Plays & Stories

Comedians have generously helped to keep our spirits up during the last few weeks of enforced lockdown. But now it's crunch time - we're on the cusp of going into Pandemic Alert Level 2, but it's… Audio

Our comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio

Te Radar & Irene Pink discuss the lighter side of the Covid-19 shutdown like the Formula E teams turning to marble racing! Audio

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

Our comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther with the story of a pensioner who lived to tell the tale after he was thrown from fighter jet after accidentally grabbing ejector seat handle. Audio

Our comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court cast a comical eye over some of the wry stories of the week. Audio

Comedians Pinky Agnew and James Elliott look for humour over the past week, including the meandering goats which have taken over the Welsh town of Llandudno, during Covid-19 lockdown. Audio

Welcome to the weird and wonderful comedy of Melbourne's Atlanta Colley, public health nerd, science communicator, and keeper of bees. Her comedy is always crammed packed with fun facts and cool… Audio

Nick Heath, is a sports broadcaster who is passing his time commentating on everyday life. Audio

Most of us will be spending a fair bit of time with our whanau over the next four weeks. Courtney and Heta Dawson are daughter and father comedians from Auckland who know a thing or two about the… Audio

As sports events get cancelled, British rugby commentator Nick Heath is delivering some much-needed laughs with his #LifeCommentary videos. Video, 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

Comedian Stephanie Laing falls down... a lot. But she always gets herself back up again. And then sometimes falls down again. Stephanie's back in Wellington to perform her new show, Butterfingers, at… Audio

The country's first professional rugby league team, the Auckland Warriors, played their debut match 25 years ago this week. Warriors mega-fan Dai Henwood reflects on this highs and lows of a quarter… Audio

Our comedians Te Radar and Brynley Stent take a look at the lighter stories making the headlines this week. 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

Actor, playwright and painter Carl Bland wrote and co-directed Mr Red Light, a comic story about a bank robbery that goes wrong (so badly wrong in fact that the would-be robber ends up taking hostages… 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