The Stage Door
The Stage Door
Podcast Description
Here in Taranaki, we are spoilt for choice when it comes to the performing arts. From community theatres around Māunga Taranaki to great bands, choirs, professional theatres, performance spaces, visiting shows, and top quality productions from our kura. Join host, Tracey Blake, at The Stage Door where you can listen to news, views reviews and interviews on all things performance across Taranaki.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores a variety of content themes, including community theatre productions, award shows, and interviews with cast and crew of local performances. Specific episodes highlight upcoming shows like 'The Ladies Foursome' and 'Proof', celebrate local theatre awards such as the TOSCARS, and discuss the creative process behind musicals like Wendy Jr.
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Step through The Stage Door with Taryn Utiger and discover the stories behind Taranaki’s performing arts scene. From actors, directors and writers to technicians, venues and community champions, this podcast shines a light on the people who bring our vibrant performing arts scene to life. Through engaging conversations, behind-the-scenes insights and a look at upcoming productions, The Stage Door celebrates the creativity, passion and hard work that happens both on stage and off. Whether you’re a lifelong theatre lover or simply curious about the magic of performance, there’s always a story waiting behind The Stage Door.
For Libby Needs, theatre isn’t just something you do. It’s something you give your heart to 🎭❤️🎭
This week on The Stage Door, Taryn Utiger chats with the wonderful Libby Needs, fresh from being awarded the New Plymouth Operatic Society President’s Award, alongside Levi King, for The 100. Libby has spent a decade throwing herself into almost every corner of local theatre – on stage, backstage, in tap shoes, behind the sewing machine, in leadership roles, and helping wrangle the next generation of young performers. They chat about her love of costuming, her journey through NPOS and Next Gen, the joy (and chaos) of caring for tamariki in theatre, and the many ways she helps make the magic happen. From performing to producing, administration to Way Off Broadway Taranaki, Libby is one of those people who doesn’t just turn up, she gets stuck in ❤️🎭
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