Plays & Stories

Reginald D. Hunter is one of the comedians performing in Auckland and Wellington as part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival Audio

Simon London talks about staging a zombie apocalypse play in what was once part of Christchurch's Red Zone. Audio

It's a cliché that every comic has a dark heart but this year's NZ International Comedy Festival might just prove it once and for all. Death, divorce and life changing illness, it's all in there… Audio

Discussing the poems of Alan Brunton, as collected in Beyond the Ohlala Mountains: Alan Brunton Poems 1968-2002. Audio

Founder and director of the Greek Theatre of New York, who brings Socrates Now, his interactive production of Plato's classic, to New Zealand this month. Audio

Natalie Haynes is a writer, classicist and comedian, whose first novel, The Amber Fury, has just been published. She also wrote the book, The Ancient Guide to Modern Life, has made numerous… Audio

Australian stage and screen actor, currently onscreen in television drama series Rake in the lead role of defense barrister Cleaver Greene. Audio

Rochelle Bright crafts a unique piece of musical theatre, telling the story of her parents romance through a series of classic kiwi pop songs arranged and performed by Steph Brown, also known as Lips.

Irish actor Aidan Dooley brings to life the stories of Tom Crean, an unsung Antarctic explorer. Audio

Irish actor Aidan Dooley brings to life the stories of Tom Crean, an unsung Antarctic explorer. Audio

Composer, soloist, producer Eden Mulholland blends Spanish flamenco and traditional Maori music to create something new for the New Zealand premiere of Paniora, a play by Briar Grace Smith. Audio

He grew up on a farm near Taihape and always wanted to be a cowboy, not an astronaut. Then he went to boarding school in Palmerston North interested in sport and physical education. Somewhere along… Audio

Three leading artists: the singer Madeleine Pierard; the children's book illustrator Gavin Bishop and playwright and actor Jacob Rajan discuss why they create work with Paul Bushnell. Awa Press writer… Audio

Stella Young is a comedian, disability activist, and the Editor of ABC's Ramp Up website - the online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia. Since then she has been… Audio

Father and son duo Jed and Riley Brophy talk about theatre, podcasts, a life in acting, and keeping it in the family for their new two-man play. Jed Brophy will be familiar to fans of The Lord of the… Audio

The Quiet Volume created by Ant Hampton is a form of audience-generated theatre, or autoteatro, which takes place in a working library. It explores the particular tension common to any library… Audio

Jamie Kilstein is an American comedian and co-host of the podcast Citizen Radio with journalist Allison Kilkenny. He makes political comedy that subverts entrenched stereotypes around gender… Audio

The importance of theatre for refugees and asylum seekers is demonstrated by Handala, an Alrowwad Theatre production at Aida Refugee camp in Bethlehem, and the inspiration behind the concept of… Audio

Katy Gosset checks out an acclaimed and provocative play that explores being deaf within a hearing family. Audio