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Prize-winning Dunedin playwright Emily Duncan
7 Mar 2021Shocking, lacerating and wicked - that's how the judges of this year's Adam New Zealand Play Award describe the winning script & Sons by Dunedin writer Emily Duncan. She also took out the award for… Audio
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A new play explores the Kiwi-Filipino experience
28 Feb 2021Filipino-Kiwi playwright Kiya Basabas hopes her upcoming show will encourage more from her community to write their stories for the stage. Audio, Gallery
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Patricia Grace's classic Cousins is now a movie
28 Feb 2021It's been a long held dream - something like 20 years - for novellist Patricia Grace to see her novel Cousins on the big screen. But that dream is about to be realised. Audio, Gallery
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Judy Belushi: The brilliance of John Belushi
27 Feb 2021The short but stellar career of the late comedian John Belushi is celebrated in a new documentary featuring previously unseen footage from those nearest and dearest to him. Born and raised in Chicago… Audio, Gallery
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Frida DeGuise: boxing, donuts & stand up comedy
26 Feb 2021Stand up comedy is a scene that boasts that anyone is welcome, but that isn't always the case and people have to fight to get in. Frida DeGuise is Australia's only Muslim, hijab wearing comedian, as… Audio
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The week that was
19 Feb 2021Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court are along with a few laughs. Audio
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The first fruits of the Basement Theatre Co-Pro initiative
14 Feb 2021A hand-up for 12 live shows that otherwise would almost certainly have been abandoned because of the financial risk is what Auckland's Basement Theatre is can now offer through its new Co-Pro… Audio, Gallery
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Calling Home: Sarah Griffiths in Shanghai
14 Feb 2021Sarah Griffiths has called the Jing'An District in Shanghai home for the past two years, having taken up her role with theatre company Punchdrunk International after lengthy stints with the Australia… Audio
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Bill Bailey in NZ for his En Route to Normal tour
12 Feb 2021UK comedian and performer Bill Bailey is back in NZ for the seventh time after getting special approval from immigration officials. He talks to Jesse about his show, En Route to Normal, and why he… Audio
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A Red Leap from Dog Island - Ella Becroft
7 Feb 2021A fearless 14-year-old girl who lives in a bleak part of a place called Dog Island is the hero of a new production called Dakota of the White Flats from Red Leap Theatre company. Audio
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In Godzonia with expats Georgie Oulton and Anna Ledwich
7 Feb 2021Two expat British theatre makers are working with a Kiwi cast on a play that touches on some of the issues of the moment - isolation, exclusion - and the power of kindness. Audio
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Joe Moran: 'Failure is what unites us'
7 Feb 2021Do you ever feel like a failure? Enter widely acclaimed observer of daily life Professor Joe Moran, not to tell you that everything will be OK in the end, but to reassure you that failure is an… Audio
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What the doctor ordered: Jo Prendergast's 'Ghastly' alter ego
By day she's a Christchurch-based psychiatrist. But by night, she can be found on the comedy circuit. Dr Joanna Prendergast was a late-comer to comedy, taking it up at the age of 48 and performing… Audio
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The Christmas Movie Twitter thread
10 Dec 2020We can all agree it's been a grim year, so any moments of levity or even small joy are leapt upon!! Audio
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Why Donald Trump has been bad for comedy
6 Dec 2020Donald Trump has been compulsive viewing for many people throughout the world over the course of his first and likely only term as US president. However, writer Joe Berkowitz argues he has been bad… Audio
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The week that was
4 Dec 2020Comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther with a few laughs and a few words that have been dormant in the English language, including snout-fair, dowsabel and percher. Audio