Podcasts about BATS Theatre

A "dysfunctional family epic" is how Ben Wilson's award-winning script Homemade Takeaways is described. The comedy-drama won the 2020 Playmarket Playwrights B4 25 competition and it's finally heading onto the stage. It's set in small-town New Zealand during Christmas with the 'chosen family' of four. These include a primary school teacher wants to write violent children's fiction, and a recently dumped self-help expert who is self-destructing. Ben Wilson talks with Lynn Freeman about Homemade Takeaways and the cachet the phrase "award-winning" gives a young writer. Homemade Takeaways premieres at Bats Theatre in Te Whanganui A Tara Wellington on Tuesday 22 November.

When Wellington's Downstage Theatre Company closed in 2013, many feared that was the end of the road for its long-time home, the Hannah Playhouse. After all, the 49-year-old concrete building stands on prime real estate, opposite Bats Theatre and the Embassy Cinema. But the charitable trust that owns the Hannah has made a three-year pilot scheme with Wellington City Council to invest $200,000 a year in it. It will be used primarily as an arts incubation space for top performers to develop their work. There may occasionally be public performances there too. First to benefit from the opportunity is Footnote Dance Company - rehearsals are under way for a new show to premiere later this month. Lynn Freeman talks with Stephen Blackburn, the council's city events manager, who's known the building since childhood. His father Ken was involved with Downstage Theatre right from the start: The Footnote Theatre production ChoreoCo 2022: Mea Uma opens at the Hannah Playhouse on 16 November.

It's astonishing what magic one actor can produce on stage when they have a great script and the ability to play many roles simply through movement and voice.. TAHI - New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance brings together soloists - from emerging first or second-timers through to well-established performers - from around Aotearoa for 10 days of performances and conversations about this specialist theatrical form. This year marks the fourth TAHI and it'll be hosted in Wellington - 18 shows across four venues and ten days. Lynn Freeman talks with two of this year's participants - Sacha Copland and Helen Fletcher. TAHI: New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance starts on September 8 at Bats Theatre in Te Whanganui A Tara/Wellington.

After asking their fans on social media which story they'd most like to see turned into an irreverent play, Wellington's A Slightly Isolated Dog company chose the Trojan War from the dozens of suggestions. Once they delved deeper into the story of Paris, Helen and the fall of Troy, they discovered parallels with our current chaotic times. The Trojan War is the third in a series of reinterpreted classics - after Don Juan and Jekyll & Hyde - that were performed around the country, as well as Australia and Edinburgh. Director Leo Gene Peters first explains to Lynn Freeman the unorthodox play selection process. The Trojan War premieres at BATS Theatre in Wellington on Tuesday, before heading to Auckland's Basement Theatre from August the 23rd.

In the digital age and the Covid era, how do you get people out to a play?

Maori playwright Sherilee Kahui wants to shake things up with her new work, Mokomoko. She's asking some hard questions and presenting some hard truths in the play, about a woman suffering from a personal trauma that has its roots in a genocide dating back several generations. Worse still, it's an atrocity has never been acknowledged. Mokomoko tells of a woman whose road to recovery from personal trauma is to discover her origin story, Sherilee tells Lynn Freeman she wants her play to empower Wahine Maori. Mokomoko - written and directed by Sherilee Kahui - will open on the 10th of May at Wellington's Bats Theatre in Wellington.

It's a brand new season and excitingly episode one was recorded live with a small but mighty studio audience as part of the Listen to This: Live Podcast Festival at Bats Theatre in Wellington. Penny's first guest this season is the hilarious comedian Sameena Zehra and tho Penny was stuck in West Auckland, she zoomed in and a jolly good time was had by all. Sameena treated everyone to some stand up at the top, then they chatted all about how you should never trust monkeys with your sanitary pads, about the filtered juice of guinea pig ovaries and how orgasms are the best medicine. Sameena's upcoming show information https://www.circa.co.nz/package/tea-with-terrorists/Dennis Eir Lim's Podcast Festival  https://bats.co.nz/whats-on/listen-to-this-live-podcasts/Always see what's happening at Bats https://bats.co.nz/Support the show

Mary Meachen, owner of Smith the Grocer, and Jonty Hendry Chief Executive of Bats Theatre talk about the impact of the Red Traffic light setting with Nick Mills. Meachen opened up about the trickle-down effects from a struggling sector. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Meachen, owner of Smith the Grocer, and Jonty Hendry Chief Executive of Bats Theatre talk about the impact of the Red Traffic light setting with Nick Mills. Meachen opened up about the trickle-down effects from a struggling sector. LISTEN ABOVE

This season we bring you our Conversation Series - in each episode, a trio of improvisors come together to talk about what lights them up, what challenges them, and what keeps them excited about the future of improv.Featuring: Jennifer O'Sullivan and Christine Brooks from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), and Laura Irish from Whakatū (Nelson) Recorded in front of a live audience at BATS Theatre in October 2021.This episode was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust and Creative NZ.NZ Improv Festival 2021 ran 4-16 October 2021 at Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington's BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

This season we bring you our Conversation Series - in each episode, a trio of improvisors come together to talk about what lights them up, what challenges them, and what keeps them excited about the future of improv.Featuring: Tara McEntee and Susan Williams from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), and Ryan Knighton from Te Papaioea (Palmerston North)Recorded in front of a live audience at BATS Theatre in October 2021.This episode was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust and Creative NZ.NZ Improv Festival 2021 ran 4-16 October 2021 at Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington's BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

This season we bring you our Conversation Series - in each episode, a trio of improvisors come together to talk about what lights them up, what challenges them, and what keeps them excited about the future of improv.Featuring: Matt Powell and Liz Butler from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), and Emma Brittenden from Ōtautahi (Christchurch)Recorded in front of a live audience at BATS Theatre in October 2021.This episode was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust and Creative NZ.NZ Improv Festival 2021 ran 4-16 October 2021 at Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington's BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

This season we bring you our Conversation Series - in each episode, a trio of improvisors come together to talk about what lights them up, what challenges them, and what keeps them excited about the future of improv.Featuring: Marea Colombo from Ōtepoti (Dunedin), Ben Zolno from Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington), and Daniel Allan from Otautahi (Christchurch) and hosted by Christine Brooks (Te Whanganui a Tara)Recorded in front of a live audience at BATS Theatre in October 2021.This episode was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust and Creative NZ.NZ Improv Festival 2021 ran 4-16 October 2021 at Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington's BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

A new production BIGTIMECLOCKS examines how self-worth is all too often linked to productivity. The team behind it, O+P works, is certainly productive - this show runs for a challenging 4 hours at Wellington's BATS Theatre. Lynn Freeman speak so one of the co-writers, Olivia Mahood.

Like other operations of its type, Wellington's landmark independent theatre BATS is gearing up for life under a new kind of alert level 2. Fifty is the maximum number of people will be allowed at event venues in most of New Zealand. What will it practically mean? How are theatres preparing? Is it even possible to turn a profit in this sector at the moment? BATS general manager Jonathan Hendry spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Have you ever looked at a lone, cold tap in a public toilet and wondered what it would say if it could talk? Nor have we, but that's the basis of comedian Barnie Duncan's show Tap Head, complete with a giant tap that he wears while in character. Barnie returned to New Zealand in October after six years working the comedy clubs there. It was during that time that he came up with Tap Head and made the prop. He brought it into the studio for the interview. Lynn Freeman asked Barnie about his love of the absurd and surreal. Bernie Duncan and Tap Head are on at Bats Theatre in Wellington from July 14.

More than 20 hours of interviews recorded during and since the New Zealand-wide lockdown in March last year, have been distilled into a stage show called Transmission. The key figures for creators Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt were epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. The aim was to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how they were thinking and feeling at the time. The verbatim stage play is about to premiere in Wellington. Lynn Freeman talks to three of the cast: Sophie Hambleton, who plays Jacinda Ardern, Tom Knowles who plays Grant Robertson, and Tim Spite, who returns to the stage to portray Michael Baker. Transmission premieres at Bats Theatre in Wellington on Tuesday, April 20.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents the third and final night of D&D Live: Don't Dream It's Ogre! Jackwick and Frun dive into the dreamworld to take on the Dream Ogre at his own game, but nothing is ever quite simple... Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 20 March 2021 as part of the Fringe Festival! Featuring players Thom Adams and Jarrod Baker, Steven Youngblood on NPCs, and game master Morgan Davie, with sound magic by D' Woods! Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents the second night of D&D Live: Don't Dream It's Ogre! Ford and Frun are lured into a Dream Ogre trap, in the orcish village of Thrum, where nightmares are coming true and a beast is out for blood... Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 13 March 2021 as part of the Fringe Festival! Featuring players Wiremu Tuhiwai and Jarrod Baker, Steven Youngblood on NPCs, and game master Morgan Davie! Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. There is ONE more D&D Live: Don't Dream It's Ogre show on Saturday 20th March at BATS Theatre - get tickets right here! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel. Other music includes I Have Sinned: Music by GioeleFazzeri from Pixabay and Dark Forest by McFunkypants Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents the first night of D&D Live: Don't Dream It's Ogre! Mascara falls into the realm of dreams where the Dream Ogre challenges her to reach the gateway home before one hour is up! Luckily Jackwick isn't far away... Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 6 March 2021 as part of the Fringe Festival! Featuring players Julz Burgisser and Thom Adams, Steven Youngblood on NPCs, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds and music and general tech wizardry. Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. There are two more D&D Live: Don't Dream It's Ogre shows ahead, on Sat 13th and Sat 20th at BATS Theatre - get tickets right here! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part two of D&D Live: Pour Some Centaur On Me! WARNING: Not everyone gets out of this adventure alive! Randy's Bunch guests at a centaur festival, but the centaurs want to re-enact popular 1970s folk-horror film The Wicker Man! But that's not all our heroes are about to face. Things are about to get very hairy indeed - and the shocks keep coming... Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 28 November 2020. Featuring players Julz Burgisser, Jarrod Baker, Steven Youngblood and Thom Adams, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds and music and general tech wizardry. Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. Get tickets for our upcoming FRINGE FESTIVAL 2021 shows at BATS Theatre right here! These shows follow directly on from the epic events of this adventure, don't miss out! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part one of D&D Live: Pour Some Centaur On Me! Randy's Bunch are back together again and on a mission into the lands of the centaurs! Contains references to folk horror movies! Also, frogs! And then things get epic... Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 28 November 2020. Featuring players Julz Burgisser, Jarrod Baker, Steven Youngblood and Thom Adams, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds and music and general tech wizardry. Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. Get tickets for our upcoming FRINGE FESTIVAL 2021 shows at BATS Theatre right here! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

This morning we have the privilege of talking with cast members from Brown Crown - Falesafune Fa’afia Maualaivao and Kasi Valu. Brown Crown is a light reflection of how much Pasifika women carry on their shoulders.  It tells the story of a young Samoan woman who journey’s through life in a contemporary world while surrounded by expectations and legacy. Her life is over-shadowed by the old legend of Nafanua told to her as a young girl by her grandmother. Heavy on the female empowerment Heavy on the family legacy Heavy on the fa’aaloalo Brown Crown showing at the BATS Theatre here in Wellington from the 4th - 13th February.  Tickets now on sale at https://bats.co.nz/whats-on/brown-crown/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a new choice on a new stage! The era of COVID-19 has renewed the need for a digital stage, but how can onstage performers adapt for video? How can video creators help onstage performers and how does improv performance differ between the two mediums? Join the call, mute your mic and settle in for the ultimate panel about online improvisational comedy. Featuring: Laura Irish, Jimmy Eaton, Steven Lyons & Jason Geis. Recorded Friday 9th October 2020 at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace

The craft of building a character can be challenging, especially if the character is a comedic embodiment of your own identity. In a world that constantly craves authenticity and new content, how can 21st century performers live up to this demand? Join Truth, Authenticity & Characterisation - a round table of experienced theatre, improvisers and stand up comedy performers as they break down the concept of authenticity and discuss how artists can be authentic while crafting comedic and theatrical personas. Featuring: Jean Sergent, Brendan West, Liz Butler, Kris Beattie & Aaron Douglas. Recorded Thursday 8th October 2020 at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent TerraceThis episode was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust, Creative NZ, and Victoria University’s internship programme.NZ Improv Festival: Close To Home ran 3-10 October 2020 at BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The performative possibilities of improv have been greatly expanded with the assistance of dance and music. Accepting the Beats is a panel discussion between dancers, singers and musicians who have deepened their improv capabilities by broadening their performative skillset. How can music and dance be incorporated into improv? Where do we overlap and how are we inspired by each other? Most importantly, how did we get here and where are we going? Featuring: Matt Powell, Pippa Drakeford, Liam Kelly & Eliza Sanders. Recorded Thursday 8th October 2020 at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent TerraceThis episode was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust, Creative NZ, and Victoria University’s internship programme.NZ Improv Festival: Close To Home ran 3-10 October 2020 at BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

How can we build a strong performative community in the world of COVID-19? More importantly, how do we maintain that community when people are not able to gather in person and we are resorted to remote yes-anding? In Maintaining Strong Communities, a panel of improvisers discuss the challenges and benefits of this new performative world.Featuring: Lyndon Hood, Christine Brooks, Ali Little & Emma Maguire. Recorded Wednesday 7th October 2020 at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent TerraceThis episode was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust, Creative NZ, and Victoria University’s internship programme.NZ Improv Festival: Close To Home ran 3-10 October 2020 at BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Is New Zealand improv too polite? Yeah Nah, You Go is a round table discussion of professional improvisers exploring performative humility and confidence in the New Zealand improv industry. How does politeness affect the way we play? What are the strengths of weaknesses of our cultural norms? What is the difference between collaborative respect and artistic hesitance when we are playing as a team?Featuring: Christine Brooks, Wiremu Tuhiwai, Brendon Bennetts, Bethany Miller & Ben Zolno. Recorded Wednesday 7th October 2020 at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent TerraceThis episode was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust, Creative NZ, and Victoria University’s internship programme.NZ Improv Festival: Close To Home ran 3-10 October 2020 at BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

In the age of COVID-19, it has never been more important than ever to keep safe and healthy offstage so you can be your best onstage. Taking Care of Yourself is all about improving and maintaining your mental health, so join the panel, and learn how we can help ourselves so we can help each other. Featuring: Nicola Pauling, Sarah Tuck & Amelia Cartwright. Recorded Tuesday 6 October 2020 at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent TerraceThe New Zealand Improv Festival podcast was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust, Creative NZ, and Victoria University’s internship programme.NZ Improv Festival: Close To Home ran 3-10 October 2020 at BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The variations and types of improv games are endless, and it is so hard to keep track of them all! In The Many Faces of Improv, amateur and professional improvisers gather for the ultimate panel to break down the different narrative and technical structures of the best improv games. How do we share knowledge and what is the best way? How do we make improvisers comfortable in new spaces? How do we introduce new work to an audience?Featuring: Ben Zolno, Brendon Bennetts, Malcolm Morrison & Emma MaguireRecorded Tuesday 6 October 2020 at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent TerraceThe New Zealand Improv Festival podcast was produced and edited by Aaron Douglas and made possible thanks to the New Zealand Improvisation Trust, Creative NZ, and Victoria University’s internship programme.NZ Improv Festival: Close To Home ran 3-10 October 2020 at BATS Theatre. Learn more about it at improvfest.nz or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

London's King's Head Theatre has a special place in England's live drama scene. When it opened in the early Seventies it was described as the first pub theatre since Shakespeare's day, and it went on to triumph with award winning productions of everything from Stoppard to Trainspotting and grand opera. And it's also where actor/writer/director/producer Katherine Wyeth grew up. Katherine was a theatre kid and she's about to share that experience in a solo show at Wellington's Bats Theatre. It's called Girl in the loft.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part two of D&D Live: Dial M for Minotaur! Frun, Jackwick and Randy are on the trail of a conspiracy in Minotaur City. Who killed the flumph? What is the dial? And can the husky-voiced nightclub singing minotaur be trusted? Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 26 September 2020. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Steven Youngblood and Thom Adams, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds. Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. Get tickets for our next show at BATS Theatre right here! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part one of D&D Live: Dial M for Minotaur! Frun has a new life as a private investigator in Minotaur City, but a curvy stranger knocks on the door and soon he, Jackwick and Randy are neck-deep in the dirtiest, meanest, darkest noir storyline you could ever want from a D&D podcast! Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 26 September 2020. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Steven Youngblood and Thom Adams, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds. Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Zak Enayat is an Actor, Entertainer and Wizard. Zak has gone from gig to gig over the last five years, with theatre, film and tv credits under his belt. But it wasn't always like that. Listen in to hear about the struggles of coming out of drama school and not knowing where to go next and the journey to find that next thing. We learn about a few of Zak's upcoming projects like Play (a work of theatre in Wellington) and Dead a new feature film. And of course we find out why, in Zak's opinion, performers are Wizards and Entertainment is magic. So wherever you are, whatever you're doing, enjoy a conversation with Zak on Broadway and Other Kiwi Dreams. •• 'Play' is on at Bats Theatre from 3 - 12 September. Get your tickets here: https://nz.patronbase.com/_BATS/Productions/PLA2/Performances•• 'Dead' releases in cinemas on 17 September. Find out more here: https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/dead-2020•• You can find Zak on Instagram: @zakenayat •••• Broadway and Other Kiwi Dreams is hosted, edited and produced by James Shera.•• Support the podcast on Patreon: patreon.com/kiwidreamspodcast•• Website: kiwidreamspodcast.com•• Facebook: facebook.com/kiwidreamspod•• Instagram: instagram.com/kiwidreamspod•• Twitter: twitter.com/kiwidreamspod•• Music: Oh My by Las Lunas and Frigga - https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/wYOpCrP3nf •• Podcast Art: [“Light Bulb” Font: Chris Spooner - https://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/ ; Brick Wall Background: freepik.com - Background photo created by kjpargeter - www.freepik.com] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part TWO of D&D Live: Crit Me Baby One More Time! The assassin failed to kill bardic hero Jolene, and now she, Ford and Frun have followed her through a portal to a mysterious realm! What will they find there? How many Britney references will there be? Do bears sing in the woods? All this and more in Crit Me Baby part two! Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 10 July 2020. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Jennifer O'Sullivan, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds. This was a charity show! We are delighted to report revenue from this show was donated to support the BATS Practitioner Fund and the Humorous Arts Trust! Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Our lost episode is no longer lost! Diceratops Presents part one of D&D Live: Crit Me Baby One More Time! Ford and Frun attend a concert and find themselves caught up in an assassination attempt. Before long they are racing through the city to catch a killer who has something to do with legendary warrior Brit Spear-Knees! Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 10 July 2020. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Jennifer O'Sullivan, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds. This was a charity show! We are delighted to report revenue from this show was donated to support the BATS Practitioner Fund and the Humorous Arts Trust! Actually as I type this i still haven't done that, ok, note to self. Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news! Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media. This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here. Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents the conclusion of D&D Live: When Dwarves Cry, live from the Wellington Fringe!Randy, Frun and Ford are visiting a Dwarven city beset by strange emotions and a purple banana.Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 6 March 2020 as part of the NZ Fringe Festival. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds.Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part one of D&D Live: When Dwarves Cry!When Randy brings his friends Frun and Ford on a holiday visit to the beautiful town of Appalis, they find themselves recruited by the Prince to uncover the reason why unemotional dwarves have begun to cry. Plus, many kittens.Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 6 March 2020 as part of the NZ Fringe Festival. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, and Darryn Woods on sounds and introduction vocals.Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

An in-depth conversation with Sameena Zehra - storyteller, actor, activist, artist, comedian...we talk about her life and work and how she finds and keeps projects that keep her afloat and nourish the soul. We spent time previewing the then-upcoming (now postponed) show at BATS Theatre, White Men. But we talked about a lot of other things beyond that - and fingers crossed the show will return to have its hour on the stage at some point this year. There's a lot in this chat besides all that.

An in-depth conversation with Sameena Zehra - storyteller, actor, activist, artist, comedian...we talk about her life and work and how she finds and keeps projects that keep her afloat and nourish the soul. We spent time previewing the then-upcoming (now postponed) show at BATS Theatre, White Men. But we talked about a lot of other things beyond that - and fingers crossed the show will return to have its hour on the stage at some point this year. There's a lot in this chat besides all that. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part two of D&D Live: Snake On Me/Snake It Off!Frun, Jackwick and Randy are in pursuit of the stolen QUEEN SWIFT-TAIL, for only she can help them escape being transformed into snakes!This D&D Live Secret Session was recorded live at the Diceratops Workshop on 31 January 2020. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Steven Youngblood and Thom Adams, with game master Morgan Davie.Tickets are going fast for our show in the Wellington Fringe! Buy your tickets now for D&D Live: When Dwarves Cry, March 6th 2020 at BATS Theatre! Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features excerpts from the track Gamma Burst by Nathaniel Wyvern.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part two of D&D Live: Snake On Me/Snake It Off!Frun, Jackwick and Randy are lost in the mists, and their only hope may lie in the dreaded CASTLE SNAKENLOFT...This D&D Live Secret Session was recorded live at the Diceratops Workshop on 31 January 2020. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Steven Youngblood and Thom Adams, with game master Morgan Davie.Tickets are going fast for our show in the Wellington Fringe! Buy your tickets now for D&D Live: When Dwarves Cry, March 6th 2020 at BATS Theatre! Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features excerpts from the track Gamma Burst by Nathaniel Wyvern.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Say listener, you, yes you! You wanna gig, kid? The years 1958 and we've got the scoop of the century! Vernon Hudsucker has gone kaput, kablamo! Who'll take over the company? His righthand man, the cigar chomping Sidney J Mussburger? Or will it be some nobody from the street? Hurry up kid, this story ain't gunna write itself! This week we're joined by the incredible Jonny Potts, watching a VHS copy of The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), a Joel & Ethan Coen joint, written by them and their pal Sam Raimi. Have you stumbled across this little known flick starring Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Newman?If you enjoy Jonny Potts discussing VHS on our pod, you can hear him in more detail in his Fringe Festival show "The Best Show In Town Is At Your Place Every Night", a guided tour of the video shops of Wellington. On from 3-6 March at BATS Theatre 9pm, Jonny is a master storyteller and we can't wait to see what he has in store.https://nz.patronbase.com/_BATS/Productions/JONN/PerformancesFollow us on Facebook (MixedBagPod), Instagram (@MixedBagPodcast) and Twitter (@MixedBagPod) or email us at mixedbagcontact@gmail.com if you have a request.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part one of D&D Live: Funky Cold Medusa!A medusa is rampaging through Frun's secluded retreat, and there's a problem with mirrors...This D&D Live Secret Session was recorded live at the Diceratops Workshop on 25 January 2020. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Steven Youngblood, with game master Morgan Davie.Please come see us on stage at the Wellington Fringe! Buy tickets now for D&D Live: When Dwarves Cry, March 6th 2020 at BATS Theatre! Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features excerpts from the track Sentinel by Kai Engel.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part one of D&D Live: Funky Cold Medusa!Ford and Randy visit Frun in his retreat, but the peace is upset as a frosty disturbance reveals an monstrous force of old has returned...This D&D Live Secret Session was recorded live at the Diceratops Workshop on 25 January 2020. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Steven Youngblood, with game master Morgan Davie.We are part of the Wellington Fringe! Buy tickets now for D&D Live: When Dwarves Cry, March 6th 2020 at BATS Theatre! Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features excerpts from the track Sentinel by Kai Engel.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part two of D&D Live: You Ain't Nothing But A Hand God!There's a cult worshipping a giant hand, all right, and the massage they give is deadly. Jackwick has brought his friends along to make sure this isn't going to be a Hand Town, no matter what the cost!Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 30 November 2019. Featuring players Thom Adams, Julz Burgisser, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat as MC and NPCs, and Darryn Woods on sounds.This episode was sponsored by DiceVault! Fantastic dice for all your tabletop needs, free shipping within NZ, and service you can count on! Raid the vault at DiceVault.co.nz Thank you DiceVault!Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.We are part of the Wellington Fringe! Buy tickets now for D&D Live: When Dwarves Cry, March 6th 2020 at BATS Theatre! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part one of D&D Live: You Ain't Nothing But A Hand God!It appears atop the town hall overnight: a giant hand with a face, staring gloomily down. Does it promise good fortune, secret powers, or eternal doom? And just how many secret cultists are running around in this town, anyway?Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 30 November 2019. Featuring players Thom Adams, Julz Burgisser, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat as MC and NPCs, and Darryn Woods on sounds.This episode was sponsored by DiceVault! Fantastic dice for all your tabletop needs, free shipping within NZ, and service you can count on! Raid the vault at DiceVault.co.nzDiceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.We are part of the Wellington Fringe! Buy tickets now for D&D Live: When Dwarves Cry, March 6th 2020 at BATS Theatre! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part two of D&D Live: Won't Get Ghouled Again!The live broadcast from the creepy abandoned hospital is going well, until the fake psychic gets abducted, and soon Mascara, Frun, Bracken and Randy are neck-deep in leeches and puns!Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 26 October 2019. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Christine Brooks, Julz Burgisser and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat as MC and NPCs, and Darryn Woods on sounds.This episode was sponsored by DiceVault! Fantastic dice for all your tabletop needs, free shipping within NZ, and service you can count on! Raid the vault at DiceVault.co.nzDiceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents an all-new adventure: D&D Live: Won't Get Ghouled Again!The creepy abandoned hospital is perfect for ghost-hunting, but this won’t be a normal adventure. Every shriek and shiver will be broadcast LIVE to crystal balls across the realm! Join Mascara Stormfire and friends as they take starring roles in a new kind of entertainment: “reality scry-vision”!Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 26 October 2019. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Christine Brooks, Julz Burgisser and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat as MC and NPCs, and Darryn Woods on sounds (with one crucial spoken-word cameo!).This episode was sponsored by DiceVault! An amazing selection of dice for all your tabletop needs, top-notch service, and free shipping within NZ! Raid the vault at DiceVault.co.nzDiceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents the conclusion of our first show, D&D Live: The Bucket Fountain of Doom!Mascara, Randy, Frun and Jackwick face strange perils (and many scorpions) on their quest for the fabled Bucket Fountain of Doom! But the bigger question is whether this quest will bring them back together, or leave them forever apart?Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 7 December 2018. Featuring players Thom Adams, Jarrod Baker, Julz Burgisser and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat as MC, and Darryn Woods on sounds.Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents the first part of our first show, D&D Live: The Bucket Fountain of Doom!Once they had adventured together, but somehow it had all gone wrong. Now join Mascara Stormfire as she convinces her old friends to get together for one last quest: for the fabled Bucket Fountain of Doom!Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 7 December 2018. Featuring players Thom Adams, Jarrod Baker, Julz Burgisser and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat as MC, and Darryn Woods on sounds.Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in our episodes here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents the second and final part of D&D Live: Knocking on Raven's Door!The expedition into Raven's Door has been complicated by the reveal of Frun's hidden motives. As the group work out what to do about that, they face a strange tea party and a deadly dance...Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 24 August 2019. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Christine Brooks, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat on NPCs, and Darryn Woods on sounds.Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in this episode here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part one of D&D Live: Knocking on Raven's Door!Everyone knows the legend of Raven’s Door. It appears on a lonely hilltop at midnight, staying only as long as a dream before fading away. If you read the stars just right you might find the door and seek the treasures within. Just make sure you’re not still inside when it disappears...Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 24 August 2019. Featuring players Jarrod Baker, Christine Brooks, Wiremu Tuhiwai and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat on NPCs, and Darryn Woods on sounds.Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org. Find more details on sounds used in this episode here.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Diceratops Presents part two of D&D Live: Rolling in the Keep!The awful Lord Bray took a precious treasure from Bracken, and she's determined to get it back. But the treasure is now in the hands of a noblewoman from another world, who is about to begin a deadly hunt for Bracken's friends Jackwick, Randy and Frun...Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 27 July 2019. Featuring players Thom Adams, Jarrod Baker, Christine Brooks, and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat on NPCs, and Darryn Woods on sounds.Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Welcome to the Diceratops Presents podcast! This is D&D Live: Rolling in the Keep part one. The story will end next week in part two!The odious Lord Bray has put his whole castle on notice: very important guests are arriving today, and any servant who messes up will find themselves admiring the dungeon renovations from the inside. Unfortunately for Lord Bray, his plans are about to be interrupted by a bunch of adventurers with a healthy disregard for authority...Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington on 27 July 2019. Featuring players Thom Adams, Jarrod Baker, Christine Brooks, and Steven Youngblood, game master Morgan Davie, Fraser Peat on NPCs, and Darryn Woods on sounds.Diceratops bring tabletop role-playing games to the Wellington stage. We are comedians, improvisers, and game designers, and our shows are for everybody.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our email newsletter for all the latest news!Audio capture by Jarrod Baker. Produced by Taleturn Media.This episode features sounds from Sword Coast Soundscapes, find soundtracks for your games on the Sword Coast Soundscapes YouTube channel; and from Syrinscape, because Epic games need Epic game sounds, find more at Syrinscape.com. Featured music Fast Build Up Orchestra by Joshua Empyre (Creative Commons BY-3.0) and Epic Strings by tictac9 (Creative Commons 0), find both on freesound.org.Find out more at https://diceratops-presents.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Sarah Marie Rooney and Sasha Dylan Bell are photographers who collaborated on a conceptual photographic project titled “Fear of Dreaming”. This work explores the inner conflict, following a dreamer who has lost her way. The portraits which solicited the involvement of a trained dancer explored the process of being overwhelmed by fear and of moving through and out of it. Sarah Marie Rooney grew up in Connecticut and obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts, in Musical Theatre, from Syracuse University. After graduating she continued her vocal studies in the UK and New Zealand, before performing more than fifty solo vocal recitals and operas in the United States, Australia, the UK, and New Zealand. Sarah was also the Business Manager and Executive Theater Producer at BATS Theatre, Producer of Summer Shakespeare, and the Producer for Young and Hungry Theatre Company. In addition to performing and producing, she taught and directed classes for theater, voice, and stage at the Wellington Theatre for Performing Arts (NZ), Oregon Children’s Theatre and School (USA), and St. Mary’s in Sydney (AU). She also maintained a private singing studio for ten years. A photographer for animal welfare and rescue organizations, Sarah documents events for Best Friends Animal Society and Wags and Walks. When not photographing animals, she is capturing everyday life on the street or planning her next travel adventure. Sarah lives in Manhattan Beach, California with her furry, four-legged family (two rescue dogs and one rescue cat).   Sasha Dylan Bell is an artist based in Los Angeles, with an interest in portrait photography and cinematic storytelling. In 2015 Sasha was Creative Arts Emmy-nominated for his editing work on Got Your 6, a documentary chronicling battle-worn soldiers and their struggle to find a new ’normal’ in returning home from Afghanistan. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is at work on the photography series, Wise, a gentle exploration of the lives of the elderly, along with directing & producing the documentary, The Regulars, a love letter to the unusual personalities of Hollywood Boulevard and editing on David Makes Man for Oscar-winning creator, Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight).   Photographer Links:   Education Resources:   Candid Frame Resources   Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

An in-depth conversation with Wellington actor Heather O'Carroll. We talk all things acting - and we talk too about her time working behind the scenes, in arts admin and event management, running BATS Theatre for a time, working with the NZ Festival. We talk about her return to the stage for the upcoming Moodporn and we talk about processes and other behind-the-curtain things from learning lines to intimacy coaches and so many of the things that the audience members are never privy to.

An in-depth conversation with Wellington actor Heather O'Carroll. We talk all things acting - and we talk too about her time working behind the scenes, in arts admin and event management, running BATS Theatre for a time, working with the NZ Festival. We talk about her return to the stage for the upcoming Moodporn and we talk about processes and other behind-the-curtain things from learning lines to intimacy coaches and so many of the things that the audience members are never privy to. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

Recorded at Bats Theatre in Wellington as part of the NZ Fringe Festival, this is BANG! Live. Featuring Tawa mum and sex toy expert Abby Lund, Morgana Watson on menstruation in Te Ao Maori prior to colonisation plus how to use your cycle to your advantage, and father-daughter sex and relationship advice duo Nic and Lena Beets answer audience questions.

In today's episode, Louise sits down with playwright, actress and musician Morna Young to talk about her upcoming project "Lost at Sea", a story inspired by the loss of her father when she was a child. Morna is a playwright, actress and musician from a wee fishing village in the North East of Scotland. She is recipient of the 2017 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship (hosted by Creative Learning, Aberdeen City Council), the 2018 'Tomorrow at Noon' award for female playwrights (Jermyn Street Theatre, 2018) and the New Playwrights Award 2014 (Playwrights' Studio, Scotland). She is also the 2018 recipient of the Scotland-New Zealand playwriting exchange (BATS Theatre, Toi Poneke Arts Centre and Playmarket NZ). LOST AT SEA, her first full-length play, was developed in 2013 with award winning Stellar Quines Theatre Company and is now in pre-production with Perth Theatre for 2019. Other plays include: AYE, ELVIS ('a Play, a Pie and a Pint' and Gilded Balloon as part of Edinburgh Fringe 2018), THE BUKE OF THE HOWLAT (Findhorn Bay Arts), SMITE (Jermyn Street Theatre), NETTING '(a Play, a Pie and a Pint' and Scotland wide tour with Woodend Barn, Banchory), SHE OF THE SEA (Paines Plough 'Come to Where I'm From' at The Lemon Tree), B-ROADS (Play Pieces), NEVER LAND (Eden Court) and two short theatre plays for the National Theatre of Scotland's GREAT YES, NO, DON'T KNOW SHOW. Current commissions include THE WATER CLAN (BATS Theatre, New Zealand) and she is developing further work for theatre with Magnetic North, Stellar Quines and The Tron. She has also performed extracts of her work at the Scottish Parliament, The European Author's Festival (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland) and as part of National Poetry Month, France. Morna primarily writes in Doric and is a proud Scots Language Ambassador (Education Scotland). As an actor, Morna has worked for companies including the National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Lyceum, The Beacon, a Play, a Pie and a Pint (Oran Mor/Traverse), Alterean Media, ITV and BBC Worldwide. Morna is also an Associate Artist of Out of the Darkness Theatre Company and tidy carnage. A multi-instrumentalist, she plays fiddle, flute, percussion and clarsach. Album recordings include Kevin McKidd's SPEYSIDE SESSIONS (No.1 in the itunes world music charts) and THE FISHWIVES (TV appearances include The One Show and BBC Breakfast). She has composed scores for several theatre productions including SUNSET SONG (The Beacon). She is one half of the band FOLKIFY (alongside Sandy Nelson) who were in residence at The Tron in 2016. She was equally flattered / mortified to be voted the 11th most eligible woman in Scotland 2014 by the Scotsman on Sunday (but, as her Auntie quite rightly pointed out, "nae quite top ten...'). Follow Morna on Twitter @mornayoung Find out more at www.mornayoung.com Get tickets for Lost at Sea at https://www.horsecross.co.uk/whats-on/lost-at-sea-37602 Follow Persistent and Nasty on Twitter @PersistentNasty Persistent and Nasty is co-produced by Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Follow them on Twitter @weareohsocivil and find out more about our work at www.wearecivildisobedience.com

After graduating from Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School in 2000, Heather has been an actor, producer and director in Wellington and across New Zealand.  In 2008 Heather joined the team at the biennial New Zealand Festival where she worked predominantly in marketing, partnerships and audience development until 2016. That year she directed Fleabag for Centrepoint Theatre, and joined the team at BATS Theatre in Wellington as the Programme Manager and Co-General Manager. BATS has been a hotspot for Wellington artists since 1989, providing a supportive, professional and accessible theatre venue that fosters the development  of practitioners, audiences and New Zealand performance work.   In this episode:  We talk about the history of BATS in Wellington, NZ and how artists and producers can get involved.  The reason why (we think!) there isn’t as much touring between Australia and New Zealand and why we should be doing more.  We discuss what a program manager does in a major independent venues and the misconceptions about the role and the difficulty in self-producing and wearing too many hats. 

When we approached James about performing at What We Talk About, he had two ideas for obsessions, Pokemon or his porn addiction. While we love Pokemon, we could not help but ask him to talk about his porn addiction. See James Roque in James Roque Wants to Show you Something, at Q Theatre this week, and in Frickin Dangerous Bro's Money in the Bank at Basement Theatre this week and BATS Theatre next week.

Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 8 September 2016. Featuring stories from Jonny Paul, Tai Samaeli, and Anna Guenther. Hosted and produced by Jennifer O'Sullivan. Audio engineering by Oliver Devlin.

It's usually straightforward to know when you're experiencing something for the first time, but how do you know if it's the last? Is it easier when you don't know you'll never do the thing again? Or to start something rather than finish it? Recorded live at BATS Theatre on 11 August 2016. Featuring stories from Michael Howard, Freya Sadgrove, and Jess Brien. Hosted and produced by Jennifer O'Sullivan.

Stories of times we've wanted to stop and start again, of our favourite TV and film reboots, or maybe even of our fond memories of 90s Canadian-American CGI-animated action-adventure television series Reboot. Recorded live at BATS Theatre on 14 July 2016. Featuring stories from Kristine Bartley, Wiremu Tuhiwai, Matt Powell, and Lori Leigh. Hosted by Jonny Potts, and brought together by new Wellington producer Jennifer O'Sullivan.

April's issue was loosely inspired by the hit Improv TV show ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ Except it's storytelling and there may not be as many Hawaiian shirts paired with khaki trousers. However we did what we could to dress the part. Did Alice Brine just theme this show because she thought up the name and wanted to make it work? Pretty much. Recorded live at BATS Theatre on 14 April 2016. Featuring stories from Jennifer O'Sullivan, Brad Zimmerman, Nik Bruce Smith and Jessica Mearns. Hosted and produced by Alice Brine. Audio engineering by Oliver Devlin.

Recorded live at BATS Theatre, 17 March 2016. Featuring stories from Eamonn Marra, Kate Robertson, Eli Joseph and Jennifer O'Sullivan. Hosted and produced by Alice Brine. Audio engineering by Oliver Devlin.

Alice Brine is unable to do anything without an obsessive drive, this has lead her to become one of Wellington's top comedians in just a couple of years, she also produces Lip Sync Battles and The Watercooler and has created the viral 'Big Dog Walk with Lots of Dogs' which will be happening in many centres around the world on April 9th.  You can see Alice in the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in BRINESTORM at BATS Theatre in Wellington from 26-30 April and at The Basement Theatre in Auckland from 10-14 May buy tickets and find out more information at comedyfestival.co.nz

Adam Goodall took the opportunity to speak at What We Talk About to explore two of his obsessions; he talked about Final Destination 3, but he did it in the style of a This American Life or 99% Invisible style public radio documentary. He essentially hijacked our podcast to do one of his own. His obsession with both of these things is so great he has expanded this 15 minute talk into a full length hour long public defence of Final Destination 3 radio documentary in the 2016 NZ Fringe Festival. It's called Extremely Loud and Incredibly Gross and it runs from the 22nd to the 26th Feb at BATS Theatre.

Abby Howells has had a rocky relationship with musical theatre, from performing a scene from Les Misérables in front of her primary school classroom, to recreating Cats (and playing every role) in her bedroom, to being cast out to the back row of the chorus in her eventual performances. Abby Howells entertains us with her heartbreaking and hilarious personal history with musical theatre. Go and see Abby's play 'Discharge Goes Back to School' from Feb 2-13 at BATS Theatre during the 2016 NZ Fringe Festival.