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All your thesp-y knowledge needs sated by our resident actor and theatre connoisseur Alice Canton.

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Brynley Stent: November 29, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Brynley Stent: November 29, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Brynley Stent: November 29, 2022, 23.68 MB
Tue 29 Nov 2022

Christmas comes but once a year, and so too does the Basement Theatre's Christmas Show! This year it's in the capable hands of Heartthrobs, along with their stellar rotating cast of 23 and celebrity guests! Stage Direction's own Alice along with Brynley Stent (two heartthrobs who we love dearly up at b) came in to chat with Zoë all about it. Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about this year's Christmas extravaganza, SLEIGH!, and get those bloody tix! 

Also! If you want to donate to the Basement's Artist Christmas bonus, you can do so here!

Stage Direction w/ Clementine Mills & Layla Pitt: November 22, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Clementine Mills & Layla Pitt: November 22, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Clementine Mills & Layla Pitt: November 22, 2022, 13.83 MB
Tue 22 Nov 2022

Clementine and Layla come into the bFM studio to have a kōrero about Snowflakea play by Mike Bartlett showing at the Pitt Street Theatre until 11 December! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Stage Direction w/ Jess Hong and Uhyoung Choi: November 15, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Jess Hong and Uhyoung Choi: November 15, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Jess Hong and Uhyoung Choi: November 15, 2022, 7.45 MB
Tue 15 Nov 2022

Two of the cast of Nahyeon Lee's playwriting debut The First Prime Time Asian Sitcom, Jess Hong and Uhyoung Choi, come into the studio for a kōrero all about it. Catch it in Q Loft until the 27th of November! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Stage Direction w/ Thomas Monckton: November 8, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Thomas Monckton: November 8, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Thomas Monckton: November 8, 2022, 13.95 MB
Tue 8 Nov 2022

Thomas Monckton comes into the studio to chat about the return of his circus, comedy, all-round-very-good show The Artist about the productivity in procrastination. It opens tonight, and at the end of its season Thom performs his newest show, The King of the TakingWhakarongo mai nei! 

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Brynley Stent: November 1, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Brynley Stent: November 1, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Brynley Stent: November 1, 2022, 16.99 MB
Tue 1 Nov 2022

Alice Canton chats to Brynley Stent about Brynley's critically acclaimed show 'Soft Carnage' back to The Basement Theatre. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Nadia Freeman: October 25, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Nadia Freeman: October 25, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton & Nadia Freeman: October 25, 2022, 23.7 MB
Tue 25 Oct 2022

I tēnei ata, Alice chats to poet, singer, music producer, artist Nadia Freeman about her show Another Universe which explores choice, chance and parallel worlds. Whakarongo mai nei, and catch it at Basement Theatre from tonight! 

Stage Direction w/ Sharvon Mortimer: October 11, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Sharvon Mortimer: October 11, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Sharvon Mortimer: October 11, 2022, 13.64 MB
Tue 11 Oct 2022

Sharvon Mortimer comes into the studio to kōrero about I Get So Emotional Babya brand new choreographed work interrogating womens' emotional ownership under the patriarchal gaze. Whakarongo mai nei, and catch it at Basement from tonight until October 22! 

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton, Josie Archer & Kosta Bogoievski: October 4, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton, Josie Archer & Kosta Bogoievski: October 4, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton, Josie Archer & Kosta Bogoievski: October 4, 2022, 19.18 MB
Tue 4 Oct 2022

I tēnei ata Alice is joined by Josie and Kosta to kōrero about their show What They SaidOn for two nights only this Friday and Saturday at Q Theatre, so don't sleep on it! Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about it. 

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton, Layla Pitt, & Sandra Zvenyika: September 27, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton, Layla Pitt, & Sandra Zvenyika: September 27, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton, Layla Pitt, & Sandra Zvenyika: September 27, 2022, 17.28 MB
Tue 27 Sep 2022

The wonderful Alice is back after soaking up all the theatre Europe has to offer and we're so happy to have her in the studio again letting us know about all the fantastic theatre we have right here in Aotearoa. Joining her today are Layla and Sandra from Po' Boys and Oysters - a new and original play by Estelle Chout (2021 Adam NZ Play Award finalist). A funny and sophisticated work about Black, queer motherhood in Tāmaki Makaurau, presented by Black Creatives Aotearoa, and on at Basement from tonight until October 8th. You'll wanna book to not miss out! Whakarongo mai nei!

Stage Direction w/ Sam Snedden: September 20, 2022

Stage Direction w/ Sam Snedden: September 20, 2022 Stage Direction w/ Sam Snedden: September 20, 2022, 15.86 MB
Tue 20 Sep 2022

Director of thrilling and darkly funny, ‘THE WASP’ Sam Snedden phones up for a kōrero all about it. Whakarongo mai nei.