Theatre

Elric Hooper is a recognisable face in Christchurch theatre both on and off stage. He spent his early years with Dame Ngaio Marsh, the influential woman for whom the theatre at The University of… Audio

David Lawrence is director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company he founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. His most recent production was Richard III, last… Audio

The War Play Writer and director of The War Play at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre. Audio

Kiwi Eleanor Bishop bases her new show on a notorious rape that was revealed to the victim via tweets. Eleanor is studying directing in America on a Fulbright Scholarship at the Carnegie Mellon… Audio

Thomas Monckton likes to make people laugh. With an untamed mop of wild, red hair he embodies characters of the slightly crazed, and eccentric. Notwithstanding his current, touring solo show in which… Audio

Francis Gallop is a designer and occasional writer and director based in Edinburgh - though right now, he's working with design students at Toi Whakaari NZ Drama school on a film-based project. He's a… Audio

Phil Braithwaite the great nephew of executed then pardoned First World War soldier Jack Braithwaite, turns his story into a stage play - The War Play at the Fortune Theatre. Audio

Director Roysten Abel serves up drama and food in The Kitchen - a story about cooking as a metaphor for life, playing at the Auckland Arts Festival. On stage a couple cook up steamy vats of payasam, a… Audio

Writers and performers from Chicago's Q Brothers theatre company preview the Auckland Festival season of Othello: The Remix. Audio

Jonathon reviews the first weekend's theatre action from the Auckland Festival, including Lemi Ponifasio's 'I AM'. Audio

Sophie Roberts returns to the Silo Theatre to direct 'The Book of Everything' for the Auckland Festival. Audio

We speak to a real-life rainmaker - the man responsible for the 12-thousand litres of water in the theatre show, Singin in the rain. He's worked on productions of Sister Act, Hairspray and Saturday… Audio

Before the 2008 election, a character called Richard Meros had a plan to help the incumbent Labour Government avoid certain defeat. And it was as bold as it was wordy. On the Conditions and… Audio

Little Dog Barking Theatre, directed by Peter Wilson, creates endearing tales for children using puppetry and clever props. Spectrum's Jack Perkins drops in on a rehearsal of 'Guji Guji' by acclaimed… Audio

Simon Mercep talks to theatre director, James Sutherland, who has set up his own theatre company in Japan. Audio

The US singer-songwriter Carole King has called a tribute musical about her early life "a wonderful gift" as the Tony-winning show made its West End debut in London. King took to the stage to thank… Audio

Melbourne-based composer talks about his recent and upcoming projects. Audio

Writer of Mooncake and the Kumara previews its Auckland Festival season. Audio

Actor and director Nancy Brunning bases her first play, Hikoi, on her own family story and sets it in the 1970s and 80s - the years of Bastion Point and Springbok Tour protests, predictions of the… Audio

Manager of Whitireia Polytechnic's Wellington Performing Arts Centre and prolific theatre director. Audio