Acting
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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Jackie Van Beek
Is the guest in the How We Did It series today talking about her acting career. Audio
Musical Siblings - The Sami Sisters
The Sami Sisters are a prodigious musical trio. Anji has collaborated aplenty, as well as releasing an EP under her own name, and making up half of the band She's So Rad. Priya also has an EP out… Audio
New Zealand performers entertain festive memories
Life on the road brings with it unexpected circumstances for musician Laughton Kora; stage and screen actor Miriama McDowell tells us how a little gigantic Pukeko got caught in a trap, and DJ Sticky… Audio
Masterpieces - Ray Henwood
Ray has chosen his favourite New Zealand acting performance. Audio
Trick of The Light Theatre
Ralph McCubbin Howell and Hannah Smith are travelling the country with three shows, have just opened a play challenging ANZAC mythology, and are working on another production that will premiere at… Audio
The Simpsons - Maggie Roswell
Maggie Roswell is best known for being the voices on The Simpsons of Helen Lovejoy, Maude Flanders, Milhouse's mother Luann, and Lisa's teacher Miss Hoover. She also memorably portrayed Mary Poppins… Audio
Josh Hopton-Stewart and Rebecca Gumbley: 'The Crucible'
Wellington's Stagecraft Theatre are mounting a production of Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible'. Eva speaks to director Josh Hopton-Stewart and actor Rebecca Gumbley about the play, its historical… Audio
800 Words Trans-Tasman TV sensation
800 words was created by a Kiwi, produced by South Pacific Pictures for Australia's Seven Network, and shot around the beaches around Auckland. And it's proved to be a ratings sensation across the… Audio
Buddug James Jones and Max Mackintosh: 'Hiraeth'
'Hiraeth' is a play by, and starring, Buddug James Jones and Max Mackintosh. They speak to Eva about Welsh language, agriculture and how the play is put together. Audio
Maxi Blaha: 'Soul of Fire'
Austrian actress Maxi Blaha is in the country, presenting the play 'Soul of Fire: She fought for Peace'. She tells Eva about her character Bertha von Suttner: recipient of the first ever Nobel Peace… Audio
Jane Yonge and Vanessa Rhodes: 'The Quiet Room'
Renee Liang's latest play, 'The Quiet Room', draws on her experience as paediatrician, examining the way young people deal with a cancer diagnosis. Eva speaks to actor Vanessa Rhodes and director Jane… Audio
Acting - not what it's cracked up to be
Alcohol, drugs, health issues. Peter Elliott talks about an actor's lot. Audio
The Best of Upbeat for 4 September 2015
In this week's episode: Eva speaks to Australian conductor Simone Young about her passion for Bruckner Symphonies, before speaking to director Amanda Rees and her sister, actor Donogh Rees about their… Audio
Actress - Angela Zhou
Angela Zhou is a kiwi actress making it big in the states - she's currently working on the hit series Hell on Wheels, playing a Chinese American rail road worker in the fifth and final season of the… Audio
Frankenstein
Frankenstein fans are in for a double treat next month. New Zealand gets its premiere of a London National Theatre production of the horror story, and a film starring James MacAvoy is coming out… Audio
You Call this Art 2014 Part 2
The actor Cliff Curtis, composer Phil Dadson and authors Damien Wilkins and Georgina White discuss the importance of discovery in the process of creating new performances or writing. Justin Gregory is… Audio
Australasian theatre - Brett Adam
New Long Cloud Youth Theatre Artistic Director Brett Adam was previously the Head of Directing at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, and prior moving to Aotearoa he was a Director for Melbourne Theatre… Audio
Dubbing was his DigiDestiny
American voice actor Joshua Seth has been heard in hundreds of video games, commercials and movies over the years. He's something of a specialist in the only type of foreign film and television that… Audio
How to Catch a Grim Reaper
Having gathered a stack of awards for her poetry and a book of hers translated into French, German and Spanish, Helen Vivienne Fletcher has now set her sights on writing for the stage. Her poetry has… Audio