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Farr In The Wars
Composer Gareth Farr is In The Wars. He’s writing the music for a new show written by acclaimed Paris-based kiwi Juliet O’Brien. The show is premiering at BATS theatre next week and tells different… Audio
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Theatre Critic - Heidi North Bailey
3 Aug 2017Heidi North-Bailey reviews 'Cock' by Mike Bartlett (Britain), directed by Shane Bosher, a co-presentation with Auckland Live and Silo Theatre, Audio
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Emily Perkins - Ibsen and The Fuse Box
29 Jul 2017Emily Perkins holds a Master of Creative Writing from The University of Auckland and is a graduate of Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School. Her first book, Not Her Real Name and Other Stories… Audio
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War Hero shines spotlight on conscientious objector
Opera Otago is presenting the world premiere of John Drummond’s new opera War Hero, which tells the story of Otago farmer and World War 1 conscientious objector Archibald Baxter. NZ international… Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court
28 Jul 2017A lighter look at the week, including the mystery journey of the much loved 'teacup of Tokoroa'. Audio
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Theatre Critic - Terry McTavish
27 Jul 2017Terry McTavish reviews two shows at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre, What you Will and Twelfth Night. Audio
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Celebrating the weird and wonderful
Sugar and spice, and all things nice… and naughty make up a variety spectacular coming to Wellington. The Menagerie Deluxe combines burlesque, circus acts, opera singers, jazz vocalists, drag queens… Audio
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Comedy and the art of selling out
23 Jul 2017Te Radar talks to Sonia Sly about the most memorable show of his career, the art of comedy, why he would call himself a feminist if he was a woman, and the reason he's kept a special item of women's… Audio
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The drug that is love
What happens to your body when you fall in love? Is the reaction stronger than a drug? That’s the basis of The Effect at Auckland’s Q Theatre. A duo meet and fall in love while part of an… Audio
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Theatre Critic - Charlotte Graham
20 Jul 2017Charlotte Graham is normally one of our book reviewers - but she's currently reporting at the New York Times Hong Kong bureau, with support from Asia New Zealand… And so she's joining us to talk abotu… Audio
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A Doll’s House: Re-imagined by Emily Perkins
17 Jul 2017A re-imagining of the Ibsen classic A Doll’s House by Emily Perkins will be staged at Circa Theatre next month. This modern take on Ibsen’s nineteenth century play which provoked a storm of… Audio
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Shane Bosher - A Streetcar Named Desire
15 Jul 2017Named as an Aucklander of the Year in 2005 by Metro magazine, and four-time Director of the Year by The New Zealand Listener, Shane Bosher is one of New Zealand's most prolific theatre makers. During… Audio
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Young and Hungry
14 Jul 2017Dunedin playwright and writing mentor Emily Duncan likes to go to dark places. For her PhD in Theatre Studies thesis she wrote a play about a former tuberculosis sanatorium and borstal in Otago. Most… Audio
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Theatre Critic - John Smythe
13 Jul 2017John reviews two shows at Circa theatre, Weed and Destination Beehive. Audio
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The Road That Wasn’t There leads to Edinburgh
13 Jul 2017The Road that Wasn’t There, by Trick of the Light Theatre Company, is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after performances in Auckland and Wellington. The play has its roots in the magic… Audio
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Jekyll & Hyde with a kiwi twist
4 Jul 2017A complete reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll & Hyde opens tonight at Auckland’s Basement Theatre. It has a uniquely kiwi twist – Mr Hyde is so evil that he punches the cleaning lady… Audio