New Zealand Festival
Anthony McCarten: playing up
Internationally successful writer and producer for stage and screen (Ladies Night, The Theory of Everything), who is a guest at the Spotlight on Playwrights series of events at Circa Theatre during… Audio
Andrew O'Hagan: war, Afghanistan, Assange
Contributing editor for the London Review of Books, and ghostwriter of Julian Assange's abandoned memoir. Two of his books have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize, his new novel is The… Audio
Norman Meehan
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra gave their first concert at New Zealand Festival last night before repeating it tonight. Jazz pianist and… Audio
Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is back in the country performing a six venue recital tour including one concert at New Zealand Festival with Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir. Dame Kiri devotes most of her time… Audio
Dame's and Birds at the New Zealand Festival
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Doomed conmen, jazz great Wynton Marsalis, and a play about a turbulent year in the life of four Argentinian filmmakers, are all part of the eclectic mix that is the New Zealand… Audio
Pip Hall
Actor, playwright and self-confessed water ballerina Pip Hall is part of the Spotlight on Playwrights season happening at Circa during the 2016 New Zealand Festival Writers Week. She's joining an… Audio
Jennifer Shennan
Jennifer Shennan reviews The Kiss Inside at New Zealand Festival. This is the final major work by choreographer Douglas Wright and was first produced at Auckland Arts Festival 2015. Audio
New Zealand Festival update with Lynn Freeman
For the first time the Wellington based New Zealand Festival and the Auckland Arts Festivals are running head to head. They are not only sharing some shows, but also sharing the costs of commissioning… Audio
Ross Harris and Vincent O'Sullivan
Brass Poppies is a chamber opera from the productive relationship of composer Ross Harris and librettist Vincent O'Sullivan. It focuses on the disastrous Gallipoli campaign and the fate of the… Audio
Dominic Groom: NZ Festival Reviews
Dominic Groom reviews the New Zealand Festival performances by the Miyata-Yoshimura-Suzuki Trio from Japan and the Concerto Italiano's performance of Monteverdi's Vespers 1610. Audio
NZ Festival gets under way today
The New Zealand Festival marks its 30th anniversary tonight with a performance by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and a dead dog in a suitcase. Audio
Julia Deans
Singer songwriter Julia Deans so enjoyed performing in Silo Theatre's sultry Brel, she's now turned her attention to the Joni Mitchell songbook working with director Shane Bosher to create the New… Audio
No getting down on depression
'Every Brilliant Thing' is a UK theatre production that has been referred to as the funniest show you'll ever see about depression. Audio
Composer John Psathas on his symphony with pictures: No Man's Land
In his monumental, multi-cultural, symphony with pictures, No Man's Land, John Psathas asks us to consider the First World War in a new light. Lynn Freeman talks to John after watching the… Video, Audio, Gallery
Calexico: still on the road after 20 years
Ahead of their New Zealand Festival and WOMAD 2016 appearances, Nick Bollinger speaks to Calexico's Joey Burns about what inspires their eclectic sound. Audio
Paul Kelly - Black Arm Band
Australian singer/songwriter Paul Kelly is back in New Zealand later this month with Black Arm Band, an ensemble performing songs from 11 different Aboriginal languages. Paul talks to Wallace about… Audio
Alexander Ekman: Royal New Zealand Ballet
Swedish choreographer restaging his work "Cacti" as part of the RNZB's "Speed of Light" tour. Audio
Kali Kopae
NZ singer and actor starring in one woman show, 'Not in our Neighbourhood'. An exploration of domestic violence featuring at the NZ Festival and Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
Building the butterfly (stroke)
A fascination with the lives and achievements of early Australian women swimmers comes through in a solo play by Australian writer and actor Alice Mary Cooper. In her show Waves, which she's bringing… Audio
Sufjan Stevens: illness, death and faith
Kim Hill talks to songwriter and performer Sufjan Stevens, whose latest album, Carrie & Lowell, was inspired by the death of his mother. He and his band will play those songs and selections from his… Audio