Actors

To a legion of fans around the world he's Fili, expert sword-fighting dwarf from the Hobbit trilogy - but that's just one of the roles Kiwi actor Dean O'Gorman has stepped into over the years.  Audio

Circa Theatre in Wellington turns 45 this year - we're joined in the studio by Writer and Actor Gavin Rutherford, Director Susan Wilson and Circa co-founder Carolyn Henwood to look back - and to look… Audio

Research shows that people tend to rate a smiling person as more honest and likeable, and someone they want to cooperate with. But if smiles are so easy to fake, which we know they are, why should we… Audio

Like many in the entertainment industry, Auckland actor Julie Collis, has been forced to return from pursuing her career as a "mature" actor in Hollywood. Audio

Some of the country's high profile actors are now out of a job.

The arts, theatre and television industry has been especially hard-hit by the sudden economic downturn linked to Covid-19.

Actor and… Audio

Actor, playwright and painter Carl Bland wrote and co-directed Mr Red Light, a comic story about a bank robbery that goes wrong (so badly wrong in fact that the would-be robber ends up taking hostages… Audio

Jennifer Ward-Lealand is an actor, director and te reo Māori advocate. She talks to Kim Hill about the great gift of being given the Māori name 'Te Atamira' (which means 'the stage'). Audio

Kimberly Crossman is known for her many acting roles. Many of us first met her as Sophie McKay, a role she played on Shortland Street for over 300 episodes. Audio

Brokenwood Mysteries, Go Girls, Oliver - star of stage and screen, Bronwyn Turei, is our expert today and she talks about what it takes to become an actor. Audio

This week Owen Lindsay's calling home from Dublin, but his usual residence is in the Austrian capital of Vienna. He's the co-founder and director of Restless Ecstasy Theatre Company. Audio

The Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship has been announced, awarding two writers a four-month residency each in the Sargeson Centre in Auckland. They are: Auckland playwright and actor Carl Bland, who will… Audio

Kim Hill talks to Terence Davies, acclaimed screenwriter and film director, who is a guest at the 2016 New Zealand International Film Festival, presenting screenings of his two latest films, Sunset… Audio