Play: Notes

Nov 09 2023 1

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Ever wondered what’s the big deal with a particular play or playwright?
Was Romeo really worth it? What exactly was Oedipus’ complex? Who was Antigone antagonising? And why was a play about vaginas revolutionary for its time? This is where Play: Notes comes in. Join Dramaturgs Emily Duncan and Allison Horsley as they give you the need-to-know notes on plays that have influenced how we watch, read, and think about theatre.
Warning: Contains mature themes, language, and spoilers.
Play:Notes is produced by Prospect Park NZ and engineered by Otago Access Radio. Season Two original theme music is by Matthew Morgan.

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Playwright Jo Randerson

Nov 09 2023 35 mins

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 PlaymarketBanging Cymbal Clanging Gong ScriptBarbarian ProductionsThanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a ra

Playwright Amy Wright

Nov 09 2023 29 mins

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 PlaymarketWish Yeti Were Here ScripThanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review.To find

Playwright Abby Howells

Nov 09 2023 30 mins

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 HowellsAbby Howells PlaymarketThanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review.To find out more about Prospect Park Productions NZ and our other

Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

Nov 02 2023 34 mins

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 PlaysWriting Adaptations and Translations for the StageThanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review.To find out more

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

Nov 02 2023 28 mins

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 PlaysWriting Adaptations and Translations for the StageThanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review.To find out

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

Nov 02 2023 30 mins

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 Chekhov PlaysWriting Adaptations and Translations for the StageThanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review.To find out more about Prospect Park Productions NZ

Fleabag

Sep 27 2021 19 mins

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 astonishing career. Join us as we discuss what aspiring playwrights should take note of in this script.Content Warning: Discussion of suicide.Thanks for listening! Please consider leavi

The Vagina Monologues

Sep 21 2021 21 mins

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 started a movement still going today.Content Warning: Discussion of sexual violation and violence towards womenThanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a revie

End of the Golden Weather

Sep 13 2021 18 mins

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 http

Merchant of Venice

Sep 07 2021 25 mins

In the final of three episodes on Shakespeare we ask if The Merchant of Venice really fits the comedy mould. Was the Bard an anti-Semite? What did he want us to make of Antonio and Bassanio’s bromance? And did Portia really walk her quality of mercy talk?Content Warning: Discussion of antisemitism.Thanks for listening! Please consider leaving us a rating and a review.To find out