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All your thesp-y knowledge needs sated by our resident theatre writer and dramaturg Alice Canton.
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Laika reviews recent production Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan, the upcoming My Name is Rachel Corrie at Te Pou Theatre, and Words In Motion at Basement Theatre. Whakarongo mai nei!
Laika Rountree joins Matthew for Stage Direction, having been to the dress rehearsal of the upcoming production for Embrace, and the planning of the upcoming production, Before We Begin.
Kia ora! The first Stage Direction of 2026! Matthew speaks to our new contributor, Laika Rountree, about what direction the segment will take this year.
Kia ora! The first Stage Direction of 2026! Matthew speaks to our new contributor, Laika Rountree, about what direction the segment will take this year.
Kia ora! The first Stage Direction of 2026! Matthew speaks to our new contributor, Laika Rountree, about what direction the segment will take this year.
Matthew and Alice speak to two of the improvisers behind It's Alive, starting 23 September at Pumphouse Theatre. 
Matthew is joined by Alice Canton in the studio to speak with Ben Ashby and Nadiyah Akbar of a2 Company about their upcoming show at Basement Theatre, Running into the Sun. 
Amber Curreen, one of the founders of Te Pou theatre, is in the studio for a korero about the upcoming Koanga Festival 2025. The festival kicks off on 12 September.
Crawley is joined by Alice to discuss the upcoming season of Mother Play at Silo Theatre with castmembers Tim Earle and Amanda Tito. 
Alice speaks with director Rhiannon Hadlow and actor Molly Curnow about MOTHER IS A DAUGHTER IS A MOTHER. Playing at Basement Theatre, the new play from Brick Haus Productions interrogates the relations between art, motherhood and creation. 
Alice and Matthew are joined over the phone by Tom Clarke, a player in ATCs current show; MARY: The Birth of Frankenstein, written by Jess Sawyer. They discuss the upcoming show run at ASB Waterfront Theatre!
No Alice this week :( Still the theatre goodness even so! Matthew talks to Barnie Duncan and Pelenakeke Brown, Directors and producers of Siblings, to talk about their upcoming show run at Te Pou Theatre.
Katie and Georgie of Ratbag discuss their upcoming fundraising season of How to Art, starting this Thursday evening at Basement Theatre.
Katie and Georgie of Ratbag discuss their upcoming fundraising season of How to Art, starting this Thursday evening at Basement Theatre.
Alice Canton speaks to Dylan and Joseph, cast members of Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. You can catch the Flyleaf Theatre Company's staging of the play, which follows on the canonization of Joan of Arc, at Q Theatre later in the month.
Alice Canton spoke with actor and playwright Gideon Smith about Black Faggot - a black comedy production at Q Theatre telling the experiences of queer Pasifika in response to Destiny Church’s “Enough is Enough” march on Parliament in 2004 and the 2012 protests against the Marriage Equality bill.
Alice speaks with Jon Coddington about the whānau friendly show Taniwha happening at Silo Theatre.
Cassandra Woodhouse chats to Alice about Pumphouse Theatre's staging of Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie.
David Stuart and Hoani Hotene joined Sofia in the studio to chat about their shows for Comedy Festival. 
Summer Xia and Annie Guo join Alice Canton in the studio to chat about their respective shows for Comedy Festival. 
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