Theatre

A fearless 14-year-old girl who lives in a bleak part of a place called Dog Island is the hero of a new production called Dakota of the White Flats from Red Leap Theatre company. Audio

Two expat British theatre makers are working with a Kiwi cast on a play that touches on some of the issues of the moment - isolation, exclusion - and the power of kindness.  Audio

There's nothing quite like a Christmas pantomime - England's major contribution to the holiday season. But we seem to like it in New Zealand too, especially at Wellington's Circa Theatre. There's… Audio

Born from a chance encounter in a Laotian opium den in 1973, Alan Brunton and Sally Rodwell's avant-garde troupe Red Mole exemplified political, provocative, creative and chaotic theatre. Their… Video, Audio

Foley - creating sound effects for stage and screen - is one of the skills under threat from the digital age, where you can find most sounds you want with a quick search online.  Audio

Melody Thomas speaks to Intimacy Co-ordinator, Robbie Taylor Hunt. He's the person on a film set who makes sure that the intimate scenes are done well and keep everyone feeling safe. Like a stunt… Audio

A seven-year-old begins a list when their mum hurts herself as she battles depression. It's a list on Post-it notes. A list of every brilliant thing in the world. Years pass, decades disappear, and… Audio

Margery Hopegood was on the fourth day of her holiday in New Zealand, the country of her birth, when she was murdered in  January 10, 1992. Nicola Pauling talks to Jesse about her connection to… Audio

Sir Roger Hall is adapting one of his scripts to suit the Central Hawkes Bay town of Waipawa.  Audio

Like other theatres around the country, Auckland Theatre Company has had its plans to put its actors back on stage disrupted after the long Alert Level One stretch came to a sudden end. Audio, Gallery

Wellington's self-described skiffle pop band Hogsnort Rupert were pleasantly surprised when they went gold with their wholesome 1970 hit 'Pretty Girl'. By the end of the year, the  tune was the… Audio

Covid-19 restrictions meant the West Auckland based Maori theatre company, Te Pou , had to get creative in reaching vulnerable people. Audio, Gallery

Author Neil Gaiman has been coming to NZ for appearances for years now, but he never envisaged he'd be locked down here for the better part of a month along with his wife, musician Amanda Palmer and… Audio

He's been described as the King of Love Songs - composer Burt Bacharach whose songs dominated the charts from the 50s to the 80s, but perhaps most powerfully in the Sixties. Audio

Auckland's Hobson Street Theatre Company, whose actors have all experienced homelessness, is representing New Zealand at an international Arts Festival held every three years in Rotterdam. The… Audio

Taking the conventional wedding rom com and giving it a First Nations twist, Australia's ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and New Zealand's Te Rehia Theatre Company bring cultures together in Black Ties. Audio

Rest home life is at the centre of a performance at the NZ Fringe Festival. It's also performed by the residents of those rest homes. Two of the cast from, 'Dance Me to the End of Time', speak to… Audio

'Cold Blood' is the latest delightfully absurd offering from partners in art and life choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey and filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. Featuring tiny props, cinema projection, and a… Video, Audio

Having been enticed by a love of Spanish art and flamenco guitar, New Zealand artist and poet Charles Olsen arrived in Spain in 2003 with the intention of staying for a month. Seventeen years later… Audio

Two hard hitting topics in the Pacific, climate change and the 2006 riots in Tonga, are the subjects of two theatre shows in Auckland's Fringe Town festival. Audio