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

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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