Theatre

The Auckland Live International Cabaret Season is about to begin its third year featuring a suite of critically-acclaimed cabaret shows from across the globe and closer to home. The Basement theatre… Audio

A theatre group in South Auckland is using classic English literature to break down negative stereotypes surrounding Maori and Pasifika people. Video, Audio

Comedian and actor Jesse Griffin talks about The Front Lawn, a musical act that had a profound influence on him in the late 80's and early 90's. Video, Audio

Boys Will Be Boys Audio

He's one of New Zealand's most renowned actors of the stage and screen, and Michael Hurst's most recent work, is the 'Shakespearean-ish' solo show, No Holds Bard. Audio

The Art of Etiquette – Auditions Audio

Jerome Cvitanovich returns with this series about pakeha whose work is largely associated with the maori language, education and customs. This week he talks to veteran actor Jennifer Ward-Lealand who… Audio

Dunedin actor Simon O’Connor has the role of a lifetime in his hands - he is Krapp in Samuel Beckett’s favourite play Krapp’s Last Tape. In it a man at the end of his life rekindles his remembered… Audio

The Wellingon theatre troup Everyone Cool Lives Here includes members with and without intellectually disabilities. RNZ features producer Mike Gourley checks out their new production No Post on Sunday… Video, Audio, Gallery

Award-winning Melbourne playwright and screenwriter, London-based Melissa Bubnic's latest script is a socio-political commentary on sexism and power in the world of high finance, inspired by a… Audio

When your former student starts writing plays for you, Art and Life collide. Michele Hine, Artistic Manager of the Actors Programme, stars in Sham, a blistering black comedy about family dysfunction… Audio

In theatre women are still underrepresented in every aspect – on stage, behind the scenes, directing and in management and governance roles. The Hui on Women in Theatre in September brings together… Audio

Auckland theatre group Bits and Pieces Ensemble discuss topics often seen as taboo, from menstruation to women’s perspective of sex, their bodies and childbirth. Audio