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Trevor Noah: 'The only person I looked like was Jonah Lomu'
28 Nov 2016Trevor Noah – host of The Daily Show – is the child of a black mother and white father who grew up during Apartheid in South Africa when his mere existence as a mixed-race child was evidence of a… Audio
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The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court
25 Nov 2016The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio
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Theatre Critic - John Smythe
24 Nov 2016Our Theatre review today, takes us back to 1986: That was the year the Mikhail Lermontov sunk in the Marlborough Sounds, Parliament passed the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, GST was introduced, Pope John… Audio
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Scarlet and Gold
The story of the 1912 Waihi Gold Miners' Strike is told through a new play by Lorae Parry which interweaves music and dance. Scarlet and Gold follows the paths of three different women who clash… Audio
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Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum…
23 Nov 2016With only a month to go until Christmas, it’s only natural to celebrate with the time honoured theatre tradition of a pantomime. This year Circa Theatre welcomes back Roger Hall’s Jack and the… Audio
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The Beautiful Ones
Dance, music, projected imagery and late night talk combine to tell the story of young love with a Pacific flavor in The Beautiful Ones. Auckland musician Tama Waipara is part of the team behind the… Video, Audio
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The web series 'High Road'
20 Nov 2016It's been selected at every Webfest going - from Sicily and Berlin, to Montreal and Los Angeles. Last year it won the coveted Web-series World Cup. It's called High Road, it's made on Piha Beach, and… Video, Audio
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Scott Blanks - Creating comedy
20 Nov 2016Wallace talks to the 'Godfather of Comedy,' Scott Blanks, about how he helped create a home for New Zealand comedy at the iconic Classic in Auckland, which celebrates its 20th birthday this year. Audio
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Hudson and Halls: Loving Cooking
17 Nov 2016Before reality shows like Masterchef, New Zealand’s own Hudson and Halls were whipping up delectable treats and making audiences around the country laugh. They have been brought to life once again in… Audio
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Dan Kois - Angels in America
6 Nov 2016Tony Kushner's 1993 Tony winning audacious, two-part, epic play Angels in America is now considered a classic of American theatre. If any play summed up its era - Reagan economics, gay liberation and… Audio
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Hone Kouka - The Beautiful Ones
Playwright Hone Kouka speaks with Wallace about his latest work, The Beautiful Ones, a multi-media tale of two young lovers set in an urban environment but with a distinct Pacific flavour. Audio
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Theatre Critic - Alistair Browning
3 Nov 2016An award winning Actor and Director is our theatre critic today. Audio
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Admiring absurdity
3 Nov 2016Actor and comedian Kura Forrester is part of the new play Perplex, which has its New Zealand debut next week at Silo Theatre. Written by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, it features an elk… Audio
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Bill Murray and random silliness
While Bill Murray is famous for his roles in films like Ghostbusters, Caddyshack and Lost in Translation, he has another source of fame - his embrace of random silliness. Audio, Gallery
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Urzila Carlson: rolling with the punchlines
31 Oct 2016Comedian Urzila Carlson speaks about her accidental beginnings in stand-up and the comedy career she's carved out since then. Audio
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David Lawrence: the Week in Shakespeare
Kim Hill talks to David Lawrence, director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, and research and development consultant for the Popup Globe, which returns to Auckland in a new and improved… Audio
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Staying power of the world’s greatest lover
28 Oct 2016Leo Gene Peters, the director of Don Juan, knows the art of seduction – the seduction of the audience that is, with his show now having toured for more than two years. The play’s longevity is down to… Audio
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Breathing life into theatre
27 Oct 2016UK playwright Duncan Macmillan’s highly acclaimed dark comedy Lungs addresses love in unstable times as a couple in their 30s decides what shape their future will take. Arthur Meek stars alongside… Audio
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US writer Paul Beaty's satire on race wins Man Booker Prize
26 Oct 2016American author Paul Beatty has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize with his novel The Sellout.