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4CAST - Ep 8
7 Nov 2017Rhys Matheson wrangles three guests, Jeremy Elwood, Chelsea McEwan-Millar and Steven Lyons live on stage at The Classic, Auckland. Audio
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Body Double: Julia Croft and Karin McCracken
Long before the hashtag #MeToo began and the dark underbelly of abuse of women in Hollywood came to light, two New Zealand women were exploring, for a theatre piece, women's sexuality in both negative… Video, Audio
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Ahi Karunaharan - Tea
4 Nov 2017Tea is a new play from British-born, New Zealand-raised Sri Lankan playwright Ahi Karunaharan and it premieres at the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2018. Karunaharan is an actor, writer and director… Audio
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The week that was with te Radar and Irene Pink
3 Nov 2017Our comedians look at the lighter stories of the week including the Australian game show contestants who blew their huge jackpot after failing to answer a question correctly about the capital of New… Audio
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Roger Hall on NZ Theatre Month
2 Nov 2017Playwright Roger Hall recently announced plans to hold a New Zealand Theatre Month next year... to celebrate the role and importance of theatre everywhere, from the grandest theatres, to basements and… Audio
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Fasitua Amosa and David Fane - The Mountaintop
28 Oct 2017The Mountaintop is an award-winning play by African American playwright Katori Hall, based on a fictional account of Martin Luther King's last night on earth at the Lorraine Motel Room in Memphis… Audio
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The week that was with James Elliott and Pinky Agnew
27 Oct 2017A lighter look at the week including the bizarre new demin trend, 'thong jeans'; and the world's most expensive pair of shoes - with a whopping $15.1 million dollar price tag. Audio
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The Shells We Wear
26 Oct 2017Salvador Dali is the inspiration behind the new dance-theatre work, Lobsters, opening at Wellington's Circa Theatre this week. Director Miranda Manasiadis and musician and composer Lucien Johnson are… Audio
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Theatre Critic Pinky Agnew
26 Oct 2017Pinky talks about a new play at Wellington's Circa Theatre, Lobsters Audio
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Modern dating in musical form
26 Oct 2017What’s the worst date you’ve ever been on? Just imagine that, but a lot worse, and on stage in front of hundreds of people. Dating, in particular through the app Tinder, is the inspiration behind the… Audio
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Theatre taonga Rawiri Paratene on his latest project
22 Oct 2017Rawiri Paratene is a New Zealand acting taonga who's appeared in everything from Playschool to Whalerider, Hamlet to fully Te Reo spoken Purapura-whetu. Rawiri's again, stepping out starring in the… Audio
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Magicians!
20 Oct 2017Prepare yourself for a massive magic show simply titled Magicians.
The spectacle is opening its North Island tour in Wellington before heading off to Palmerston North, New Plymouth, and Auckland.
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The week that was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court
20 Oct 2017A lighter look at the week including, how 'Donald Trumpkins' are making Halloween great again, and relief that New Zealand's national shortage of potatoes won't affect potato chip supplies. Audio
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Junior Theatre Celebration: Timothy Allen McDonald & Stuart Hendricks
Soon - depending on whether your idea of hell or heaven is hundreds of kids performing musical theatre - the Aotea Centre in Auckland will either be an incredibly joyous place to be, or the place to… Audio, Gallery
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Outlaw: the story of Richard Burgess
16 Oct 2017In the 1860s Richard Burgess and his outlaw gang roved the West Coast, robbing and murdering dozens of people. Black Sheep investigates his life story and what drove him to a life of crime. Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Alice Brine
13 Oct 2017A lighter look at the week, including why, if you're planning on parking your car at the start of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing in order to hike the 19km trail, you will have to work really hard on… Audio
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Ross Jolly: NZ premiere of The Father
8 Oct 2017Ross Jolly co-founded Wellington's Circa Theatre 41 years ago and has been at the helm of many notable productions. This new one is close to his heart, and it's a play that has caused a big stir… Audio
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The Week that Was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
6 Oct 2017A lighter look at the stories of the week including the 7-day gummy bear cleanse (yes it is real) ; and the coughing fit, the prankster and the falling back-drop, why British Prime Minister Theresa… Audio
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Theatre Critic - Kathleen Mantell
5 Oct 2017Kathleen Mantell tells us about Pleasuredome The Musical. Audio
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Iconic TV show comes to the stage
Horrible Histories was a book, and then a television show, and now a highly popular stage show, which is currently touring New Zealand. It tells historical stories to the young, and the young at heart… Audio
