Show Notes
We round off season one with a trio of monologues. First up, is the New Zealand classic The End of the Golden Weather. If you’ve ever wondered how we do Christmas on the beach in Aotearoa, then this is the episode for you. Thanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review. To find out more about Prospect Park Productions NZ and our other theatre work go to https://www.prospectpark.co.nz/
More from Play: Notes
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 was first presented in Ōtepoti Dunedin in 2001. Links: Jo Randerson Playmarket Banging Cymbal Clanging Gong Script Barbarian Productions Thanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review. To find out more about Prospect Park Productions NZ and our other theatre work go to ht...
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 Lab Playwrights Programme, Wish Yeti Were Here. Links: Amy Wright Playmarket Wish Yeti Were Here Scrip Thanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review. To find out more about Prospect Park Productions NZ and our other theatre work go to https://www.prospectpark.co.n...
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. Links: Abby Howells Abby Howells Playmarket Thanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review. To find out more about Prospect Park Productions NZ and our other theatre work go to https://www.prospectpark.co.nz/
Is Three Sisters Masha 2.0? Is The Cherry Orchard an early examination of NIMBYism? We cover all this and more – including a big fire of little consequence – in the final of this season’s Chekhov episodes. Links: Five Chekhov Plays Writing Adaptations and Translations for the Stage Thanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review. To find out more about Prospect Park Productions NZ and our other theatre work go to https://www.prospectpark.co.nz/
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 translation and adaptation. Links: Five Chekhov Plays Writing Adaptations and Translations for the Stage Thanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review. To find out more about Prospect Park Productions NZ and our other theatre work go to https://www.prospectpark.co.nz/