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Written especially for her
31 Aug 2016When your former student starts writing plays for you, Art and Life collide. Michele Hine, Artistic Manager of the Actors Programme, stars in Sham, a blistering black comedy about family dysfunction… Audio
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Championing better representation for women
29 Aug 2016In theatre women are still underrepresented in every aspect – on stage, behind the scenes, directing and in management and governance roles. The Hui on Women in Theatre in September brings together… Audio
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Theatre Critic: Sally Woodfield on Edinburgh
Freelance theatre reviewer Sally Woodfield has been in Scotland for the 69th annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Audio
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Bookmarks with Annie Whittle
Actress and Singer, Annie Whittle is Jesse's guest on Bookmarks this week. Audio
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Lady Parts
24 Aug 2016Auckland theatre group Bits and Pieces Ensemble discuss topics often seen as taboo, from menstruation to women’s perspective of sex, their bodies and childbirth. Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
19 Aug 2016Comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink with their take on what the Olympic swimmers robbery story was really all about. Audio
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Theatre Critic, Terry MacTavish
18 Aug 2016Reviewing 'Grounded' By George Brant, directed by Jonathon Hendry and on at the Fortune Theatre, Dunedin. Audio
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Stuart Firestein: ignorance, failure, and how we smell
Kim Hill talks to neuroscientist Dr Stuart Firestein, Chair of Columbia University's Department of Biological Sciences, whose lab studies the vertebrate olfactory system, seeking answers to the… Audio
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The week that was
12 Aug 2016The stories that made us laugh this week with Pinky Agnew and James Elliott, including when is a turkey not a turkey? Audio
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Theatre Critic: Sally Woodfield
11 Aug 2016Sally casts a critical eye over the 69th annual Edinburgh Festival in which 10 New Zealand theatre groups or individuals are taking part. Audio
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John Waters - Through a Glass Onion
Australian actor and director, John Waters, talks to Wallace about his upcoming stage-show, Through a Glass Onion, a play set in the last moments of John Lennon's life. Audio
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A creative exchange
5 Aug 2016Auckland director James Beaumont on his new theatre initiative black doris which is holding a fundraiser tonight at the Pah Homestead for the opening season of its Tennessee Williams exploration… Audio
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Songs for the Fallen
5 Aug 2016Australian cabaret singer Sheridan Harbridge brings a part of Paris to New Zealand with her show Songs for the Fallen which has been performed in festivals around the world. The show is inspired by… Audio
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Theatre Critic: Maryanne Cathro
4 Aug 2016Maryanne reviews Ali Harper's "Legendary Divas" currently playing at Wellington's Circa theatre. Audio
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Q & A with Q Theatre
CEO of Q Theatre in Auckland, James Wilson, gives an insight into life behind the curtain running a theatre, and it’s not all razzle dazzle; and the Matchbox development programme fostering New… Audio
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Avant garde percussion
Norway based percussion soloist Jennifer Torrence works at the edge where theatre and music combine. She uses her body like an actor, sometimes armed with drumsticks. Jennifer is in Wellington to… Video, Audio
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Commedia dell'Arte comes to Aotearoa
If you were to come up with half a dozen Kiwi stereotypes, what would they be? A group of Auckland actors have spent the past couple of years thinking about this and creating masks to represent them… Audio, Gallery
