Brewster's director, Simon Rees.
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Duration: 11'41"
14:50
Dunedin Fringe Festival
The new director of Dunedin's Fringe Festival, Josh Thomas, on what will change and what will stay the same under his watch.
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Duration: 7'45"
15:05
The Drama Hour.
Think of a Garden - Part 1 by John Kneubuhl
A two-part drama adapted for radio. Think Of A Garden explores the political turmoil in Western Samoa in the 1920s. A sorry chapter in New Zealand’s history as a colonial power, that many would rather forget.
Cast: Nathaniel Lees, Whetu Fala, Sam Pio Mesina, K.C.Kelly, Desmond Kelly and Martin Amosa. With Michael Wilson, Oscar Kightley, Elma Ma’ua and Moera Tuilaepa
Music for this production was specially arranged and conducted by Damien Ekenasio.Professor Alfred Hunkin assisted with translations.Produced by Steve Danby and engineered by Phil Benge