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The Week That Was with Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther
17 Mar 2017Comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther weigh in on the world's most expensive taco, a special washing machine for curry stains and the weirdest phobias ever. Audio
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Modern Day Anzac Story
15 Mar 2017Traveling to Anzac Cove for commemorations is almost a pilgrimage for many New Zealanders. It’s a chance to acknowledge those who stood there before us. Playwright Dave Armstrong’s new piece Anzac Eve… Audio
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In your ear
14 Mar 2017Going to the theatre and putting on headphones could seem strange, but that is what performer Richard Katz gets his audience to do for The Encounter, a one-man show which takes you deep into the… Audio
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Can a play heal family violence?
12 Mar 2017It's not often a play carries an R16 classification - but that's the case for a new show based on the experiences of people from violent relationships. Stories to Heal Violence is a verbatim… Audio
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Naked Girls Reading
9 Mar 2017It’s a confronting headline right? But that is exactly what happens in Wellington every couple of months. A group of naked women sit and read important pieces of literature from feminist prose to… Audio
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Escaped Alone
8 Mar 2017A new work by prolific female playwright Caryl Churchill is an exciting prospect for any actress. Ginette McDonald and Carmel McGlone are on fire about Escaped Alone Churchill’s play from 2016 which… Audio
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Power Ballad
The US elections have inspired a new piece of theatre for the Basement Theatre as part of Auckland Fringe Festival. Power Ballad takes a swipe at politicians who don’t know the meaning of “feminist”… Audio
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Sorcha Cusack - part of a theatrical dynasty
5 Mar 2017Great Britain has many famous acting dynasties - the Redgraves, the Foxes, the Wests and the Cusacks. Actors Cyril and Maureen Cusack had three daughters - Sinéad, Sorcha and Niamh all of them… Audio
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Pete Holmes - Crashing comedy
5 Mar 2017Comedian Pete Holmes talks to Wallace about his new HBO show, Crashing, which is co-written by Judd Apatow. Audio
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The Week that Was with Te Radar and Alice Brine
3 Mar 2017Te Radar and Alice Brine with the stories that made us chuckle this week - including the 99 year old woman who's ticked off another bucket list item; getting arrested - and the speedboat mishap caught… Audio
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Theatre Critic - Nik Smythe
2 Mar 2017Nik Smythe reviews the open Play in the 2017 season at Auckland's Pop Up globe theatre. This year it is situated in a garden setting at Auckland's Ellerslie Race course. Audio
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Bookmarks - Ginette McDonald
Wellington actor Ginette McDonald stumbled in to her profession at the age of 15 after meeting playwright Bruce Mason who was keen to promote more Kiwi localism on stage. She invented her alter ego… Audio
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The idiot brain's reptilian origins
28 Feb 2017Do you ever suspect your brain is sabotaging your life? Neuroscientist (and sometimes stand-up comedian) Dean Burnett talks to Kathryn Ryan about the funny ways our brains work. Audio
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Kapahaka - the pinnacle of Māori performing arts
26 Feb 2017Te Ahi Kaa celebrates Te Matatini 2017 with an insight into kapahaka. Audio
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The unlikely pairing
Described as provocative, passionate and political, story teller Sameena Zehra and Irish musician Mike McKeon seem like an unlikely pair. But the married couple is in NZ to bring their unique flavour… Audio
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Theatre Critic Alistair Browning
23 Feb 2017Alistair reviews the Carl Bland play "Spirit House - A Ghost Story" now on at Auckland's Herald Threatre until March 5th. Audio
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Classic play modernised for the FB generation
23 Feb 2017Playwright Eli Kent uses his own self- obsessed generation to update Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt for the Auckland Theatre Company. Peer Gynt [recycled] takes the apparatus of contemporary life –… Audio
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Chasing the dream
22 Feb 2017Australian Cabaret performer Tomas Ford brings his musical spy thriller The Chase! to New Zealand. The story follows the crooner turned assassin on an epic globe-trotting journey, with original songs… Audio
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Flying solo
21 Feb 2017Miss Jean Batten is a solo show about New Zealand’s legendary Aviatrix. It’s produced by Flaxworks Theatre Company, written by Phil Ormsby and performed by Alex Ellis. Jean Batten’s 1936 flight from… Audio
