Victor Rodger

One of Aotearoa's most daring and decorated playwrights, Victor Rodger's award-winning 2013 play Black Faggot is back at the Court Theatre. More than a decade on, the play remains painfully relevant.

Playwright and producer Victor Rodger has reread Alan Hollinghurst's 2004 Booker Prize-winning novel The Line of Beauty ahead of interviewing Alan at the Auckland Writer's Festival. Audio

There's never been a better time to get into reading so the new online campaign Blokes vs Books had a very timely launch last week. In a series of short, light-hearted interviews, playwright Victor… Video, Audio

Aunty Upu tells Esera that her eyes are bigger than her stomach! If Esera’s eyes were actually bigger than her stomach, just think of all the amazing things she could see. 

Written by Victor Rodger… Audio

Oh no, Uncle has left his surgical gloves behind! That's okay because Doctor Esera can take his place in the operating theatre.  Saving lives is all part of the job.  Is Esera ready for the… Audio

Esera skips to the stage, leaving her audience in awe of her amazing voice.  Her fanau are impressed, but her dog Chummo isn’t a fan. 

Written by Victor Rodger with the voice of Lahleina Feaunati as… Audio

Wow, the ocean is so sparkly today, it looks like a huge blanket of diamonds.  Esera the seagull flies out across the water to collect enough riches to buy whatever she wants. 

Written by Victor… Audio

Four years ago, celebrated playwright Victor Rodger wrote Club Paradiso for its main star, actor Robbie Magasiva. Robbie plays Q, a criminal on the run who bursts into a bar, covered in blood, high on… Audio

Choreographer Neil Iremia and writer Victor Rodger are both reflecting on the male violence they witnessed as children, as they collaborate on a dance work called Crying Men. It tells a… Audio

Victor Rodger explores the personal, cultural and political aspects of transgender and non-binary identity with Georgina Beyer, Lexie Matheson, Nikolai Talamahina and Aych McArdle.  Audio

The old saying don't let the facts get in the way of a good story usually applies to journalism, but a speaker at a writers retreat in Kapiti is going to argue that that also holds true when writing… Audio

Victor Rodger is sending out a challenge to other Pasifika writers. Where's the PI book that a nui generation will cherish? Audio