Stuart Devenie
Getting young people stuck on Shakespeare
Getting young people excited about Shakespeare is one of the main goals of the Auckland Shakespeare Company, who opened their production of The Merry Wives of Windsor on Saturday. Audio
Stuart Devenie: Rupert The Musical
Star of Auckland Theatre Company's Rupert: The Musical. Audio
Sonnet No 149: Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not...
Read by Stuart Devenie. Audio
Sonnet No 135: Whoever hath thy wish, thou hast thy Will...
Read by Stuart Devenie Music details: Dowland: Can She Excuse (Glossa GCD 920 109) Audio
Sonnet No 121: 'Tis better to be vile, than vile esteemed
Read by Stuart Devenie Music details: Dowland: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Naxos 8.557862) Audio
Sonnet No 100: Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long…
Read by Stuart Devenie Music details: John Dowland: Galliard (P30) (Naxos 8.557862). Audio
Sonnet No 84: Who is it that says most? which can say more...
Read Stuart Devenie. Music details: Dowland: Mrs White's Thing (Naxos 8.557586) Audio
Sonnet No 66: Tir'd with all these, for restful death I cry
Read by Stuart Devenie. Music details: Dowland: Lachrimae Pavan (Naxos 8.557862) Audio
Stuart Devenie and Phil Ormsby: Wild Bees
Wild Bees Director and writer of Wild Bees which premiere's at Auckland's Basement Theatre tomorrow. Audio
Sonnet No 20: A woman's face with nature's own hand
This poem has been the subject of much debate as to the nature of the love the poet expresses for the "Fair Youth", the figure to whom the first 126 sonnets are dedicated. Read by Stuart Devenie. Audio
Sonnet No 3: Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest
Read by Stuart Devenie. Audio
You Call This Art? - Part 4
Three leading artists: the poet Ian Wedde, actor Stuart Devenie, singer-songwriter Sean James Donnelly (SJD), discuss why they create their work with Paul Bushnell, performing for the audience along… Audio
Four Flat Whites in Italy by Roger Hall - Part 2
Alison and Adrian, Labour party supporters and ex-librarians, are sharing their overseas trip of a lifetime with wealthy National-supporting couple Harry and Judy. The couples have taken an eventful… Audio
Four Flat Whites in Italy by Roger Hall - Part 1
Retired couple Alison and Adrian, both Labour party ex-librarians, end up sharing their overseas trip of a lifetime with wealthy National-supporting couple Harry and Judy. Comical calamities befall… Audio
The Travelling Restaurant - Part 13
Trump is forced to marry Lady Gall but as she is about to anoint herself in the lake after crowning herself, Sibilla puts the two pieces of her mother's wire puzzle on her and Jasper's heads and calls… Audio
The Travelling Restaurant - Part 12
The Travelling Hound pursues Polly and Rocket and Jasper hears Lady Gall talk to another dragon-eagle. The bird says she is not the true monarch and caused the Great Accident. But Lady Gall shows it… Audio
The Travelling Restaurant - Part 11
Crispin Kent helps the children leave the newspaper office but their boat is being searched so they board Captain Darkblood's ex pirate ship and set sail. But an officer on the Excellent Hound insists… Audio
The Travelling Restaurant - Part 10
The children are safe back on the Travelling Restaurant and the dragon-eagle makes a mist to let them pass the Terrier. They find that Trump is to marry Lady Gall and the wedding and coronation are… Audio
The Travelling Restaurant - Part 9
Jasper and Beatrix find Sibilla but they're caught and taken to Captain Brickle. But Trump is not dead and acts as a decoy. He is captured but the children escape, pretending to be monkeys. Audio
The Travelling Restaurant - Part 8
Jasper uses his own magic to see that Sibilla is on The Terrier. The Travelling Restaurant is chased by Lady Gall's arrow ships and drawn to a whirlpool. The dragon eagle helps them to safety via an… Audio