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Nino Surguladze in NZ Opera's Carmen
Georgian mezzo-soprano Nino Surguladze is in New Zealand to play the lead role in NZ Opera's season of Carmen - it's Bizet's tale with a feminist twist. While Nino's here, she doing a bit for Tbilisi… Audio
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Jason Donovan: mature pop idol
If Jason Donovan could go back before Neighbours, before his international pop stardom, he wouldn't change a thing. He says regret is a wasted emotion and besides, he’s had a good career, though not… Video, Audio
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The Week that Was with Te Radar and Alice Brine
26 May 2017Comedians Alice Brine and Te Radar take a whimsical look back at the news of the week. Audio
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Daniel Falconer - On the trail of Sasquatch
20 May 2017Daniel Falconer is a designer and author at Weta Workshop in Wellington. He's been with the company for 20 years, working as part of the design team on such projects as The Lord of the Rings and The… Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar & Michele A'Court
19 May 2017The chilli so hot that it can kill you, is to be used as an anaesthetic. Audio
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Theatre Critic: Lindsay Clark
18 May 2017Lindsay Clark has been involved with performing arts education and theatre for more than 40 years. She has directed both professionally and for Repertory Theatre and co-directed Summer Shakespeare for… Audio
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An open letter to John Oliver
17 May 2017Opinion - New Zealand comedian Robbie Nicol, aka White Man Behind A Desk, responds to the Last Week Tonight host's lampooning of Prime Minister Bill English.
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The history of Indians in New Zealand
12 May 2017Poignant and emotive piece Swabhoomi: Borrowed Earth tells the history of Indian immigrants in New Zealand. Prayas Theatre Company traces the first Indians to arrive in New Zealand, follows their… Audio
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The week that was with te Radar and Irene Pink
12 May 2017New Zealand's most unreliable library users and the vast amounts they owe, and KFC's first romance novella, Tender Wings of Desire, timed for mothers' day. Audio
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Science meets comedy
Tim Muller is a scientist by day and a comedian by night. He brings his one-man science-themed show to the NZ International Comedy Festival. Audio
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Theatre Critic: Michael Hooper
11 May 2017Today's theatre critic is former broadcaster and journalist Michael Hooper who has been to see The Auckland Theatre Company's latest production at the new ASB Waterfront Theatre. Audio
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40 Years of Community Theatre at The PumpHouse
5 May 2017The PumpHouse Theatre on Auckland’s North Shore is celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend. Business Manager James Bell talks about the breadth of work that the theatre hosts and why community… Audio
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Massive questions “What is it to live a wholehearted life?”
5 May 2017Auckland’s youth theatre company Massive are preparing to take their show The Wholehearted on the road. Under the helm of co-directors Sam Scott and Scotty Cotter, the show explores the "extreme power… Audio
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The Week that was with Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood
5 May 2017The Week that was with Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood. Audio
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Mozart living it up in Auckland
The Auckland Theatre Company's new production of Peter Shaffer’s awarding winning play Amadeus opens tonight. The psychological thriller follows the excess, envy, love and passion of composing rivals… Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
28 Apr 2017The brazen theft of home kill, cheese rolls, a Swanndri, and some gumboots in the small Otago community of Clydevale. What do our comedians make of this crime against southern values? Audio
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Theatre Critic - John Smythe
27 Apr 2017John Smythe, managing editor of theatreview.org.nz, looks at Hand To God on at Circa Theatre in Wellington. Audio
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Bookmarks: Alice Snedden
26 Apr 2017Alice is a comedian, writer and improviser from Auckland. She studied to be a lawyer, before moving to New York to take up improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Today, as well as… Audio
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Ashton Brown: Anxious to Meet You
24 Apr 2017Writer and comedian Ashton Brown finds humour in the things that many of us keep hidden - his battle with anxiety and depression. His new show for the Comedy Festival is called Anxious to Meet You. He… Audio
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The Art of Puppets and Puppeteering
23 Apr 2017Creating a demonic hand puppet is one of the more unusual commissions for Auckland puppeteer Jon Coddington. It's taken a few goes to perfect Tyrone for the premiere of a play called Hand to God about… Audio
