Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

For the first of three episodes on women playwrights connected to Ōtepoti Dunedin, Allison and Emily talk to Abby Howells about her one-woman autobiographical and award-winning show, HarleQueen. Lin...

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For the second of three episodes on women playwrights connected to Ōtepoti Dunedin, Allison and Emily are joined by Amy Wright to talk about the script she developed during the 2021 Otepoti Theatre La...

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In the final episode of season two of Play:Notes, Allison and Emily discuss Banging Cymbal, Clanging Gong with playwright Jo Randerson and how both the work and the playwright have changed since it wa...

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When is a seagull not a seagull? And why did everyone have so many names? In the first of three episodes on Anton Chekhov’s most famous plays, Allison and Emily discuss The Seagull. Links: Five Chek...

2 Marras 202330min

Uncle Vanya shows us just how much Anton Chekhov loved trees, even if not all his characters did. In this episode we also look at the social setting of Chekhov’s Russia and some approaches to translat...

2 Marras 202328min

We go out in phenomenal style in the final episode of season one with Fleabag. Since its first showing at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s smash hit one-woman show has launched an ast...

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Did they really say that?! It’s time to cover your grandmother’s ears – or not – as we take a look at the play that got so many talking in ways they never had before. Eve Ensler’s landmark work starte...

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