Shakespeare
Tearepa Kahi - Romeo raua ko Hurieta
Actor, and director of Mt Zion Tearepa Kahi, is about to stage William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in te reo, to mark Matariki. He joins Wallace to talk about the challenges of translating the… Audio
The Millionaire and the Bard
A Gilded-age millionaire saved some of the greatest works by William Shakespeare from oblivion. Henry Folger obsessively collected the works of Shakespeare. The great playwright left no manuscripts… Audio
Patrick Spottiswoode: Shakespeare
Patrick Spottiswoode is the founding director of Globe Education, and he's here as an assessor for the Shakespeare Globe Centre of New Zealand-University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. Audio
Curt Tofteland - Shakespeare Behind Bars
The Shakespeare Behind Bars programme is an internationally acclaimed programme in the United States for both offenders and ex-offenders, offering theatrical experiences that deal with personal and… Audio
The Ugly Shakespeare Company
For 20 years the Ugly Shakespeare Company has toured theatre to schools the length and breadth of the country, introducing 800-thousand school kids to the Bard. Audio
Rosalind from 'As You Like It' By Miranda Harcourt
Rosalind's Monologue from Act III, Scene V of "As You Like It". Performed by Miranda Harcourt. Audio
Interview with Dr Lori Leigh - Part Four: As You Like It
Dr Lori Leigh talks about Shakespeare's heroines, with particular reference to Rosalind in "As you Like It". The interview includes a rendition of Rosalind's monologue from Act 3, Scene 5 performed by… Audio
Shakespeare with David Lawrence: Henry V
Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, discussing Shakespeare's last history play, Henry V. Audio
Interview with Dr Leigh - Part Three: Midsummer Night's Dream
Dr Lori Leigh talks about her book Shakespeare's "Embodied Heroines", with particular reference to Helena and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The interview includes a rendition of Helena's monologue from… Audio
Interview with Dr Lori Leigh - Part Three: Midsummer Night's Dream
Dr Lori Leigh talks about her book Shakespeare's "Embodied Heroines", with particular reference to Helena and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The interview includes a rendition of Helena's monologue from… Audio
Helena from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Erin Banks
Helena's Monologue from Act I, Scene I of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Performed by Erin Banks. Audio
Interview with Dr Lori Leigh - Part Two: Two Noble Kinsmen
Dr Lori Leigh talks about the heroines of "Two Noble Kinsmen" by William Shakespeare, with particular reference to The Jailer's Daughter. The interview includes a rendition of the Jailer's Daughters'… Audio
The Jailer's Daughter from 'Two Nobel Kinsmen' By Hannah Banks
The Jailer's Daughters' Monologue from Act II, Scene IV of 'Two Nobel Kinsmen'. Performed by Hannah Banks. Audio
Interview with Dr Lori Leigh - Part One: The Winter's Tale
Dr Lori Leigh talks about her book Shakespeare and the Embodied Heroine, with particular reference to Paulina and 'The Winter's Tale'. Includes Paulina's monologue from Act 3, Scene 2 performed by… Audio
Paulina from 'The Winter's Tale' by Sophie Hambleton
Paulina's monologue from Act 3, Scene 2 of 'The Winter's Tale'. Performed by Sophie Hambleton. Audio
Shakespeare with David Lawrence: Hamlet
David Lawrence is director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company he founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. His most recent production was Richard III, last… Audio
The Expats - Angus Vail
This week we're speaking to Angus Vail who's living in New York - and on a mission to create a mobile Shakespeare theatre out of shipping containers. Audio
Jeffrey and Gregory Qaiyum: The Q Brothers
Writers and performers from Chicago's Q Brothers theatre company preview the Auckland Festival season of Othello: The Remix. Audio
Q Brothers on adapting Shakespeare for a hip hop generation
GQ and JQ make up Chicago's Q Brothers, whose award-winning hip hop adaptations of Shakespeare have toured the globe. They also run workshops for kids, in which participants work with an existing… Audio
Brett Bailey: Macbeth in the Congo
Director of South African performance company Third World Bunfight, whose latest production is a radical take on Verdi's opera Macbeth, set in modern-day Congo, and playing at the Auckland Arts… Audio