Play: Notes

Host: Emily Duncan and Allison Horsley
Categories: Arts and Literature
Languages: English

Otago Access Radio
Produced By: Prospect Park Productions
Programme Website

Ever wondered what’s the big deal with such and such a play? What exactly was Oedipus’ complex? Was Romeo really worth it? What made a play about vaginas revolutionary? 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 many of us watch 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. https://www.prospectpark.co.nz/

All Episodes

Play: Notes - Series 2 E6 - Playwright Jo Randerson

Published: 09/11/2023 9:30 p.m.

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. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

Play: Notes - Series 2 E5 - Playwright Amy Wright

Published: 09/11/2023 9:15 p.m.

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. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

Play: Notes - Series 2 E4 - Playwright Abby Howells

Published: 09/11/2023 9:00 p.m.

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. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

Play: Notes - Series 2 E3 - Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

Published: 02/11/2023 9:30 p.m.

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. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

Play: Notes - Series 2 E2 - Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

Published: 02/11/2023 9:15 p.m.

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. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz