A children's puppet show based on the memories of an old Anzac soldier premieres at the Fortune Theatre this weekend.
Remembering Ralph is based on an aged bilby called Ralph who reflects on the changes in his life since he was born in the Depression.
Australian director Laura Cooney based the play on the memories of World War 2 veteran Len Ralph.
Remembering Ralph is on at 2pm on Saturday and is suitable for children aged 4 to 14.
A question-and-answer session will follow the show.
Forbidden books
The dust will be blown off some of New Zealand's forbidden books during the next two months.
"Heresy, Sedition, Obscenity: The Book Challenged" reveals some of the infamous books that have been burned in town squares, removed from public sale and taken off library and classroom shelves.
New Zealand originally banned controversial publications such as Nabokov's Lolita (1960) and William Burroughs' Dead Fingers Talk (1963).
The exhibition opens tomorrow at the de Beer Gallery, Special Collections, Central University Library, and runs until January 29 next year.
The gallery is open from 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Poets and ukuleles
Dunedin artist, poet and ukulele player Larry Matthews has combined his passions in a unique project.
"Dunedin Poets and Ukuleles" features local poets banging out tunes on a ukulele.
"The idea started when I bumped into poet Peter Olds in George St one day in March and invited him up to my flat for a cuppa and a jam on the ukulele," he said.
Matthews recorded the session and posted it on YouTube.
The response encouraged him to invite other Dunedin and Otago poets to participate in an ongoing collaborative online documentary about poets and ukuleles.
Being able to play the ukelele is not important, Matthews says.
Ukulele-inspired poets can contact Matthews at (03) 474-0044 or email larry.matthews@ihug.co.nz
Retrospective photographer Ben Cauchi exposes his latest eerie works in Dunedin tomorrow.
The 2006 University of Otago Frances Hodgkins Fellow uses mid-19th-century photographic processes and studio effects to achieve his imagery.
"Ben Cauchi - The Dark Chamber" opens at 5.30pm tomorrow at the Brett McDowell Gallery and runs till November 19.
