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Carl Bland - Mr Red Light
7 Mar 2020Actor, 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
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Theatre as a political tool
7 Mar 2020Taking the conventional wedding rom com and giving it a First Nations twist, Australia's ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and New Zealand's Te Rehia Theatre Company bring cultures together in Black Ties. Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar & Gemma Gracewood
6 Mar 2020The new footshake phenomenen and watering the perfect plant. Audio
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Retirees take to the stage to poke fun at rest home life
5 Mar 2020Rest home life is at the centre of a performance at the NZ Fringe Festival. It's also performed by the residents of those rest homes. Two of the cast from, 'Dance Me to the End of Time', speak to… Audio
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Cold Blood. Edge of seat theatre. Dancing fingers
2 Mar 2020'Cold Blood' is the latest delightfully absurd offering from partners in art and life choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey and filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. Featuring tiny props, cinema projection, and a… Video, Audio
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Calling Home: Charles Olsen in Madrid
1 Mar 2020Having been enticed by a love of Spanish art and flamenco guitar, New Zealand artist and poet Charles Olsen arrived in Spain in 2003 with the intention of staying for a month. Seventeen years later… Audio
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The week that was
28 Feb 2020Our comedians Te Radar and Melanie Bracewell with a feast of funnies, including why the World Taekwondo Federation is changing its name because of the negative connotations of its initials. Audio
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Pacific theatre companies tackle pressing issues at festival
Two hard hitting topics in the Pacific, climate change and the 2006 riots in Tonga, are the subjects of two theatre shows in Auckland's Fringe Town festival. Audio
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If I hadn't gone blind - Tom Skelton
25 Feb 2020Comedian and storyteller Tom Skelton talks to Kathryn about the past 10 years since losing most of his sight, and wonders what might have been. He's performing his show 2020 Visions (If I hadn't gone… Audio
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Want to do feminism better? Deborah Frances-White
25 Feb 2020Creator of the hit 'Guilty Feminist' podcast, Deborah Frances-White talks to Kathryn Ryan about the complexities of being a 'woke' feminist, and trying to reconcile the desire to fight misogyny while… Audio
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Eamonn Marra - comedian turned novelist
23 Feb 2020Eamonn Marra accompanies his debut novel 2000ft Above Worry Level by saying that it'll be the last time he writes about depression. Audio
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NZer of the Year Jennifer Ward-Lealand: 'The stage is my place that I let te reo be heard'
22 Feb 2020Jennifer 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
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Rachel Marlow - painting a story with light
16 Feb 2020Rachel Marlow is one of this country's most in-demand lighting designers, and co-founder of design company Filament Eleven 11. She works on everything from straight theatre productions to outdoor… Audio
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The week that was
14 Feb 2020Comedians Pinky Agnew and Elisabeth Easther with a wrap of the funny headlines. Audio
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Pasifika-led theatre tackles mental health issues
A theatre director is hoping to spark conversations about taboo subjects like mental health and suicide in New Zealand's Pacific community. Audio
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Roger Hall's new play - Winding Up
2 Feb 2020Thirty years after Sir Roger Hall first introduced New Zealand theatre audiences to married couple Barry and Gen in his play Conjugal Rites, they're back - older, grumpier, and still together. Audio
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Black Ties. Not your average rom com
31 Jan 2020One wedding, two families and two cultures. Tainui Tukiwaho talks about his on stage rom com, Black Ties, and his brilliant take on the Trans-Tasman clash of cultures. Black Ties, which is a… Video, Audio, Gallery
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Award winning Scottish playwright, Kieran Hurley
28 Jan 2020Kieran Hurley's work Mouthpiece, won the Hector MacMillan Award for Best new Scottish play and the prestigous Carol Tambor Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year (2019), where it was sold… Audio
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Bronwyn Turei - how to become an actor
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
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The Week that Was
24 Jan 2020Our comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court chew on a lamington burger and examine whether takeaways are necessary given the amount of time saving food products that are available. Audio