95bFM: Stage Direction

This week, Laika Rountree chats to Crawley and Harry about multiple productions, such as How To Catch a Grim Reaper and Macbeth INC, and they chat to Suzy Eddie Izzard about her show at the NZ Comedy Festival, The Remix: The First 35 Years, and her upcoming show later on in the year, Hamlet.

Laika Rountree joins Matthew Crawley and producer Harry, chatting about what's currently happening, and what's coming up, in the theatre space in Tāmaki Makaurau, such as 'Nosferatu Looking for Love' a part of the NZ Comedy Festival! Whakarongo mai nei!

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 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.

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.

Matthew and Alice speak to two of the improvisers behind It's Alive, starting 23 September at Pumphouse Theatre. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

Florence Hartigan and Shoshana McCallum chat to Alice Canton about their shows, Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato and Merely Beloved! on at the Herald Theatre from 8-10 May. 

Jo Randerson phoned in to chat with Alice Canton about Speed is Emotional on at Q Theatre from 16 April - 3 May. You can find tickets here.

Mayen Mehta and Ryan O'Kane from Auckland Theatre Company joined Sofia in the studio to chat about Murder on the Orient Express, on at ASB Waterfront Theatre 22 April - 10 May. 

Sela Faletolu-Fasi joined Sofia in the studio to chat about Love; Mum, on now at Basement Theatre until 29th March. 

John Davies joined Sofia and Beth in studio to chat about Te Tupua - The Goblin, a solo play written and performed by Davies himself. Tickets for tonight's show at Te Pou Theatre here. 

Ngahiriwa Rauhina joined Alice Canton in the studio to speak about 'ration the Queens veges' currently on at Te Pou Theatre. Tickets here!

Brynley Stent joined Alice Canton in the studio to talk about Frigidton, on at Basement Theatre from 5-8 March. 

Ahi Karunaharan joined Beth and Sofia in the studio to talk about a mixtape for maladies, the final chapter of Karunaharan's trilogy. The play tells the story of 17 nostalgic pop tracks which chart the deeply moving journey of Sangeetha and her family in 1950s Sri Lanka. a mixtape for maladies is on at ASB Waterfront Theatre from the 4th March. You can get your tickets here.

Alice Canton spoke to artistic director of Auckland Arts Festival, Bernie Haldane, about the programme this year. The festival is running from 6-23 March. More info here!

Brady Peeti (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Maniapoto) joined Sofia in the studio to speak about "What Happened to Mary-Anne?" - a story of trans woman Mary-Anne and her insatiable adoration for the power of rock. The show is on at the Q Theatre Loft from 11th-15th February. You can get your tickets here!

For Stage Direction this week, Xin Ji joins Beth in the studio to discuss Body Story which is a physical dance theatre piece, as well as his debut solo show. Body Story is on at Q Theatre from the 18th-22nd February as part of Auckland Pride Festival. Tickets from Q Theatre's website.