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Theatre - John Symthe
John Symthe discusses Dog and Bone, a play that looks at colonial Wellington at war. Audio
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Building the butterfly (stroke)
A fascination with the lives and achievements of early Australian women swimmers comes through in a solo play by Australian writer and actor Alice Mary Cooper. In her show Waves, which she's bringing… Audio
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On This Day… 24 January 1916
Standing Room Only heads to a variety show from a hundred years ago that sounds like a must see. Audio
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Defending the J.J.Mac
Can fantasy help us to understand things we'd rather not think about at all? That's the question behind new play Defending the J.J. Mac, which opens soon in Auckland. Director Leon Wadham says the… Audio
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Shakespeare at Auckland's Pop-up Globe
Pop-up Globe is the world's first full-scale working replica of the second Globe theatre, and eight of Shakespeare's works will be performed in Auckland before it heads to another part of the world.
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Getting teenagers hooked on Shakespeare
400 years ago, the world's most famous playwright died. William Shakespeare's 37 plays are still performed regularly around the world. 2016 also marks the 25th anniversary of the Shakespeare Globe… Audio
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$22m Blenheim theatre delayed as date with Kiri looms
21 Jan 2016The planned opening of a $22 million theatre in Blenheim next month has been put off until March because of building delays.
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Buskers: Miss Behave
Swordswallower Amy Saunders aka Miss Behave has brought a gameshow to the World Buskers Festival in Christchurch. Audio
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Buskers - David Ladderman and Lizzie Tollemache
Christchurch is about to be inundated with buskers as The World Buskers Festival begins. David Ladderman and Lizzie Tollemache from Rollicking Entertainment are performing throughout the festival in… Audio
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Suicide play helps teens to cope with loss
In response to a wave of youth suicides in recent months, a group of young people struggling to cope with their loss have got together to write and perform a play. Audio
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Desiree Burch
Desiree Burch is a comedian, performer and educator from New York. She is one of NY magazine's Ten New Comedians and just recently won the Funny Women awards in the UK. Audio
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Sophie Roberts
Artistic Director of Auckland's Silo Theatre tells us about their 2016 programme, described as a collection of work that 'celebrates the anarchic, the wild and the beautiful fight in us all to survive… Audio
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NZ comedian Jon Gadsby remembered
13 Dec 2015Tributes have been flowing for comedian and writer Jon Gadsby, who has died of cancer at the age of 62. Video
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Shakespeare with David Lawrence: Twelfth Night
Director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. Their latest production is A Christmas Karel Capek at BATS (to 19… Audio
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Tim Crouch: living Shakespeare
Award winning UK actor and playwright who is visiting Auckland in partnership with the British Council to present his solo show, I, Peaseblossom, the story of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream… Audio
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The Morepork - Part 10
Unnatural Selection (Pt 2). Our raffish raptor is held captive on the Naturist's private island and gets down to the nitty gritty. Sound engineer Phil Benge Producer Duncan Smith. Audio
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Carl Bland: Te Po
Playwright and actor Carl Bland discusses his new play Te Po. Part of the World Premiere Season at the New Zealand Festival and Auckland Arts Festival 2016, the play uses the opposites love and death… Audio