Theatre
Pretty Girl: The biggest song of 1970
Wellington's self-described skiffle pop band Hogsnort Rupert were pleasantly surprised when they went gold with their wholesome 1970 hit 'Pretty Girl'. By the end of the year, the tune was the… Audio
Taking live performance to Auckland's front yard
Covid-19 restrictions meant the West Auckland based Maori theatre company, Te Pou , had to get creative in reaching vulnerable people. Audio, Gallery
Neil Gaiman happily stuck in New Zealand due to Covid-19
Author Neil Gaiman has been coming to NZ for appearances for years now, but he never envisaged he'd be locked down here for the better part of a month along with his wife, musician Amanda Palmer and… Audio
Burt Bacharach's hits brought to life by Ali Harper
He's been described as the King of Love Songs - composer Burt Bacharach whose songs dominated the charts from the 50s to the 80s, but perhaps most powerfully in the Sixties. Audio
NZ theatre group head to Rotterdam
Auckland's Hobson Street Theatre Company, whose actors have all experienced homelessness, is representing New Zealand at an international Arts Festival held every three years in Rotterdam. The… Audio
Theatre as a political tool
Taking the conventional wedding rom com and giving it a First Nations twist, Australia's ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and New Zealand's Te Rehia Theatre Company bring cultures together in Black Ties. Audio
Retirees take to the stage to poke fun at rest home life
Rest home life is at the centre of a performance at the NZ Fringe Festival. It's also performed by the residents of those rest homes. Two of the cast from, 'Dance Me to the End of Time', speak to… Audio
Cold Blood. Edge of seat theatre. Dancing fingers
'Cold Blood' is the latest delightfully absurd offering from partners in art and life choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey and filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. Featuring tiny props, cinema projection, and a… Video, Audio
Calling Home: Charles Olsen in Madrid
Having been enticed by a love of Spanish art and flamenco guitar, New Zealand artist and poet Charles Olsen arrived in Spain in 2003 with the intention of staying for a month. Seventeen years later… Audio
Pacific theatre companies tackle pressing issues at festival
Two hard hitting topics in the Pacific, climate change and the 2006 riots in Tonga, are the subjects of two theatre shows in Auckland's Fringe Town festival. Audio
NZer of the Year Jennifer Ward-Lealand: 'The stage is my place that I let te reo be heard'
Jennifer Ward-Lealand is an actor, director and te reo Māori advocate. She talks to Kim Hill about the great gift of being given the Māori name 'Te Atamira' (which means 'the stage'). Audio
Rachel Marlow - painting a story with light
Rachel Marlow is one of this country's most in-demand lighting designers, and co-founder of design company Filament Eleven 11. She works on everything from straight theatre productions to outdoor… Audio
Pasifika-led theatre tackles mental health issues
A theatre director is hoping to spark conversations about taboo subjects like mental health and suicide in New Zealand's Pacific community. Audio
Roger Hall's new play - Winding Up
Thirty years after Sir Roger Hall first introduced New Zealand theatre audiences to married couple Barry and Gen in his play Conjugal Rites, they're back - older, grumpier, and still together. Audio
Black Ties. Not your average rom com
One wedding, two families and two cultures. Tainui Tukiwaho talks about his on stage rom com, Black Ties, and his brilliant take on the Trans-Tasman clash of cultures. Black Ties, which is a… Video, Audio, Gallery
Award winning Scottish playwright, Kieran Hurley
Kieran Hurley's work Mouthpiece, won the Hector MacMillan Award for Best new Scottish play and the prestigous Carol Tambor Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year (2019), where it was sold… Audio
Bronwyn Turei - how to become an actor
Brokenwood Mysteries, Go Girls, Oliver - star of stage and screen, Bronwyn Turei, is our expert today and she talks about what it takes to become an actor. Audio
Joshua Henry - marking a mark on Broadway
Broadway start Joshua Henry has been in New Zealand inspiring young people hoping to make it in the world of musical theatre at the Christchurch International Musical Theatre Summer School. Audio
Performing Arts highlights 2019: Tama Waipara, Dione Joseph & Lyne Pringle
Has 2019 been a good year in the performing arts? Te Matatini, the national Maori performing arts festival inspired kapa haka themed pedestrian crossing lights in Wellington, new festivals popped up… Audio
A Youth theatre company explores the teenage brain
An insight into the chaotic teenage brain is the promise from Christchurch's Court Youth Company's young actors, ahead of their end-of-year production, Brainstorm.
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