is upping it’s game again, not only by being NZ’s biggest and best (biased yes) street festival, but also in it’s recycling front with an unprecedented 12 recycling stations! They want to show Wellington that they can put on a huge party, without sending a mountain of waste to landfill.
In this interview Newtown Festival programe coordinator, James Coyle talks to about how they are going to do it, why this is good for the event and how we can all help.
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Wouldn’t getting your viewers to text in your script and crowd sourcing your actors seem like a logistical nightmare? Not for these Emmy award winning directors Thomas Robins and David Stubbs. In this interview they talk about their interactive TV show Reservoir Hill ( filmed right here in Welly and now Sweden has adapted it for their viewers as well) and the recently launched , that crowd sourced the kiwi characters that were encountered along the way.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/road-trip/10795858/Road-Trip-Episode-1
This interview is with another Wellington heroine, ( with the beard), who is one of the drivers and founders behind Everybody Cool Lives Here. Her mission is to pair the talents of artists with intellectual disabilities with a team of Welly’s top emerging actors for more winning shows like which is one of the hit picks this season.
http://everybodycoolliveshere.com/
In this chat with illustrious Wellington actress we find out why this nice girl who is normally known for her roles in big blockbusters like District 9 and Doomsday, would want to write, crowdfund, direct AND play lead actress in a film about revenge and blinging up her vajayjay in .
If you havn’t seen the teasers yet check out http://www.rodrigofilms.com/
To watch Vajazzle, which is being launched this Valentines Day, check out http://www.rodrigofilms.com/ and don’t be afraid to share share share.
This is Mark Antony Steelsmith, he is mostly an animation artist. He also has a family, a post grad diploma in fine arts, depression and an exhibition called Black Dog Failure on at until Feb 7th. In this interview we talk about all of these things.
Mark also is holding an animation workshop this Saturday 7th at Toi Poneke from 10 – 2pm ( possibly full but please contact the gallery.)
Kelvin Aris, better known as the Kelvinator, takes over hosting as he is on a mission to get us all excited about summer fun happening next year in Welly. In this show he talks to street festival master, Stephen Templer about the summer games we’ll be able to get involved with. Also artistic director Drew James for , joins them to talk about the incredibly exciting line -up and how to be part of the mother of all festivals about to hit Welly.
All I can say is you’ll need to take a few weeks off by the sounds of things, and I am totally in the mood after listening to this. And if you do one thing check out the Sambassadors you tube track link below.
http://www.boosted.org.nz/artist-profile?id=19041
And for the Sambassadors Bruce Lee Bowla track, don’t miss this.
Kiwi Choreographer Alexa Wilson, has been described as one of this countries great contemporary dancers. In this interview Alexa talks about her new work for , the Status of Being, why so many Kiwi’s are living a creative life in Berlin and the message behind the moves.
Thanks to Lydia Bittner for the photograph.