Pet Podcast
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The Pet Podcast was made in collaboration with Otago Access Radio. Thanks to Creative New Zealand for making this podcast possible.
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Show notes
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Episode Two: Best-dressed Possum
Cultures clash at the school fair. Read by Phil Vaughan For 18 years Phil hosted nationwide breakfast radio shows on 91ZM, The Breeze and More FM, and presented television programmes including What Now? and Good Morning. Phil has worked as a writer, production manager and First AD in television and film productions in New Zealand and overseas. He has acted in numerous plays, musicals, films and TV shows, and recently returned to the big screen in NZ Feature Film This Town, set to be released later this year. Phil voices radio plays and short stories for National Radio, and has appeared in numerous TV commercials. |
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Episode Three: Good Dog
A trip down to the shops goes badly awry. Read by Emma Wood Emma Wood is an experienced communications specialist, voiceover artist, book reviewer and children’s author with an extensive background in radio journalism and broadcasting. She lives in Dunedin with her family, which includes one very good dog. |
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Episode Four: The Hoarder
Two very different women hoard in very different ways. Read by Alison Cowan Alison Cowan has a wide variety of creative interests. Past performing adventures have included barbershop singing, teaching and performing Flamenco dancing, and even dipping a toe into poetry slamming. She has been seen on stages in Auckland, London (a very small one, a long way from Shaftesbury Ave), Hokitika (last century), and Dunedin. Recent acting highlights have included Sylvia at The Globe, Crunchy Silk at the NAT, Marine Snow in the 2019 Fringe Festival, and Bonking James Bond at the Firehouse Theatre in Mosgiel. All of this sparked by reciting a poem at her kindergarten Christmas show, when she was four. |
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Episode Five: Kittens
A BBQ dinner takes an unexpected turn. Read by Tama Walker Voicing 'Kittens' was Tama Walker's (Ngati Porou) first foray into acting, but he is as comfortable behind the mic as he is behind a cricket bat. With a background in sports coaching, and with a vibrant home life that includes two young children and a labradoodle, Tama has spent years perfecting transferable skills such as voice projection and the ability to entertain. |
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Episode Six: Luna's Crew
An aspiring social media influencer bites off more than he can chew. Read by Lachie Oliver-Kerby A graduate of the University of Otago and New Zealand Radio Training School, Lachie is a writer, actor, broadcaster, voiceover artist and musician (under the Chadley Biscuits alias) with an aptitude for the absurd. Having grown up in both Hong Kong and New Zealand training to become both a performer and rugby player, Lachie has settled on a life of passionate polarity. |
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Episode Seven: The Quickening
During a drunken academic retreat, technology takes over. Read by Terry MacTavish Terry MacTavish is an actor, teacher, director, dancer and reviewer, writing for theatreview.org.nz, teaching Drama and English at Queen’s High, advising the Dept of Education and tutoring at Otago University, as well as performing on stage, radio and television and touring with Dunedin Dance Theatre. Terry was given the Theatre Industry’s Silver Award for 50+ Professional Productions, which include plays by Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Schiller, Shakespeare, Middleton, Sophocles, Brecht, Shaw, Sheridan, Wycherley, Goldsmith, Wilde, Pinter, Fugard, McNally, TS Eliot, Noel Coward, Dylan Thomas, Tennessee Williams, James Joyce, Aphra Behn, Caryl Churchill, Sarah Daniels, Margaret Edson, Bryony Lavery, Louise Page, Jean Betts, Sarah Delahunty, Michelanne Forster, Emily Duncan, Amy Wright and many more, including creating a role for our revered Renee. Terry has represented NZ for SGCNZ at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, is a member of the Dunedin Reviewers Collective that hosts the annual Theatre Awards, and in 2019 was awarded the MNZM for Services to Theatre and Education. |
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Episode Eight: The Trapeze Artist
Postnatal psychosis, or a dazzling new career path? Read by Shireen Shah After training at Manchester School of Theatre, Shireen spent three years in repertory based in Belfast then joined the BBC recording dramas, short stories and presented The Net Result and Women in World Politics. Voiced the wicked witch, goat and teddy bears for Legoland, narrated films for London Aquarium and The World Wildlife Fund. Roles in new plays with Not the RSC, Made in Wales, Croydon Warehouse, Theatre Royal Stratford and Hampstead Theatre. TV series include The Bill, Love Hurts, Shameless, Dinner Ladies, Casualty, Coronation Street , East Enders and Blood Strangers. Films include Bharji on the Beach, Frozen, Maila, Jinnah and the NZ short Link. |
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Episode Nine: Winter
A suburban home fills up with strange treasures. Read by Olly Ohlson Teacher and entertainer Olly Ohlson is well known for his work as the presenter of After School. He has taught te reo and Tikanga Māori. |
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Episode Ten: Heterochromia
An aspiring artist and a half-hearted activist have more in common than they realise. Read by Meko Ng Meko Ng, 19, is a second year student at the University of Otago who is completing a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Theatre Studies. Originally from Hong Kong, Meko has made many contributions to the performing arts community in Dunedin, including performing in the University’s Lunch Time Theatre, and the UNESCO Cities of Literature Short Play Festival. |
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Episode Eleven: Fool's Gold
Farming and motherhood collide. Read by Helen Fearnley Helen has been a theatre addict since childhood, originally training in the UK through Wessex Drama and L.A.M.D.A qualifications in performance and voice, before obtaining a BA in Theatre and Performance from the University of Warwick. Since moving to New Zealand, Helen has become a founding member and proud trustee of Dunedin's Suitcase Theatre, Committee Member for the Globe Theatre and has received two Outstanding Performance awards in the Dunedin Theatre Awards. |
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Episode Twelve: The Fishhook
In an imagined near future, two girls battle for a better life. Read by Iona Winter Iona Winter writes in hybrid forms exploring the landscapes between oral and written words. Her work is created to be performed, and has been widely published and anthologised. She is the author then the wind came (2018) and Te Hau Kāika (2019). Iona is of Waitaha, Kāi Tahu and Pākehā descent, and lives on the East Otago Coast. |
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Episode Thirteen: Speaking in Tongues
While one person is saved by religion, another flees it. Read by Phil Grieve Phil has been a professional actor for over thirty years. After studying with Lisa Warrington at the University of Otago’s Allen Hall Theatre, he debuted for Fortune Theatre in Dunedin, performing in a dozen productions there before moving to base himself in the capital. Over the following twenty years, Phil appeared in shows for every major company in the country as well as radio drama, children’s theatre and in roles for both small and big screen. He’s particularly proud of the work he’s been involved with the Māori theatre community but circumstances have led him back to the south. “It feels good to be spending time back where it all started for me.” |
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Episode Fourteen: Women's Studies
A student's part-time job is at odds with her career aspirations. Read by Lara Macgregor Lara works as an actor, director, dramaturg and performance coach. She studied acting in New York City, has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Directing from The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, and has held roles as Associate Artistic Director at The Court Theatre and Artistic Director at Fortune Theatre. Acting highlights include: Annie Wilkes - Misery, Lady Macbeth - Macbeth, Lauren Grant - Burn Her, Younger Elizabeth - When the Rain Stops Falling, and Veronique - God of Carnage. |
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Episode Fifteen: The Pack
As his hangover clears, he knows something's gone horribly wrong. Read by Mark Neilson Mark Neilson is a proudly Dunedin based actor, voice artist, writer and puppeteer. Recent gigs include TV1's One Lane Bridge (Great Southern Television) and Black Christmas (Blumhouse Productions). Mark was heard recently on Choice TV's Wildlife Rescue. Mark shares his home with his lovely wife, three blonde daughters, one fluffy black dog, and a lot of half-finished jobs. |
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Episode Sixteen: The Lucky Numbers
Ageing rockers still hope to hit the big time. Read by Kate Orgias Since 2000, Kate has worked in both public and commercial radio, communications/marketing and content creation. She’s currently a Masters in Creative Writing student at AUT, and freelancing as a voice artist, researcher, producer and podcast editor. Born in Whanganui, Kate grew up in Tāmaki Makaurau, studied broadcasting in Ōtautahi and journalism in Whanganui-a-Tara. |
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Episode Seventeen: The Nor'Wester
Who's trapped - the orca, the kids, or the dad? Read by Jaya Beach-Robertson Jaya has been a professional VO artist since 2017. She has worked on a variety of projects such as Path of Exile, Quimbo’s Quest, and a variety of radio ads. She is also a screenwriter having won best web series at the Los Angeles Film Festival for her self funded series, PSUSY. |
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Voice of the podcast
No podcast would be complete without a delicious voice to read the intros and outros. The voice of the Pet Podcast is DJ Tina Turntables. |
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