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Stars that burned too bright
Singer, actor, musician: all those skills are required when Cameron Goodall performs his solo show The Sound of Falling Stars. The cabaret work was created with Australian theatre veteran Robin… Audio
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Anahera will make you question everything
21 Sep 2017Liz and Peter Hunter have it all. A great marriage, successful careers, a beautiful house and two wonderful children. Until their son Harry goes missing. But all is not what you think. Anahera written… Audio
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Memories of the Kings Head
20 Sep 2017The Kings Head Theatre Pub has been an institution for London's theatregoers for almost 50 years. It was set up in 1970 by Dan Crawford who ran it until his death in 2005. His wife - and long term… Audio
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4CAST - Series 1, Episode 1
19/09/17
Rhys Mathewson with guests Justine Smith, Melanie Bracewell and Guy Williams. Audio
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4Cast - Rhys Matthewson
There's a new comedy show and podcast launching on RNZ tonight. 4 cast involves comedian Rhys Matthewson and 3 guests who forecast what they think will be in the news next week. Audio
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Day at Night
Doris Day is the inspiration behind Ali Harper’s new show A Doris Day Special. Ali documents the “singing sweetheart” of America though a string of movie hits and top 10 songs, with music direction… Audio
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'Larry’s genius has always been story'
17 Sep 2017Comedian and writer Susie Essman plays the loud, ball-busting, expletive-driven Susie Greene on hit American comedy Curb your Enthusiasm, alongside comic genius Larry David. Audio
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Cultural comedy: It's Frickin Dangerous Bro
17 Sep 2017Frickin Dangerous Bro are comedians Jamaine Ross, James Roque and Pax Assadi and they're about to embark on their "world tour" of Tamaki Makaurau with their stand-up comedy act. Audio
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Kip Chapman - This bloody schedule
16 Sep 2017Kip Chapman is an actor, playwright and director who is having a very busy 2017. He directs That Bloody Woman, a rock opera about Kate Sheppard, and is also the co-creator, writer and director of… Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood
15 Sep 2017Comedians Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood guide us towards the weekend with a few laughs including the British couple who became a laughing stock after trying to crowdfund for their dream Italian… Audio
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The Wild Seed Thief: no rules, no expectations
13 Sep 2017Kathryn Ryan talks to Kate Parker about her environmental fable, The Wild Seed Thief, one of three new theatre pieces that will form part of The Navigators theatre project that aims to challenge… Audio
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Genevieve Blanchett: on theatre, architecture, Cate and coffee
Leos Janácek's opera Katya Kabanova is the story of a woman caught in a loveless marriage, who falls in love with another man, but ultimately doesn't find happiness. The opera debuted almost 100 years… Audio, Gallery
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Applied Theatre for victims of trauma
8 Sep 2017One of the many guests at the Going West Books and Writers Festival is Professor of Education, Peter O'Connor, who works with trauma victims, prisoners and troubled school children to address their… Audio
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Slice of Kiwi History revisited
7 Sep 2017A classic Kiwi book has been modernised thanks to playwright and actor Arthur Meek. Erewhon Revisited revamps the famous Samuel Butler satire about life on a back country sheep station. Meek tells the… Audio
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Alice Canton asks "What is being Chinese?"
Members of Auckland's New Zealand Chinese community are being invited up onto Q Theatre's stage to tell their personal stories. They range from high school students to grandparents... performers… Audio
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The murder that stunned Hamilton
25 years ago the murder of visiting English tourist Margery Hopegood in Hamilton, stunned the city and the country. She'd only been back in the country of her birth for just four days. The murder was… Audio, Gallery
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Go Ahead Caller - Ser 7, Ep 4 by Paul Casserly
1 Sep 2017Keeping it real, and John Campbell's worst nightmare.
Written by Paul Casserly
Voices - Darlene Mohekey, Cohen Holloway, Toi Iti, Rangi Powick, Paul Casserly
Engineer - Rangi Powick Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Alice Brine
1 Sep 2017A lighter look at the week including the Christchurch cycleway contractors who were banned from riding bikes during work hours, and the 78 year old's pink hat which was too much for Masterton District… Audio
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Nuhaka Dreaming 6: in the 1950s the Pictures lit up the screen, and our imaginations too
30 Aug 2017John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
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What shapes an Anders Breivik?
27 Aug 2017Theatre writer and director Anders Falstie-Jensen believes he knows a thing or two about the dangers of hateful rhetoric. He's directing another season of the acclaimed play Manifesto 2083, about… Audio
