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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
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Oscar Kightley - Dawn Raids revisited
27 Jan 2018Oscar Kightley is a Samoan-born, New Zealand-raised writer/actor and director. Some of the most popular work he has been involved in include the movie series Sione's Wedding and the TV series… Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
26 Jan 2018Our comedians enjoy the lighter stories of the week including the one about the 12 camels disqualified from a Saudi Arabian beauty contest after Botox was used 'to make them prettier'. Audio
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Magic touch: Robbie Magasiva & The Naked Samoans
22 Jan 2018Two decades after their first show, the actors known as the The Naked Samoans are reuniting for what they hope will be a spellbinding performance at the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
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Lost in translation: navigating comedy across cultures
Samoan New Zealander Li'I Alaimoana, South African New Zealander Urzilla Carlson and Icelandic comic Ari Eldjárn explore comedy and culture. Video, Audio
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Why Dexter Guff is smarter than you
20 Jan 2018On Wednesday 24 January, RNZ National will be airing the first episode of Dexter Guff is Smarter Than You (And You Can Be Too).
The comedy series has a very droll, completely deadpan format… Video, Audio
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Former RNZer Lloyd Scott awarded NZ Order of Merit
RNZ stalwart, former presenter Lloyd Scott has just been made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Lloyd has spent more than 50 years working in broadcasting, theatre and television. Audio
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Computer Says Show
30 Dec 2017Could a computer make 'em laugh, make 'em cry?
Scratch that, could it make an epic West End musical?
Simon Morton is joined by three of the key talents who put together the computer generated… Audio
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Cartoonist rights
17 Dec 2017The 2015 attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo killed 12 people, injured 11 others and sparked demonstrations across Europe in support of free speech. But, says cartoonist rights advocate… Audio, Gallery
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Under My Dark Umbrella: The Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship 2018
17 Dec 2017The Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship has been announced, awarding two writers a four-month residency each in the Sargeson Centre in Auckland. They are: Auckland playwright and actor Carl Bland, who will… Audio
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Snexit
17 Dec 2017They're calling it the Snexit; Basement Theatre's long-serving development manager Sam Sneddon is quitting to go back to acting. It's been six years since Sam agreed to help Charlie McDermott and… Audio
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No longer the "other"
17 Dec 2017There's never been a more important time to hear from a diverse range of voices on stage, says the writer-director of OTHER [chinese] Alice Canton. Audio
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Jimmy Carr: 'I don't draw the line, audiences draw it'
17 Dec 2017Award-winning British comedian Jimmy Carr is known for jokes that sail close to the wind. He says people don't choose what they laugh at - it's a reflex - but when he hears an 'ooooh' after they… Audio
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Go Ahead Caller Ep 5 - 'Campbell Confesses'
15 Dec 2017John feels the need to unburden himself after his move to radio, and Ken wants Christmas to be real.
Written by Paul Casserly and Michael Sheils
Voices - Cohen Holloway, Toni Potter, Graeme Hill… Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
15 Dec 2017A lighter look at the week including the rabbit that was pulled to safety from the California wildfires. Audio
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Life in the BURBS
14 Dec 2017The team behind the successful webseries BURBS - set in the suburbs of Wellington - join Bryan to talk about telling stories with a sense of place. Video, Audio
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1984: the theatrical adaptation
12 Dec 2017"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." Audio
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Bless the Child
10 Dec 2017Who killed baby Ara? It could be another headline to another news story about another child killed by a family member or step parent. Which is very much the point of Hone Kouka's new play Bless the… Audio, Gallery