This hour, Max Cryer joins Ryan Bradley in for RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to banter over words, their origin and their meaning. Max and Ryan take a look at the origin of the word 'vote', answer why red-haired men are called blue and try and explain the word 'Quantum'. Then, A trio of visionary feminist theatre makers Nisha Madhan, Julia Croft and Virginia Frankovich have created a play called MEDUSA. Using personal experience as creative inspiration, they have crafted MEDUSA as a protest against what they see as stagnating views of feminism in New Zealand. They reckon the movement isnt being taken as seriously as it should, with feminism as more of a fad commodity than a legitimate political standing. Director Julia Croft joins Ryan Bradley in for RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to take a look at their new show hitting Wellington and Auckland this September and October. Theyre also all about making meaningful art that is a form activism that speaks to real world issues, like the #metoo movement. The team use the classic Medusa myth as a launch pad to create a multidisciplinary show to portray womens anger at being delegitimised in our society. With the Wellington premiere two days after the 125th anniversary of womens suffrage in New Zealand the timing of MEDUSA couldnt be better. Virginia, Julia and Nisha are set to continue the same fight that women in this country did over a hundred years ago. MEDUSA will premiere in Wellington at Circa Theatre on Thursday 20 September before heading to Q Theatre in Auckland on Thursday 25 October. Weekend Variety Wireless with Ryan Bradley, in for Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

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