Plays & Stories

Frankenstein fans are in for a double treat next month. New Zealand gets its premiere of a London National Theatre production of the horror story, and a film starring James MacAvoy is coming out… Audio

A Samoan-Welsh comedian plans to tease the New Zealand Government. Audio

With comedians Radar and Elizabeth Easther. Audio

From fashion to costume design; filmmaking, art installation, music videos, and more. The Design for Stage and Screen course at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is now in its tenth year and producing an… Audio, Gallery

South Island theatre director of a new production of Once on Chunuk Bair by Maurice Shadbolt, which is being staged at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch, to coincide with the 100-year anniversary… Audio

With comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is the author of Seinfeldia: The Secret World of the Show About Nothing That Changed Everything, which will be published next year by Simon & Schuster. Audio

New Long Cloud Youth Theatre Artistic Director Brett Adam was previously the Head of Directing at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, and prior moving to Aotearoa he was a Director for Melbourne Theatre… Audio

With comedians Radar and Gemma Gracewood. Audio

Few New Zealand novelists tackle contemporary political satire, but once again Auckland writer Charlotte Grimshaw takes it on. Charlotte's latest novel Starlight Peninsula, introduces us to Eloise… Audio

Having gathered a stack of awards for her poetry and a book of hers translated into French, German and Spanish, Helen Vivienne Fletcher has now set her sights on writing for the stage. Her poetry has… Audio

Actor, and director of Mt Zion Tearepa Kahi, is about to stage William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in te reo, to mark Matariki. He joins Wallace to talk about the challenges of translating the… Audio

Director of Basement Theatre's The Mourning After produced by Prayas Theatre Company. Audio

Auckland writer Dione Joseph is on a mission. She wants to know what we mean when we talk about dramaturgy in New Zealand and she's been interviewing actors, directors, dancer and that rare beast -… Audio

The man who's leading the charge to rebuild Christchurch's historic arts centre, André Lovatt has ambitious plans beyond restoring the bricks and mortar. He's spearheading the 290 million dollar… Audio

There's a heated debate over the Silo Theatre production of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography's decision to change the ending of Australian writer Declan Greene's play so the actors only strip… Audio

In this week's episode: Eva speaks to actor Stuart Devenie about portraying Rupert Murdoch in the Auckland Theatre Company's production of 'Rupert: The Musical', before catching up with piano… Audio

Comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther look back at the Week That Was. Audio

Wallace speaks with playwright Ahi Karunaharan about his play The Mourning After - a moving tale about love, loss and life reclaimed in Sri Lanka after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. Audio

With comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio