95bFM: Stage Direction

Alice is here for Stage Direction and she's brought some hilarious special guests, James Roque and Eli Mathewson! James' show Boy Mestizo: The Return, and Eli's show Daddy-Short-Legs are both on this week as part of the NZ International Comedy Festival! Whakarongo mai to hear all about it and some general funny chaos vibes. 

Alice is talking theatre and joining her in studio i tēnei rā are some of the minds behind Into The Bush - Monty Montgomery and Ania Upstill! Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about their upcoming show and what's happening in the theatre world. 

I tēnei ata kei te kaiarahi tapere, Alice pops into studio with a whirlwind introduction on how to navigate the upcoming NZ International Comedy Festival. Whakarongo mai! 

Stage Direction is back, and the mighty Alice Canton is taking the reigns! Whakarongo mai nei to hear her conversation with Xana Tang and Zak Enayat, two of the cast members of Single Asian Female which opens next week at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. 

Level 3 might have out pause on irl theatre (shakes fist at Covid) but Zoë's got some hot tips for some cool stuff to check out from the comfort of your couch. For local lovers you can tune in to Poetry and Pyjamas this thursday via zoom to hear 20 poets from Aotearoa do their thing, or you could take a trip to London via the National Theatre at Home's archives to watch many a celeb tread the boards.

Victoria Abbott, the Director of Contractions, and Renaye Tamati, who is playing The Manager, pop into the studio to talk about their upcoming show. Original written by Mike Bartlett, the show depicts the unravelling of an employment contract and the lengths women are forced to go to pay the rent and care for their loved ones.

Zoë dials in to share some virtual theatre you y'all to check out during these strange times. There's a bunch of videos for you to check our on the London International Festival of Mime website or you can check out plenty of the Auckland Pride Festival virtual events, like Same Same But Black.

Zoë joins us alongside Rebekkah, who is producing this year's Night of the Queer. Zoë and Rach chat to Rebekkah about how the festival came to be in 2015, how it has changed over the years and what we can expect to see in this years edition. Get yr tickets because this will definitely be a good time!

Zoë pops in as the theatre world slowing begins to rise from it's summer slumber. With a bunch of shows and festivals about to kick off, Zoë gives us a couple of picks from three of the upcoming celebrations. Check out Our Authentic Prom as part of Auckland Pride, Cake Baby at the Auckland Fringe Festival, and The Griegol as part of the Auckland Arts Festival.

As Shakespeare in the Park 2021 is fast approaching, Will and Bess pop in to talk us through what we can expect to see in Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing.