Plays & Stories

Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, discussing Shakespeare's last history play, Henry V. Audio

With comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

An improv theatre that produces talents like Tina Fey, Bill Murray, James Belushi, Steve Carell and Amy Poehler must be doing something right. For 50 years, The Second City in Chicago has turned out… Audio

With comedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew. Audio

Robert Scott is Musical Supervisor for the New Zealand season of 'Singin' in the Rain'. He tells Eva about the stage adaptation. Audio

Meg Wolitzer, a leading USA novelist, talks about her extensive career with Kate De Goldi, focusing on a recent highly-awarded novel The Interestings. Audio

Cellist and composer Claire Cowan is this year's composer in residence with Orchestra Wellington and she's also the creative director for a new show called Dreams that is about to premiere at… Audio

Three rarely-performed Beckett plays include a revival of a production performed 30 years ago - same actor, same cast and even the same recording of Krapp's Last Tape. Ed Newborn and Paul Gittens talk… Audio

Expat Kenneth Rae started teaching acting at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama around 30 years ago and his classes over the years have been studded with stars of the future like Daniel… Audio

With Te Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

He's sexist, racist and anti-semitic - according to some critics of Trevor Noah, the new host of America's long-running TV programme The Daily Show. Audio

Playwright previews the Bullet Heart Club season of Daffodils. Audio

April Fool's day is traditionally the day newspapers have a little bit of a laugh at their readers expense. Audio

Comedian Ray Badran told a joke that involved a reference to rape. A woman in the audience silently protested; he put her down, telling her to die. Audio

Two of the big winners of this year's Adam Play Awards. Audio

With James Elliott and Michele A'Court. Audio

Star and director of Breath: a Samuel Beckett triple bill at Auckland's Q Theatre. Audio

Children are much harsher critics than adults, that's what actor Nepia Takuira-Mita says with a slight chuckle. 'They will tell you how it really is, they will say, what was that? he adds. That's the… Audio

Maria Walker directed the children's play Ngunguru I te ao, I te po, it's a play that is 95 percent in te reo maori and uses props, music and the odd English word to talk about the theme of the story… Audio