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Upbeat for Friday 2 March
Justin Gregory reviews the new look Giselle, Lynn Freeman faces the hard truths in Bless The Child, Tim Dodd explores how Phil Dadson is starting From Scratch & we celebrate past Concerto competition…
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Puns, puns, puns!
I hope you've got your wits about you because our next interview is pun-tastic. Dad jokes, word play and wise-cracks are the order of the day as Wellington's Pun Battle kicks off tonight. Audio
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Charmian Hughes - Bra Trek
28 Feb 2018As a child, Charmian Hughes often went to pantomimes and the ballet - but was always disappointed by the happily ever afters. She couldn't understand why marrying a prince was always a woman's happy… Audio
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A tragic love story @Twilight
Failing health, euthanasia and family trying to get their hands on inheritance permeate the retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Adapted by Geraldine Brophy, with a score composed by… Audio
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Upbeat for Tuesday 27 Feb
Did The Royal New Zealand Ballet bring Jane Campion’s iconic film The Piano to life as a dance work? Jennifer Shennan reviews the new production that opened at New Zealand Festival. William…
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Stutter no impediment to stand-up act
26 Feb 2018Ally Baharoon has been living with a stutter for more than 20 years, and now he's telling the story in his stand-up comedy act. Audio
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Simon London in 1984: 'It's a visceral, surprising experience'
25 Feb 2018Kiwi actor Simon London is best known for his role in The Hobbit playing elf Feren but how he's returning to Auckland for the Auckland Arts Festival production of 1984. It's been touring Australia for… Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood
23 Feb 2018Our comedians Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood discuss the lighter stories of the week including Britain's KFC chicken crisis! Audio
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Theatre Critic, Tania Kopytko
22 Feb 2018Tania Kopytko tells us about a play that's on at Palmerston North's professional theatre, Centrepoint. The Love List. Audio
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Deaf theatre: Hands across the divide
22 Feb 2018Combining sign with mime and physical theatre, 'Salonica' is the tale of two soldiers who form an unlikely friendship in World War I. The work was developed with an international team of both deaf and… Video, Audio
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Hemingway’s first novel and decadent lifestyle on stage
21 Feb 2018John Collins, founder and director of experimental theatre group Elevator Repair Service, talks about The Select (The Sun Also Rises). It’s a unique adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic first… Audio
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Catherine Delahunty: taking to the stage
Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty has teamed up with her theatrical sister Sarah Delahunty, to bring Question Time Blues to the Auckland Fringe Festival. Audio
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The week that was with James Elliot & Melanie Bracewell
16 Feb 2018Our comedians look at the lighter stories of the week including a potentially embarrassing "wardrobe malfunction" of a South Korea skater at the Winter Olympics. Audio
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Hobson Street Theatre Company: crowdfunding for Fringe
11 Feb 2018The Hobson Street Theatre Company was created in 2010 and the performers have all used Auckland's City Mission and have all been homeless at some point. This year's production, 'The Race' will run in… Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
9 Feb 2018Our comedians discuss the lighter stories of the week including the return of Sirocco the kākāpō, who has been found after a two-year disappearance. Audio
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The Egg and Sperm Race
7 Feb 2018After giving up her childhood dream of becoming the world's greatest ballerina, Sacha Jones acquired a family, an education (PhD) and a job teaching politics. Nothing funny about that you'd think… Audio
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Te Auaha – Creativity in Wellington
4 Feb 2018The brand spanking new Te Auaha New Zealand Institute of Creativity in Wellington is all on track to open. Audio
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Max Richter - Sleep
3 Feb 2018Audience members at composer Max Richter's concert, Sleep, are provided with camp beds and encouraged to nod off during the eight-hour overnight performance. Richter, joined by other musicians and… Audio
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The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court
2 Feb 2018Our comedians discuss the funnier stories of the week including how hundreds of highly-classifed Australian Cabinet files ended up in a second hand shop. Audio
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Pip Hall: tackling a Maurice Gee classic for the stage
28 Jan 2018Award-winning playwright Pip Hall has been writing full time for two decades. Now she's taken on one of NZ's best loved sci-fi stories, a classic Maurice Gee novel. Pip Hall is adapting Under the… Audio