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My Best Dead Friend
Anya Tate-Manning is taking her award winning one woman show to Escape! at the Tauranga Arts Festival. She's here to tell us all about it. Audio
Simon London in 1984: 'It's a visceral, surprising experience'
Kiwi actor Simon London is best known for his role in The Hobbit playing elf Feren but how he's returning to Auckland for the Auckland Arts Festival production of 1984. It's been touring Australia for… Audio
Pip Hall: tackling a Maurice Gee classic for the stage
Award-winning playwright Pip Hall has been writing full time for two decades. Now she's taken on one of NZ's best loved sci-fi stories, a classic Maurice Gee novel. Pip Hall is adapting Under the… Audio
Don Brash invited to play after objecting to use of Te Reo
The director of a play about Māori trying to adapt to Pākehā culture says he's delighted Don Brash has agreed to drive from Auckland to Whāngārei tonight to see it. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 5: hazards? what hazards? - a 1950s childhood unrecognisable today
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Imagination Lego - How the internet cultivates creativity
The internet, oft-maligned, has ushered a new era in human creativity, argues David Gauntlett, allowing the like-minded to foster niche, but nourishing, online communities. Video, Audio
Not last legs for Hall
There’s no business like show business. Just ask playwright Roger Hall who is set to release his latest comedy outing Last Legs 40 years on from his very first play. It’s set at an upmarket retirement… Audio
Grounded
Otago polytechnic and the Fortune Theatre have joined forces to work together on internationally successful play Grounded, written by American playwright George Brant. Starring well known kiwi actor… Video, Audio
Auckland school cancels musical after injury
St Kentigern's College, in Auckland, has cancelled its production of Sweeney Todd, after two students suffered cuts to their throats from a razor at opening night. Audio
Playwright Anna Ziegler
Playwright. Talks to Noelle about latest work in London, Photograph 51. Audio
State of Play Survey - Dr Scott Duncan
A new survey into how our kids play, shows that what's known as 'bubble wrapping' or 'wrapping your kids in cottonwool' can have major consequences for their development. The nationwide State of Play… Audio
Sofia Mavragani and Miranda Manasiadis: PlayforWELLINGTON
Choreographer and teacher Sofia Mavragani has taken her performance workshop 'playforPLACE' to cities like Athens, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, and Reykjavik. This week, she joins actor and director… Audio
Interactive Toy for Autistic Children
Auti is a robotic toy developed specifically for children with autism to encourage positive play behaviours Audio
Interactive Toy for Autistic Children
Auti is a robotic toy developed specifically for children with autism to encourage positive play behaviours
AudioExit Stage Left - Part 1
A light-hearted entertainment about the staging of a Christmas pantomime at the struggling Promptside Theatre. Audio
The Secrets I Keep by Georgina Scull
Three actors recreate the verbatim confessions of three ordinary New Zealanders who have held life long secrets. Audio
The Blackening by Paul Rothwell
Three brothers find they are doomed to do what has been done to them. Audio
