This episode of arts show Mercury Lane celebrates local legends of stage and screen. First, reporter Marcus Lush explores the world of children’s musical theatre with eclectic Auckland troupe The Aunties. Then there's a visit to filmmaking couple Merata Mita and Geoff Murphy at home in the Coromandel. Mita recalls her documentaries Patu and Hotere, and shares her experience being an indigenous female director; while Murphy shares insights into his Blerta and Goodbye Pork Pie days, and the couple’s collaboration on Utu. The episode ends with Elizabeth Smither reciting her poem ‘A Dentist’s View of Heaven'.