Musical Theatre

The New Zealand International Comedy Festival is just weeks away, and is packed full of local and international talent. It will be the best of times (and hopefully not the worst of times) for Penny… Audio

The colourful, toe-tapping musical Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opens in Auckland this weekend.  While the story is about Joseph, it’s the Pharaoh, who steals the show, played by South… Audio

Stories of wartime told through song are coming to the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington in April. Voices from the Front tells the story of soldiers on the front line at Gallipoli, with the script… Audio

Rugby league and musicals might seem like strange bedfellows, but Australian journalist Hugh Lunn and composer Bradley McCaw have combined the two, for their new show Home Ground: The State of Origin… Audio

Australian born, West End actor Damien Humbley is searching for inspiration again. He’s worked with some of the greats – Lloyd Webber, Sondheim – but has seen the musical theatre industry change with… Audio

More than 40 singers aged between 6 and 70 will take to the stage in Wellington this week for the premiere of new musical The Queen of Tarts. Written by Paul Percey and Michael Vinten, and directed by… Audio

Famed kiwi musician Tim Finn has ventured into the world of musicals with Ladies in Black. The musical is set in 1959 in an up-market department store in Sydney and follows 16 year old lead character… Audio

Broadway smash-hit musical Legally Blonde has made its professional New Zealand debut with a 60-show run at the Court Theatre over summer. But it’s not all pink, pretty and pop-music. The musical… Audio

Jonathan Hendry takes us through what to expect for 2017 at the southern theatre, including a company season of winter warmer musical, Sondheim’s  Into The Woods & and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Audio

It’s the bare necessities that have been put into a 60 minute show, which allows the next generation to experience Broadway on their own stages. Broadway Junior is a teaching tool for primary schools… Audio

Musical theatre actors Jess Brien and Nick Prudie saw there was a lack of opportunity for performers to perform material they love. So they established Broadway Studio, a monthly showcase of musical… Audio

New Zealand soprano Kathrine Wiles is part of Opera Australia’s ‘My Fair Lady’, which is currently on at the Sydney Opera House. It marks 60 years since ‘My Fair Lady’ first graced the stage so it… Audio

Smaller regions of New Zealand don’t often get the chance to see professional musical theatre shows and musical theatre actors in New Zealand don’t often get the opportunity to perform in a touring… Audio

Andy Reiss quit his day job to follow his love of musical theatre to perform in the first show of Les Miserables outside of London. That was 20 years ago and since then the famed musical has inspired… Audio

There are some rather big names in the New Zealand Opera’s season of Sweeney Todd – Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Antoinette Halloran and Helen Medlyn to name a few. But young talent Joel Granger as Tobias shows… Audio

New Zealand School of Music puts on a show this week featuring its vocal performance students in a mix of classical opera and musicals. Music Director Mark Dorrell used to work in London’s West End… Audio

From Kate Sheppard in kiwi made musical That Bloody Woman to Ngaire Munroe in highly successful television show Westside, stage and screen actor Esther Stephens is used to playing strong willed women… Audio

Texan baritone Scott Hendricks is singing the role of  Iago in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert performance of Verdi's Otello opposite Kiwi tenor Simon O’Neill in the title role. His… Audio

Self confessed Wellington based entertainer Michael Nicholas Williams is busy juggling three projects - Upstage a film he wrote, directed and acted in based on what happens behind the scenes in a… Audio