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Adam NZ Play Award winners
Maraea Rakuraku has scooped three prizes at the Adam New Zealand Play Awards for her play Tan-Knee. She took out the top prize, as well as the awards for Best Play by a Maori Writer and Best Play by a… Audio
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400-year-old Shakespeare folio goes on display
The Auckland Central Library has dusted off a first edition of Shakespeare's folio to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death. Video, Audio
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Much Ado about Shakespeare - Donovan Bixley
Donovan Bixley is an award winning writer and illustrator who's latest work focuses on one of the world's greatest in literary history, William Shakespeare. Donovan Bixley is bringing The Bard to life… Audio
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Pip Hall
Actor, playwright and self-confessed water ballerina Pip Hall is part of the Spotlight on Playwrights season happening at Circa during the 2016 New Zealand Festival Writers Week. She's joining an… Audio
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Theatre review with Erin Harrington
'Macbeth' playing at The Court Theatre, Christchurch. Audio
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Vincent O'Donnell
Melbourne arts correspondent previews the Australian premiere of the New Zealand play The Underarm by David Geary and Justin Gregory. Vincent O'Donnell goes to a rehearsal and talk to cast members… Audio
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Episode 2: Not In Our Neighbourhood?
Documentary play Not In Our Neighbourhood opened this week at the Auckland Arts Festival.This solo show tells the story of a filmmaker who has been asked to visit a refuge for women and document the… Audio
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Dione Joseph
Dione Joseph reviews the new dance theatre work Marama which premiered last night at Auckland Arts Festival. Marama is produced by The Conch under the leadership of Nina Nawalowalo and is motivated by… Audio
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Peter Mechen
Brass Poppies the chamber opera by Ross Harris and Vincent O'Sullivan had its premiere at New Zealand Festival last night. Peter Mechen reviews the new work which also plays at Auckland Arts Festival… Audio
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Rachel Hyde
Premiering last night at New Zealand Festival was John Psathas' epic work No Man's Land, a symphony with pictures featuring musicians from the many countries who fought in the First World War. Rachel… Audio
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Josh Thomas
Dunedin Fringe opened last night with a show case event featuring 28 acts in two hours, offering a taster of what is to come over the next 11 days. Festival director Josh Thomas explains how he… Audio
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New Zealand Festival update with Lynn Freeman
For the first time the Wellington based New Zealand Festival and the Auckland Arts Festivals are running head to head. They are not only sharing some shows, but also sharing the costs of commissioning… Audio
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Cole Jenkins
The Tempest and Titus are gracing the stage at the Pop-Up Globe in Auckland. Actor and singer Cole Jenkins is the leading woman. He's swapping traditional roles as he steps into the shoes of the… Audio
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Laurie Sansom
The National Theatre of Scotland is returning to New Zealand for Auckland Arts Festival, performing The James Plays - a trilogy about the three kings that ruled Scotland in the fifteenth century. This… Audio
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Russya Connor
In a world where guys call their enemies "mate" and their friends by a four letter word, navigating social convention in Perth was a baptism of fire for German actress Russya Conno. Despite… Audio
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Guest Jasper Fforde, so much pun!
Welcome to the world of the surreal comic novelist Jasper Fforde where worlds of fantasy, crime and comedy collide. He's been compared to Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll and and Monty Python. Jasper… Audio
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Ella Gilbert - A Kiwi Theatre-Maker in Iran
Two Wellington theatre makers have recently returned from Iran. They spent a month working with an Iranian theatre company and attending the country's biggest theatre event, a massive festival. The… Audio
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Lisa Harrow and Benjamin Henson - Pop-Up Shakespeare
400 years after the death of William Shakespeare - the bard is in town. An exact replica of the famous Globe theatre has sprung up in Auckland, where a series of Shakespeare plays are being performed… Audio