Plays & Stories

American comedian Adrienne Truscott is here for the Comedy Fest with her show Asking For It, with performances that will mostly likely make an audience feel uncomfortable. Audio

Novelist Emily Perkins has penned her first play. She's updated Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and set it in contemporary New Zealand. This new version will premiere at the end of the month in a… Audio

Sound artist and sound designer Jason Wright can put his hand to pretty much anything in his chosen field. You can hear his work on stage, in art galleries and in other spaces. He works across sonic… Audio

In the 1980s and 90s Wellington's Taki Rua theatre showed the value of having a theatre space showcasing Maori live performance. It's been a long wait for a replacement venue after the theatre closed… Audio

Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, discussing Shakespeare's last history play, Henry V. Audio

With comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

An improv theatre that produces talents like Tina Fey, Bill Murray, James Belushi, Steve Carell and Amy Poehler must be doing something right. For 50 years, The Second City in Chicago has turned out… Audio

With comedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew. Audio

Robert Scott is Musical Supervisor for the New Zealand season of 'Singin' in the Rain'. He tells Eva about the stage adaptation. Audio

Meg Wolitzer, a leading USA novelist, talks about her extensive career with Kate De Goldi, focusing on a recent highly-awarded novel The Interestings. Audio

Cellist and composer Claire Cowan is this year's composer in residence with Orchestra Wellington and she's also the creative director for a new show called Dreams that is about to premiere at… Audio

Three rarely-performed Beckett plays include a revival of a production performed 30 years ago - same actor, same cast and even the same recording of Krapp's Last Tape. Ed Newborn and Paul Gittens talk… Audio

Expat Kenneth Rae started teaching acting at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama around 30 years ago and his classes over the years have been studded with stars of the future like Daniel… Audio

With Te Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

He's sexist, racist and anti-semitic - according to some critics of Trevor Noah, the new host of America's long-running TV programme The Daily Show. Audio

Playwright previews the Bullet Heart Club season of Daffodils. Audio

April Fool's day is traditionally the day newspapers have a little bit of a laugh at their readers expense. Audio

Comedian Ray Badran told a joke that involved a reference to rape. A woman in the audience silently protested; he put her down, telling her to die. Audio

Two of the big winners of this year's Adam Play Awards. Audio

With James Elliott and Michele A'Court. Audio