Playwriting
Hone Kouka: his provocative new work Ngā Rorirori
Hone Kouka is no stranger to controversy with his work, and his new play Nga Rorirori is no exception. Audio
Winner of the Adam NZ Play Award David Mamea
A play about a lonely octagenerian Samoan woman and her friendship with a chicken has won David Mamea the 2017 Adam New Zealand Play Award. Still Life with Chickens is David's third play and it also… Audio
Playwright looks for Twelve Angry Kiwi Women Writers
Visiting British playwright Sara Clifford is searching for Twelve Angry Kiwi Women Writers. She is coming to Wellington to take a workshop with writers in any genre who are angry about something and… Audio
Raggedy Anne and Mr. Piths
Actor and writer Ella Hope-Higginson is a shining example of what it takes to make a living on stage and screen.
The Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School graduate is in the recent film The Rehearsal… Audio
Are New Zealand Playwrights representing our nation honestly on stage?
Are New Zealand Playwrights representing our nation honestly on stage? Audio
Carl Nixon: Matthew, Mark, Luke and Joanne
Christchurch playwright Carl Nixon's new comedy Matthew, Mark, Luke and Joanne explores the tendency to listen to people who tell us how to think. Matthew's wife and best friend struggle to deal with… Audio
Adam NZ Play Award winners
Maraea Rakuraku has scooped three prizes at the Adam New Zealand Play Awards for her play Tan-Knee. She took out the top prize, as well as the awards for Best Play by a Maori Writer and Best Play by a… Audio
Much Ado about Shakespeare - Donovan Bixley
Donovan Bixley is an award winning writer and illustrator who's latest work focuses on one of the world's greatest in literary history, William Shakespeare. Donovan Bixley is bringing The Bard to life… Audio
Puzzy: identity muddling
During Pride Festival a new play will put the lives of Pacific Island lesbians front and centre. Puzzy is the debut work by writer Kiki with guidance by old hand Victor Rodger of plays Black Faggot… Audio, Gallery
Choosing the most/least talented
Last year writer Jess Sayer was on the Laugh Track, talking about winning the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award and hinting at a new script she was working on. That script is now a new show, called The… Audio
Trick of The Light Theatre
Ralph McCubbin Howell and Hannah Smith are travelling the country with three shows, have just opened a play challenging ANZAC mythology, and are working on another production that will premiere at… Audio
Roger & Bernadette Hall - Prime Minister's Awards winners
Forty years after he first started packing out New Zealand with his plays, Roger Hall has received a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement and he's the first playwright to do so. Roger's… Audio