Auckland Theatre Company

How will Auckland Theatre Company's latest production, North by Northwest duplicate Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic vision that incompassed a chase across four presidents' heads on Mount Rushmore, an… Video, Audio

It's been a rough couple of years for the arts sector, but things are getting back to normal - with the Auckland Theatre Company releasing its line-up for its 2023 season this morning. Kathryn is… Audio

Ruawai-raised actor Roy Billing has been gracing New Zealand screens since the 1970s.  Having returned to our shores after being based in Sydney for many years, Billing will soon be treading the… Audio

It's a gutsy call but Auckland Theatre Company has just released a full season of plays for 2022, off the back of a frustrating two years of disrupted and cancelled productions. Artistic Director and… Audio, Gallery

When Anapela Polata'ivao was growing up she wanted to be a nurse because she felt the need to help people. Then she found drama at Sunday School. Now an actor, writer and director with numerous awards… Audio

Like other theatres around the country, Auckland Theatre Company has had its plans to put its actors back on stage disrupted after the long Alert Level One stretch came to a sudden end. Audio, Gallery

For the next four weeks the Auckland Theatre Company is putting on its first ever play designed to be watched online.  Audio

This week's Musical Chair guest is the talented Lisa Chappell. She talks about the songs which are special to her and the roles she's played over the years. Audio

Leki, who's of Tongan, Niuean and Samoan descent, has written The Gangster's Paradise for Auckland Theatre Company's annual youth theatre festival Here & Now Leki Jackson-Bourke tells Lynn Freeman his… Audio, Gallery

Award-winning playwright Pip Hall has been writing full time for two decades. Now she's taken on one of NZ's best loved sci-fi stories, a classic Maurice Gee novel. Pip Hall is adapting Under the… Audio

The 2017/2018 season from the Auckland Theatre Company focuses on family, from mothers and daughters, and a father and son, to brothers, twins and a grandmother across nine productions. Highlights… Audio

Briar Grace-Smith (Nga Puhi, Nga Wai) is a playwright, screenwriter, poet and short story writer. She won the 1995 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award for her first major play, Nga Pou Wahine, and… Audio

The Auckland Theatre Company's new production of Peter Shaffer’s awarding winning play Amadeus opens tonight. The psychological thriller follows the excess, envy, love and passion of composing rivals… Audio

The story of Maui is coming to schools across the country as part of the Auckland Theatre Company’s Mythmakers tour. The theatre piece, directed by Holly Chappell and musically directed by Rutene… Audio