Theatre
Theatre Critic
Dione Joseph reviews the Auckland Theatre Company's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Audio
The Art of Etiquette – burlesque
In this week’s episode, Upbeat producer Zoë George goes vintage, getting inspiration from the 40s, 50s and 60s, exploring the art form of Burlesque. Bailey McCormack aka performer Fanciforia Foxglove… Audio
The Afterlife
Auckland's Blackbird Ensemble is forging a reputation for creating a unique combination of musical and theatrical magic on stage. Composer Claire Cowan and percussionist Chris O'Connor talk about the… Audio
Mind over Manner
Sue Haldane is the founder of a charity that uses the power of theater to help people get inside the minds of people with autistic spectrum and attention deficit disorders. Her latest workshop is… Audio
Theatre Critic - John Smythe
John Smythe discusses youth theatre - the annual Young and Hungry festival in Wellington, and The Next Big Thing in Auckland. Audio
Billy's Bootcamp
Bootcamp has begun for the six young boys cast in the lead roles of Auckland Theatre Company's production of Billy Elliot the Musical. Aged 10-14, they've come together for an intensive, two-week… Audio
The Little New Zealand Mermaid
The story of the Little Mermaid is being retold in a new way at the Court Theatre these school holidays. Playwright Allison Horsley has intertwined the Maori myth Pania of the Reef with Hans Christian… Audio
Theatre Critic: Dione Joseph
Badjelly The Witch - at The Pumphouse, Takapuna, until 23rd July. Purapurawhetu - at The Herald Theatre until 16th July. Audio
Danielle Cormack: success on screen and stage
New Zealand actress Danielle Cormack has forged a hugely succesful career on screen and stage, largely in Australia in recent years. She's about to return to TV here in season 4 of the acclaimed… Audio
Theatre Critic - Patrick Davies
Patrick Davies reviews "The White Guitar", the stunning new play that in which hip-hop star Scribe features with his father John and brother Matthias, it tells the true family story of the Luafutus. Audio
The puppet mistress
Red Leap Theatre is touring its latest show round the North island. Ella Becroft plays the central character in Dust Pilgrim, a young girl running away from her troubled mother. Audio
From one island, to another
Six young members of Massive Nui Ensemble, are heading from New Zealand to Scotland to attend an exchange programme with the National Theatre of Scotland. They will take with them The Island, a story… Audio
Sing Street - John Carney
Irish writer-director John Carney sprang to fame in 2007 with the surprise hit movie Once, about two struggling musicians in Dublin. He hit again with the more star-studded Begin again. Now he's back… Audio
Jason Te Kare - Glimmer
Twenty years ago Jason Te Kare was a nervous new actor making his debut in Hone Kouka's play, Waiora - Te-u-ko-pai. Also in the cast was the hugely experienced Rawiri Paratene. Fast forward to now and… Audio
Masterpieces with Michael Hurst
Michael Hurst is directing King Lear at Circa Theatre (Wellington), starring Ray Henwood. Audio
A woman scorned
Medea is Greek tragedy's most difficult role; the scorned wife takes vengeance not just on her unfaithful husband and new wife but also her own children. Bronwyn Bradley plays Medea in Silo Theatre's… Audio
Ain't That A Bitch
On a rainy night outside an Auckland concert hall, Claire meets Tom - a somewhat tortured, professional cellist. Ain't That A Bitch is Anthea Hill's first play developed originally as part of a… Audio
Stella Duffy: in Ngaio Marsh's world
Stella Duffy is a New Zealand writer and theatre-maker based in London. She has just been awarded an OBE for her services to the arts and she is also writing a new Ngaio Marsh novel, based on four… Audio
Broadway play comes to Dunedin
Fortune Theatre's new Artistic Director Jonathan Hendry's debut production as director in Dunedin is Over the River and Through the Woods by Joe DiPietro.The play ran on Broadway for over 200… Audio
