Dan Bain's Broken Arts Hole

This week I whinge extensively about my overwhelming problems with couriers and then share my presentation from last week's IN THE LOOP session.  Also a thing I made called DEAR LEADER. Twitter! @iamdanbain @intheloop_chch Dan Bain Soundcloud    On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week my guest is theatre maker NATALIYA ORYSHCHUK. We talk about the collapse of the soviet union, state sponsored theatre criticism and her upcoming production of The Turn of the Screw. PledgeMe for Turn of the Screw HERE Twitter @iamdanbain   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

REBEKAH HEAD is an actress and cabaret singer who just returned from a 9 month long high school tour of Australia. Does that destroy a person? Twitter! @rebekahhead21 @iamdanbain   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week I'm joined by DAVID CORREOS, comedian, 2016 Billy T nominee and youTube sensation. We talk about comedy, destroying your ankle lifting things that are too heavy and solve all the problems.  David on youTube HERE Work in Progress with David Correos and Eammon Marra HERE Twitter! @dlcorreos @iamdanbain    On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

Fallacies of American Court room drama! Peculiarities of NZ tax law! Negotiating contracts so you don't get dicked! This week I talk to musician, comic and lawyer KATIE COWAN about some serious business.  Twitter! @iamdanbain @senorhookfish    On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

Reg Blackwood is a hypnotist and mentalist widely known for his work on TV's The 4:30 show. But we talk about a load of things including the inhibition caused by fear and why sometimes it's good to get it wrong.  Reg online HERE Twitter @regblackwood @iamdanbain   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week I'm joined by circus performer and variety act DANIEL HEAPHY and we talk stilt acrobatics, contortion and wizardry.  Heaphy online HERE   Twitter @iamdanbain   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week I'm talking to clever visual artist and co-owner of Kadett Cafe MIRABEL OLIVER maker of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasea and All Your Stars are Out.   Buy things! My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasia HERE All Your Stars Are Out HERE Kadett! HERE Twitter! @iamdanbain   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week my guest is super fun singer songwriter HERA. We talk about writing from the position of an outsider, building masks and the members of her first band.  Hera online HERE Twitter @herasings @iamdanbain   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

The show returns! Back from hiatus! All new! This week my guest is director and outgoing head of acting at NASDA, it's blimmin' STEPH McKELLER-SMITH. We talk about how she got to be the Steph of today and a fair whack about tertiary training for performers.  Boom!   Twitter! @iamdanbain  On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

After a couple of months sabbatical the show is poised on the brink of return.  Prepare yourselves.  xx

After nearly a year exploring the arts hole I'm going to take a little break as my health and workload are competing for my attention too hard.  Here's a little sign off for the moment.  See you for season 2 later this year Dan    On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

Craig Cooper is the director of the Christchurch Arts festival and, like apparently everyone I know, a former Court Jester. We talk about that journey and the upcoming 2015 Chch Arts Fest.  http://www.artsfestival.co.nz Twitter @iamdanbain @chchfest   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week my guest is freelance theatre director MEL LUCKMAN. There was a period in time where Mel directed pretty much everything I wrote so it's great to have a chat about her process and how she developed it.    Twitter! @iamdanbain   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week my guest is artist GABY MONTEJO and I dredge my memory for terminology to discuss visual arts. We get there in the end and discuss product vs. process, entropy as a collaborator and abandoning the work.  Gaby's website HERE Twitter @iamdanbain   On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week my guest is actress and writer LAURA IRISH. We talk about how she crowdfunded her sitcom pilot, making film in Nelson and her ongoing collaboration with 48 hours superstars TBALC. Twitter! @iamdanbain @laurajirish On iOS? Subscribe via iTunes HERE Subscribe via RSS HERE Android? Subscribe via Stitcher HERE

This week my guest is composer, arranger and musician HAMISH OLIVER. We talk about building keyboard patches, producing, and arranging for the likes of Serj Tankian and Anika Moa  Also featuring a piece by Rosie Roulette produced by Hamish.  Twitter! @iamdanbain @hamisholiver @rosieroulette  

This week my guest is ANNEKE BESTER props maker, sculptor, fine artist and endurer of very hot weather. We talked about all these things before she departed for Dubai to build things for Lego. 

This week reporter for The Press CHARLIE GATES is on the show talking about the Venice Bianele and the state of the arts.   Twitter! @iamdanbain @NZcharliegates   Tickets! THE INVISIBLES    

JAYA MANGALAM GIBSON is the curator and director of XCHCH. He pops in and tells me all about what they're up to in their collaborative artist's space.    Twitter! @iamdanbain @jaya_gibson @_xchch