Theatre
Theatre - John Symthe
John Symthe discusses Dog and Bone, a play that looks at colonial Wellington at war. 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
On This Day… 24 January 1916
Standing Room Only heads to a variety show from a hundred years ago that sounds like a must see. Audio
Defending the J.J.Mac
Can fantasy help us to understand things we'd rather not think about at all? That's the question behind new play Defending the J.J. Mac, which opens soon in Auckland. Director Leon Wadham says the… Audio
Shakespeare at Auckland's Pop-up Globe
Pop-up Globe is the world's first full-scale working replica of the second Globe theatre, and eight of Shakespeare's works will be performed in Auckland before it heads to another part of the world.
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Getting teenagers hooked on Shakespeare
400 years ago, the world's most famous playwright died. William Shakespeare's 37 plays are still performed regularly around the world. 2016 also marks the 25th anniversary of the Shakespeare Globe… Audio
$22m Blenheim theatre delayed as date with Kiri looms
The planned opening of a $22 million theatre in Blenheim next month has been put off until March because of building delays.
Buskers - David Ladderman and Lizzie Tollemache
Christchurch is about to be inundated with buskers as The World Buskers Festival begins. David Ladderman and Lizzie Tollemache from Rollicking Entertainment are performing throughout the festival in… 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
Shakespeare with David Lawrence: Twelfth Night
Director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. Their latest production is A Christmas Karel Capek at BATS (to 19… Audio
Tim Crouch: living Shakespeare
Award winning UK actor and playwright who is visiting Auckland in partnership with the British Council to present his solo show, I, Peaseblossom, the story of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream… Audio
Carl Bland: Te Po
Playwright and actor Carl Bland discusses his new play Te Po. Part of the World Premiere Season at the New Zealand Festival and Auckland Arts Festival 2016, the play uses the opposites love and death… Audio
Seacliff Mental Hospital: The Musical
In 1942, 37 women died in a fire at Seacliff Mental Hospital just north of Dunedin. Until the Ballantynes fire in Christchurch a few years later, it was New Zealand's worst fire disaster. Playwright… Audio
Theatre - Naomi van den Broek
Naomi van den Broek has been to see Mary Poppins at the Court Theatre. Audio
The Plight of Elephants
The Elephant Thief, which is set in the future, is written by Jacob Rajan, who for the first time won't be performing in an Indian Ink production. There are many including Krishnan's Dairy, Kiss the… Audio
Swords, sex and sibling rivalries, the 'James Plays' come to NZ
As a political thriller goes it's a classic plot: power plays, scandal, betrayals, and a star in the ascendant. Award-winning playwright, Rona Munro's historic 'James Plays', which are coming to the… Video, Audio, Gallery
Sam Mannering
Auckland's Silo Theatre is putting on a play about the classic cooking duo Hudson and Halls at the Herald Theatre at the moment. Part of the show's run includes a Hudson and Halls dinner experience on… Audio
Eli Kent: 'Peer Gynt Recycled'
Playwright Eli Kent's latest work 'Peer Gynt Recycled' premieres this weekend with the Auckland Theatre Company. He talks about his inspiration: Henrik Ibsen. Audio
Theatre - Craig Beardsworth
'All Our Sons' by Witi Ihimaera - currently being performed at Circa Theatre. Audio
