Theatre
Stuart Firestein: ignorance, failure, and how we smell
Kim Hill talks to neuroscientist Dr Stuart Firestein, Chair of Columbia University's Department of Biological Sciences, whose lab studies the vertebrate olfactory system, seeking answers to the… Audio
Theatre Critic: Sally Woodfield
Sally casts a critical eye over the 69th annual Edinburgh Festival in which 10 New Zealand theatre groups or individuals are taking part. Audio
John Waters - Through a Glass Onion
Australian actor and director, John Waters, talks to Wallace about his upcoming stage-show, Through a Glass Onion, a play set in the last moments of John Lennon's life. Audio
A creative exchange
Auckland director James Beaumont on his new theatre initiative black doris which is holding a fundraiser tonight at the Pah Homestead for the opening season of its Tennessee Williams exploration… Audio
Songs for the Fallen
Australian cabaret singer Sheridan Harbridge brings a part of Paris to New Zealand with her show Songs for the Fallen which has been performed in festivals around the world. The show is inspired by… Audio
Theatre Critic: Maryanne Cathro
Maryanne reviews Ali Harper's "Legendary Divas" currently playing at Wellington's Circa theatre. Audio
Q & A with Q Theatre
CEO of Q Theatre in Auckland, James Wilson, gives an insight into life behind the curtain running a theatre, and it’s not all razzle dazzle; and the Matchbox development programme fostering New… Audio
Avant garde percussion
Norway based percussion soloist Jennifer Torrence works at the edge where theatre and music combine. She uses her body like an actor, sometimes armed with drumsticks. Jennifer is in Wellington to… Video, Audio
Commedia dell'Arte comes to Aotearoa
If you were to come up with half a dozen Kiwi stereotypes, what would they be? A group of Auckland actors have spent the past couple of years thinking about this and creating masks to represent them… Audio, Gallery
Theatre Critic
Dione Joseph reviews the Auckland Theatre Company's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Audio
The Art of Etiquette – burlesque
In this week’s episode, Upbeat producer Zoë George goes vintage, getting inspiration from the 40s, 50s and 60s, exploring the art form of Burlesque. Bailey McCormack aka performer Fanciforia Foxglove… Audio
The Afterlife
Auckland's Blackbird Ensemble is forging a reputation for creating a unique combination of musical and theatrical magic on stage. Composer Claire Cowan and percussionist Chris O'Connor talk about the… Audio
Mind over Manner
Sue Haldane is the founder of a charity that uses the power of theater to help people get inside the minds of people with autistic spectrum and attention deficit disorders. Her latest workshop is… Audio
Theatre Critic - John Smythe
John Smythe discusses youth theatre - the annual Young and Hungry festival in Wellington, and The Next Big Thing in Auckland. Audio
Billy's Bootcamp
Bootcamp has begun for the six young boys cast in the lead roles of Auckland Theatre Company's production of Billy Elliot the Musical. Aged 10-14, they've come together for an intensive, two-week… Audio
The Little New Zealand Mermaid
The story of the Little Mermaid is being retold in a new way at the Court Theatre these school holidays. Playwright Allison Horsley has intertwined the Maori myth Pania of the Reef with Hans Christian… Audio
Theatre Critic: Dione Joseph
Badjelly The Witch - at The Pumphouse, Takapuna, until 23rd July. Purapurawhetu - at The Herald Theatre until 16th July. Audio
Danielle Cormack: success on screen and stage
New Zealand actress Danielle Cormack has forged a hugely succesful career on screen and stage, largely in Australia in recent years. She's about to return to TV here in season 4 of the acclaimed… Audio
Theatre Critic - Patrick Davies
Patrick Davies reviews "The White Guitar", the stunning new play that in which hip-hop star Scribe features with his father John and brother Matthias, it tells the true family story of the Luafutus. Audio
