Radio with Pictures - Red Mole (Life is a Zoo)
- Arts/Culture
- Music
Avant-garde theatre troupe Red Mole serve up poetry, parody, shadow play and lowdown boogie in this musical Radio With Pictures clip. Red Mole perform four songs from their 1980 tour (and EP) I'll Never Dance Down Bugis St Again: the title track, Patti Smith-style stomp 'Agent Orange', sultry jazz number 'Julie's Song' (sung by The Neighbours' Trudi Green) and cautionary rocker 'Mr Asia', led by Red Mole founder Alan Brunton. Wellington Zoo provides a playground for the troupe, as they inhabit its empty cages and paths. In this backgrounder, ex Red Mole member Martin Edmond explores Red Mole on screen and on the road.


AudioCulture profile of Red Mole founder Alan Brunton
Documentary on Red Mole, by Red Mole founders Sally Rodwell & Alan Brunton
Chronology of Red Mole's shows, NZ Electronic Poetry Centre
Essay on Red Mole's creative philosophy, Art New Zealand, November 1978
Martin Edmond describes his Red Mole memoir, Radio New Zealand, November 2020
Martin Edmond writes about Red Mole's cabaret days in Wellington, AudioCulture, November 2020
Neil Hannan writes about making music with Red Mole, AudioCulture, November 2020









