Acting
When dating gets theatrical
There's speed dating, online dating, and now Onstage Dating.
Award-winning Australian performer Bron Batten is a Tinderella, a serial dater... and she does it all in front of an audience.
Bron's… Audio
Mumbling thespians is the latest trend in block buster movies
Mumbling thespians are the latest trend in block buster movies, local talented actor Joel Tobeck joins the conversation about how a lack of enunciation is the way to act. Audio
Raggedy Anne and Mr. Piths
Actor and writer Ella Hope-Higginson is a shining example of what it takes to make a living on stage and screen.
The Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School graduate is in the recent film The Rehearsal… Audio
Goodbye Pork Pie revived
Remaking the 1981 comedy classic Goodbye Pork Pie - inspired or unnecessary? A yellow mini is once again being chased the length of the country by police. Lynn Freeman talks to actors Tom Hern and… Video, Audio
Ventriloquist Nina Conti - In Your Face
The World Buskers Festival is underway in Christchurch and one of the headling acts is UK ventriloquist Nina Conti. She's performed around the world, appeared on Live At The Apollo, and her and her… Video, Audio
Actor Robert Vaughn dies
The man best known from 1960s spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E has died aged 83.
The Expats: Sarah Davison in Barcelona
Sarah Davison was born in Christchurch, and some may remember her for acting roles in Country GP and theatre shows in the 1980's She left New Zealand at 23, first moving to London and has lived in… Audio, Gallery
Masterpieces with Michael Hurst
Michael Hurst is directing King Lear at Circa Theatre (Wellington), starring Ray Henwood. Audio
Diana Devlin: around The Globe
London's Globe Theatre, a replica of one of Shakespeare's early venues, has had a record year making a healthy surplus of over half a million New Zealand dollars. Not bad for a venture that had to get… Audio
The Expats - Meryl Emmerton
Meryl Emmerton headed off to New York 21 years ago and after 12 years in the big apple headed for the West Coast to the bright lights of LA. Audio
Paul Waggott
Chances are that if you've seen a play in Wellington in the last few years Paul Waggott was in it, often as a member of his collective My Accomplice. He's performing in a physically demanding, one man… Audio
Director gives Jekyll and Hyde a new twist
Director Leo Gene Peters has taken a novella written in 1886 and given it a new lease of life. Audio
Puzzy: identity muddling
During Pride Festival a new play will put the lives of Pacific Island lesbians front and centre. Puzzy is the debut work by writer Kiki with guidance by old hand Victor Rodger of plays Black Faggot… Audio, Gallery
HART: stories from the Stolen Generation
'Brave and quietly devastating' is the way one reviewer described acclaimed Australian play HART which will be performed at The Basement Theatre in Auckland and BATS theatre in Wellington as part of… Audio
Films with Dan Slevin
Widescreen's Dan Slevin reviews Eddie Redmaynes' new film The Danish Girl, and journo drama Spotlight. Audio
Building the butterfly (stroke)
A fascination with the lives and achievements of early Australian women swimmers comes through in a solo play by Australian writer and actor Alice Mary Cooper. In her show Waves, which she's bringing… Audio
Defending the J.J.Mac
Can fantasy help us to understand things we'd rather not think about at all? That's the question behind new play Defending the J.J. Mac, which opens soon in Auckland. Director Leon Wadham says the… Audio
