Theatre

Once a hot bed of creativity, the port town of Lyttelton has been making do, ever since the Christchurch earthquakes destroyed most of its theatres and live venues. Audio

NZ actor starring in the Court Theatre production of The Ladykillers. Audio

Frankenstein fans are in for a double treat next month. New Zealand gets its premiere of a London National Theatre production of the horror story, and a film starring James MacAvoy is coming out… Audio

From fashion to costume design; filmmaking, art installation, music videos, and more. The Design for Stage and Screen course at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is now in its tenth year and producing an… Audio, Gallery

South Island theatre director of a new production of Once on Chunuk Bair by Maurice Shadbolt, which is being staged at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch, to coincide with the 100-year anniversary… Audio

New Long Cloud Youth Theatre Artistic Director Brett Adam was previously the Head of Directing at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, and prior moving to Aotearoa he was a Director for Melbourne Theatre… Audio

Actor, and director of Mt Zion Tearepa Kahi, is about to stage William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in te reo, to mark Matariki. He joins Wallace to talk about the challenges of translating the… Audio

Director of Basement Theatre's The Mourning After produced by Prayas Theatre Company. Audio

Auckland writer Dione Joseph is on a mission. She wants to know what we mean when we talk about dramaturgy in New Zealand and she's been interviewing actors, directors, dancer and that rare beast -… Audio

The man who's leading the charge to rebuild Christchurch's historic arts centre, André Lovatt has ambitious plans beyond restoring the bricks and mortar. He's spearheading the 290 million dollar… Audio

There's a heated debate over the Silo Theatre production of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography's decision to change the ending of Australian writer Declan Greene's play so the actors only strip… Audio

In this week's episode: Eva speaks to actor Stuart Devenie about portraying Rupert Murdoch in the Auckland Theatre Company's production of 'Rupert: The Musical', before catching up with piano… Audio

Wallace speaks with playwright Ahi Karunaharan about his play The Mourning After - a moving tale about love, loss and life reclaimed in Sri Lanka after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. Audio

Lyttleton's Loons circo-theatre company is going back to school, a primary school that is. Loons Founder, Mike Friend, and producer Darryl Cribb having been making shows together since 2006 but Loons… Audio

It's taken twenty years but the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes finally has its own venue solely for the arts. Te Oro Glen Innes Music and Arts Centre wants to bring young people together to, in their… Audio

Jacob Rajan's Krishnan's Dairy was a surprise theatrical hit back in the early 1990s and his theatre company, Indian Ink, has continued to tour one man shows internationally since then. His latest… Audio

Upbeat broadcasts from Queenstown's Michael Hill International Violin Competition, before Eva speaks to playwright Jamie McCaskill and American Wagnerian soprano Christine Goerke. Audio

Director of Taki Rua's Nga Pou Wahine at Auckland's Te Ahi Kaa Festival Audio

A Gilded-age millionaire saved some of the greatest works by William Shakespeare from oblivion. Henry Folger obsessively collected the works of Shakespeare. The great playwright left no manuscripts… Audio

Jamie McCaskill is the writer and director of 'Not in Our Neighbourhood', an up-close look at domestic violence, reflecting the time he spent on the staff of the Hauraki Women's Refuge. Audio