Theatre
Best of Upbeat 2016 – Hudson and Halls
Before reality shows like Masterchef, New Zealand’s own Hudson and Halls were whipping up very questionable cooking and making audiences around the country laugh. Considered trailblazers, Peter Hudson… Audio
Asian men are hot too!
On Voices this week, young actors says roles for Asian people on stage and screen in NZ are just too few and far between. They want 'more Asians in people's faces!' Video, Audio, Gallery
Asian men are hot too!
On Voices this week, young actors says roles for Asian people on stage and screen in NZ are just too few and far between. They want 'more Asians in people's faces!'
Video, AudioBest of Upbeat 2016 – Roger Hall
There’s no business like show business. Just ask playwright Roger Hall who released his latest comedy outing Last Legs in September, 40 years on from his very first play. The season at Circa went so…
Eli Kent
Writer, actor and filmmaker Eli Kent won the 2008 Peter Harcourt Award for Outstanding New Playwright of the Year at just 19. He went on to write several award-winning works and his play All Your… Audio
George's Marvellous Medicine becomes a stage play
The late children's writer Roald Dahl is still a phenomenon, with his dark, often surreal fairy stories scaring and delighting readers, young and old. 2016 is the 100th anniversary of his birth. Audio
Blonde, Mia Blonde
Mia Blonde in Ice Dagger is a rollicking Bond-inspired comedy-dance show about a British agent, 0064 Mia Blonde, who is out to save the world from nuclear disaster. Lara Liew plays arch enemy… Audio
Theatre Critic: Dione Joseph
Dione is a writer, director and dramaturge. She has an academic and practical background in live performance and her work has an emphasis on culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Audio
Christmas in Levin
The annual Christmas show at the Basement Theatre is here once again, and this year it’s about an amateur dramatic society putting together their festive show, set in Levin. The cast are waiting for a… Audio
Bookmarks: Roger Hall
Today's Bookmarks guest is an English born naturalised New Zealander who trained as a teacher before becoming one of our best known comedy playwrights. His break-through work depicted life in the… Audio
These are a few of my favourite sings
Sisters Georgia and Francesca Emms have their own production company Wanderlust Productions, dedicated to making live performances of cabaret, musical theatre and opera accessible. Their new show T… Audio
Saving The Meteor
A $368,000 government grant has guaranteed the future of Hamilton's Meteor Theatre. The One Victoria Trust through its 'Save The Meteor' fundraising campaign had already raised a million dollars… Audio, Gallery
Theatre Critic: John Smythe
John is the Managing Editor and senior theatre critic with theatreview, The New Zealand Performing Arts Review & Directory operated as a trust to review professional performing arts throughout New… Audio
The next stage for female Maori playwright
Award winning female Maori playwright Maraea Rakuraku’s play Tan-Knee was one of three selected as part of Auckland Theatre Company’s development programme Next Stage Festival. The broadcaster, poet… Audio
BATS glory days
Kathryn Ryan speaks to Ken Duncum, part of a play-writing partnership with writer/actor Rebecca Rodden that sealed the reputation of Wellington's BATS theatre, as a destination for thought-provoking… Audio
Theatre Critic - John Smythe
Our Theatre review today, takes us back to 1986: That was the year the Mikhail Lermontov sunk in the Marlborough Sounds, Parliament passed the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, GST was introduced, Pope John… Audio
Scarlet and Gold
The story of the 1912 Waihi Gold Miners' Strike is told through a new play by Lorae Parry which interweaves music and dance. Scarlet and Gold follows the paths of three different women who clash… Audio
Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum…
With only a month to go until Christmas, it’s only natural to celebrate with the time honoured theatre tradition of a pantomime. This year Circa Theatre welcomes back Roger Hall’s Jack and the… Audio
The Beautiful Ones
Dance, music, projected imagery and late night talk combine to tell the story of young love with a Pacific flavor in The Beautiful Ones. Auckland musician Tama Waipara is part of the team behind the… Video, Audio
