Sophie Roberts
Silo's Taniwha a visual feast for young audiences
Younger audiences are in for a visual feast at Silo's new show Taniwha opening in time for the school holidays. Featuring puppetry, live videography, narration and live music, Taniwha will also… Audio
Sophie Roberts: taking destiny into her own hands
Sophie Roberts is working on an ambitious Silo commission called Break Bread which broadcasts the rambunctious hidden lives of all of us. Working under the constraints of the pandemic, the production… Audio
Peter and the Wolf reimagined
A lineup of talented narrators including Wellington’s mayor Justin Lester and RNZ’s Kim Hill, lend their voices to the retelling of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at New Zealand Festival… Audio
Peter's got a brand-new wolf!
The characters in Prokofiev's orchestral fairytale Peter and the Wolf are being taken from the forest and thrust into Auckland's CBD for a new Kiwi version of the classic tale. At the same time the… Audio
Sophie Roberts
Artistic Director of Auckland's Silo Theatre tells us about their 2016 programme, described as a collection of work that 'celebrates the anarchic, the wild and the beautiful fight in us all to survive… Audio
Contract disputes over Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography
There's a heated debate over the Silo Theatre production of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography's decision to change the ending of Australian writer Declan Greene's play so the actors only strip… Audio
Sophie Roberts: 'The Book of Everything'
Sophie Roberts returns to the Silo Theatre to direct 'The Book of Everything' for the Auckland Festival. Audio
Sophie Roberts: Silo Theatre Auckland
New Artistic Director of Auckland's Silo Theatre. Audio
Nightbloom by Sophie Roberts
Set in a greenhouse and features a 'Southern Belle' character - the night-blooming tobacco plant - who is waiting for her lover, the creeper, to arrive. Audio
Vernon God Little
Co-director Sophie Roberts with actor Anthony Young talk about the youth theatre production which opens in the capital this week. Audio
