Michael Hurst
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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30 July-22 August 2010  Texas Radio Beat Boutique: My Window
Michael will create an art installation for Texas Radio's (Ponsonby Road, Auckland) window which will be in place for the first 3 weeks of August.  Other artists will create their own installations for the months of April-September, and the public will vote for their favorite.  Click here for more information.

31 July 2010   Celebrity guest on Seeded
(Wellington, 9:30 am on Radio Active, 89 FM; Dunedin, 10 am on Radio One, 91 FM; Auckland, 11 am on bFM, 95 FM; Christchurch, 2 pm on RDU, 98.5 FM; Palmerston North, 2 pm on Radio Control, 99.4 FM)
Michael talks about his musical inspirations (including Tchaikovsky, Brian Eno, The Front Lawn, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) on Seeded. Listen online here.

20 August-18 September 2010:  Happy Days
Michael will direct Samuel Beckett's Happy Days for Silo Theatre, starring Robyn Malcolm and Cameron Rhodes.  At Herald Theatre.

28 October-20 November 2010: Cabaret
Michael will direct Cabaret for Auckland Theatre Company, starring Amanda Billing.  At Spiegeltent Salon Perdu.


Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Michael will direct one episode of the 6-episode prequel of Spartacus: Blood and Sand for Starz Productions.

Bitch Slap available on dvd
The Bitch Slap dvd includes commentary by the film's producers and the three female leads, plus a 90-minute documentary, Behind Bitch Slap: Building a Better B-Movie.
Michael stars with Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, and America Olivo in the American feature film Bitch Slap which was filmed in California in March and April 2008.  It features Michael's Hercules co-star Kevin Sorbo, with cameos by Xena co-stars Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor.  It was written and produced by Eric Gruendemann and Rick Jacobson, with Jacobson directing. First screened at the Cannes Film Market on 16 May 2009, the film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 2009 and has since been shown at film festivals in Europe and the US.  It had a limited theatrical release in January 2010, and is available as Video on Demand.  See the film's official website and the BitchSlapMovie channel on You TubeIn the video below, Michael teaches "Bitch Slap 101," explaining the significance of Bitch Slap