Theatre

Sugar and spice, and all things nice… and naughty make up a variety spectacular coming to Wellington. The Menagerie Deluxe combines burlesque, circus acts, opera singers, jazz vocalists, drag queens… Audio

What happens to your body when you fall in love? Is the reaction stronger than a drug? That’s the basis of The Effect at Auckland’s Q Theatre. A duo meet and fall in love while part of an… Audio

A re-imagining of the Ibsen classic A Doll’s House by Emily Perkins will be staged at Circa Theatre next month. This modern take on Ibsen’s nineteenth century play which provoked a storm of… Audio

Named as an Aucklander of the Year in 2005 by Metro magazine, and four-time Director of the Year by The New Zealand Listener, Shane Bosher is one of New Zealand's most prolific theatre makers. During… Audio

Dunedin playwright and writing mentor Emily Duncan likes to go to dark places. For her PhD in Theatre Studies thesis she wrote a play about a former tuberculosis sanatorium and borstal in Otago. Most… Audio

The Road that Wasn’t There, by Trick of the Light Theatre Company, is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after performances in Auckland and Wellington. The play has its roots in the magic… Audio

A complete reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll & Hyde opens tonight at Auckland’s Basement Theatre. It has a uniquely kiwi twist – Mr Hyde is so evil that he punches the cleaning lady… Audio

Actor, designer, director: Andrew Foster is a freelance theatre worker which means he never limits himself to one discipline. He has recently played a lead character in Anthony McCarten’s play Weed at… Audio

Chris Rex Martin, Shadrack Simi and Brady Peeti play three musical brothers who get the opportunity of a life time… to open for Kiwi music legend John Rowles. Their show Larger than Life, which is on… Audio

Comedian James Nokise likes to find humour in the ridiculous. His latest show Rukahu follows fictional character Jon Bon Fasi, who’s been given a $75,000 grant from CNZ to create a new show. But what… Audio

Kevin Hack plays Tony in the next big stage production to hit Auckland - Westside Story. The production has it's gala premiere on Thursday night at The Civic. Video, Audio

The whimsical story of a lonely, reclusive pianist who finds friendship with the moon and a life-sized puppet is the crux of La Vie Dans Une Marionette. The innovative theatre work has been created by… Audio

In 1929 the government held an inquiry into the employment of Maori in market gardens. It was to deal with what one paper at the time called "the Maori girl" problem - Chinese market gardeners and… Audio

Fine arts student Nikau Hindin reviews Cian Elyse Waiti's homage to Maori beauty queens; Maureen Kingi, Moana Manley and Keita White. Set in the early 1960's it follows the journey made by the… Audio

It’s Matariki.  Kura Te Ua, co-founder of Maori kapa haka theatre group Hawaiki TU and actor Rawiri Paratene discuss the importance of telling ancient stories in a modern way through Te Manawa which… Audio