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Robin Ince: 'Part of my job is to say, look, I’m an idiot'
Comedian Robin Ince talks about turning science into jokes. Audio
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4Cast - episode one
4cast is a news quiz with a twist… it’s about the news hasn't happened yet.
Host Michele A' Court and three guest comedians predict the news and events of the upcoming week. Audio
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Blonde, Mia Blonde
9 Dec 2016Mia Blonde in Ice Dagger is a rollicking Bond-inspired comedy-dance show about a British agent, 0064 Mia Blonde, who is out to save the world from nuclear disaster. Lara Liew plays arch enemy… Audio
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Theatre Critic: Dione Joseph
8 Dec 2016Dione is a writer, director and dramaturge. She has an academic and practical background in live performance and her work has an emphasis on culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Audio
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Christmas in Levin
8 Dec 2016The annual Christmas show at the Basement Theatre is here once again, and this year it’s about an amateur dramatic society putting together their festive show, set in Levin. The cast are waiting for a… Audio
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Bookmarks: Roger Hall
7 Dec 2016Today's Bookmarks guest is an English born naturalised New Zealander who trained as a teacher before becoming one of our best known comedy playwrights. His break-through work depicted life in the… Audio
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These are a few of my favourite sings
Sisters Georgia and Francesca Emms have their own production company Wanderlust Productions, dedicated to making live performances of cabaret, musical theatre and opera accessible. Their new show T… Audio
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Saving The Meteor
4 Dec 2016A $368,000 government grant has guaranteed the future of Hamilton's Meteor Theatre. The One Victoria Trust through its 'Save The Meteor' fundraising campaign had already raised a million dollars… Audio, Gallery
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The week that was with Te Radar and Alice Brine
2 Dec 2016Te Radar and Alice Brine reflect on what happens when an army truck armed with explosives crashes into a carload of Mongrel Mob members.. and the public outcry after Lower Hutt council replaces coffee… Audio
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Go Ahead Caller - Ser 3, Ep 3 by Paul Casserly
2 Dec 2016Ken Oath on the real problem with P and how it affects real people. Winston accidentally calls the emergency number but manages to turn his mistake into a soapbox.
Features Cohen Holloway and Paul… Audio
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Theatre Critic: John Smythe
1 Dec 2016John is the Managing Editor and senior theatre critic with theatreview, The New Zealand Performing Arts Review & Directory operated as a trust to review professional performing arts throughout New… Audio
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The next stage for female Maori playwright
30 Nov 2016Award winning female Maori playwright Maraea Rakuraku’s play Tan-Knee was one of three selected as part of Auckland Theatre Company’s development programme Next Stage Festival. The broadcaster, poet… Audio
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BATS glory days
29 Nov 2016Kathryn Ryan speaks to Ken Duncum, part of a play-writing partnership with writer/actor Rebecca Rodden that sealed the reputation of Wellington's BATS theatre, as a destination for thought-provoking… Audio
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Trevor Noah: 'The only person I looked like was Jonah Lomu'
28 Nov 2016Trevor Noah – host of The Daily Show – is the child of a black mother and white father who grew up during Apartheid in South Africa when his mere existence as a mixed-race child was evidence of a… Audio
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The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court
25 Nov 2016The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio
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Theatre Critic - John Smythe
24 Nov 2016Our Theatre review today, takes us back to 1986: That was the year the Mikhail Lermontov sunk in the Marlborough Sounds, Parliament passed the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, GST was introduced, Pope John… Audio
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Scarlet and Gold
The story of the 1912 Waihi Gold Miners' Strike is told through a new play by Lorae Parry which interweaves music and dance. Scarlet and Gold follows the paths of three different women who clash… Audio
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Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum…
23 Nov 2016With only a month to go until Christmas, it’s only natural to celebrate with the time honoured theatre tradition of a pantomime. This year Circa Theatre welcomes back Roger Hall’s Jack and the… Audio
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The Beautiful Ones
Dance, music, projected imagery and late night talk combine to tell the story of young love with a Pacific flavor in The Beautiful Ones. Auckland musician Tama Waipara is part of the team behind the… Video, Audio
