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The week that was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
19 Aug 2016Comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink with their take on what the Olympic swimmers robbery story was really all about. Audio
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Theatre Critic, Terry MacTavish
18 Aug 2016Reviewing 'Grounded' By George Brant, directed by Jonathon Hendry and on at the Fortune Theatre, Dunedin. Audio
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Stuart Firestein: ignorance, failure, and how we smell
Kim Hill talks to neuroscientist Dr Stuart Firestein, Chair of Columbia University's Department of Biological Sciences, whose lab studies the vertebrate olfactory system, seeking answers to the… Audio
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The week that was
12 Aug 2016The stories that made us laugh this week with Pinky Agnew and James Elliott, including when is a turkey not a turkey? Audio
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Theatre Critic: Sally Woodfield
11 Aug 2016Sally casts a critical eye over the 69th annual Edinburgh Festival in which 10 New Zealand theatre groups or individuals are taking part. Audio
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John Waters - Through a Glass Onion
Australian actor and director, John Waters, talks to Wallace about his upcoming stage-show, Through a Glass Onion, a play set in the last moments of John Lennon's life. Audio
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A creative exchange
5 Aug 2016Auckland director James Beaumont on his new theatre initiative black doris which is holding a fundraiser tonight at the Pah Homestead for the opening season of its Tennessee Williams exploration… Audio
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Songs for the Fallen
5 Aug 2016Australian cabaret singer Sheridan Harbridge brings a part of Paris to New Zealand with her show Songs for the Fallen which has been performed in festivals around the world. The show is inspired by… Audio
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Theatre Critic: Maryanne Cathro
4 Aug 2016Maryanne reviews Ali Harper's "Legendary Divas" currently playing at Wellington's Circa theatre. Audio
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Q & A with Q Theatre
CEO of Q Theatre in Auckland, James Wilson, gives an insight into life behind the curtain running a theatre, and it’s not all razzle dazzle; and the Matchbox development programme fostering New… Audio
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Avant garde percussion
Norway based percussion soloist Jennifer Torrence works at the edge where theatre and music combine. She uses her body like an actor, sometimes armed with drumsticks. Jennifer is in Wellington to… Video, Audio
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Commedia dell'Arte comes to Aotearoa
If you were to come up with half a dozen Kiwi stereotypes, what would they be? A group of Auckland actors have spent the past couple of years thinking about this and creating masks to represent them… Audio, Gallery
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The Week that Was with Michele A'Court and Alice Brine
Michelle A'Court and Alice Brine on the things that made us laugh this week.
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Theatre Critic
Dione Joseph reviews the Auckland Theatre Company's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Audio
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The Art of Etiquette – burlesque
In this week’s episode, Upbeat producer Zoë George goes vintage, getting inspiration from the 40s, 50s and 60s, exploring the art form of Burlesque. Bailey McCormack aka performer Fanciforia Foxglove… Audio
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The Afterlife
Auckland's Blackbird Ensemble is forging a reputation for creating a unique combination of musical and theatrical magic on stage. Composer Claire Cowan and percussionist Chris O'Connor talk about the… Audio
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Mind over Manner
Sue Haldane is the founder of a charity that uses the power of theater to help people get inside the minds of people with autistic spectrum and attention deficit disorders. Her latest workshop is… Audio
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Theatre Critic - John Smythe
John Smythe discusses youth theatre - the annual Young and Hungry festival in Wellington, and The Next Big Thing in Auckland. Audio
