Plays & Stories

Elric Hooper is a recognisable face in Christchurch theatre both on and off stage. He spent his early years with Dame Ngaio Marsh, the influential woman for whom the theatre at The University of… Audio

Irish comedian Ed Byrne is back in the country as part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival 2015 with his new show Roaring Forties. Audio

David Lawrence is director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company he founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. His most recent production was Richard III, last… Audio

With comedians Radar and Elisabeth Easther. Audio

Irish American comedian Des Bishop on his bid to conquer China. He lived in China for a year, where he learned Mandarin, so that he could perform stand up comedy in the world's most populous country… Audio

The War Play Writer and director of The War Play at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre. Audio

Kiwi Eleanor Bishop bases her new show on a notorious rape that was revealed to the victim via tweets. Eleanor is studying directing in America on a Fulbright Scholarship at the Carnegie Mellon… Audio

Thomas Monckton likes to make people laugh. With an untamed mop of wild, red hair he embodies characters of the slightly crazed, and eccentric. Notwithstanding his current, touring solo show in which… Audio

Francis Gallop is a designer and occasional writer and director based in Edinburgh - though right now, he's working with design students at Toi Whakaari NZ Drama school on a film-based project. He's a… Audio

Phil Braithwaite the great nephew of executed then pardoned First World War soldier Jack Braithwaite, turns his story into a stage play - The War Play at the Fortune Theatre. Audio

Director Roysten Abel serves up drama and food in The Kitchen - a story about cooking as a metaphor for life, playing at the Auckland Arts Festival. On stage a couple cook up steamy vats of payasam, a… Audio

With comedians James Nokise and Irene Pink. Audio

Writers and performers from Chicago's Q Brothers theatre company preview the Auckland Festival season of Othello: The Remix. Audio

"Ancient and new" Chinese stand-up comedy is featured at a Gala Festival in Lower Hutt celebrating Chinese New Year. A popular visiting comedian from Hunan, China meets Lynda Chanwai-Earle so she can… Audio

Jonathon reviews the first weekend's theatre action from the Auckland Festival, including Lemi Ponifasio's 'I AM'. Audio

Sophie Roberts returns to the Silo Theatre to direct 'The Book of Everything' for the Auckland Festival. Audio

omedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew poke fun at the week that was. Audio

We speak to a real-life rainmaker - the man responsible for the 12-thousand litres of water in the theatre show, Singin in the rain. He's worked on productions of Sister Act, Hairspray and Saturday… Audio

Australian Cabaret performer featuring at the New Zealand Fringe Festival. Audio