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.
Podcast Insights
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 and Tracey 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.
There’s something haunting heading to the New Plymouth stage…
This week on The Stage Door, thanks to BSeen Media, Tracey sits down with director Sharren Read to talk about The Drowning Girls, opening soon at New Plymouth Repertory.
Joining the kōrero are cast members Jacqui Penn, Shae Trowson and Maddy Klever, who take us behind the story of this powerful play inspired by the shocking real-life crimes of George Joseph Smith, whose three wives died in remarkably similar circumstances between 1912 and 1914.
What drew Sharren to this extraordinary piece? How do you bring the voices of three real women back to life on stage? And what has it been like for the cast to step into a story that is eerie, confronting — and based on events that actually happened?
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