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 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!
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.
Zoë's here for the last Stage Direction for 2020 and it's certainly a festive one! You can take yourself along to Home Alone 2 (a live reading) at the Basement Theatre, or the last Snort of the year. Or the Mangere Arts Center are having their ten year celebration, MAC'nificent A Special Variety Showcase, and if we're really getting into Christmas, there's the A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens at the Pumphouse.
Comedian James Roque and Solicitor and Climate Change Activist, Dewy Sacayan, pop in for Stage Direction this morning to talk about A Very Filipino Christmas. The show will be fundraising for the Philippines which has seen five consecutive typhoons in October whilst in the middle of the global Covid-19 pandemic. A great show and a good cause, grab yr tickets here.
Today on Stage Direction we're joined not only by Zoë, but Frankie and Ayesha from The Vagina Monologues are here too. Rach and Zoë chat to Ayesha and Frankie about putting on this very famous play. This is definitely an important one to catch and you can grab your tickets here.
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