Welcome to Rat Chats, where we have a chill convo with the artists behind upcoming performing arts works. Today we sit down with Jess Karamjeet (Redundant), ...

Welcome to the first episode of Rat Chats, where we have a chill convo with the artists behind upcoming performing arts works. Today we sit down with Rhiannon McCall (

Last year, we were so stoked to have Silo Theatre at Basement Theatre presenting seven methods of killing kylie jenner by Jasmine Lee-Jones. They partnered up with Black Creatives Aotearoa, who happened to be Basement's Company in Resi...

As part of the Tautai 2021 Fale-ship Residency, we present the Tautai 2021 Fale-ship Podcast hosted by Amanda Wilson, talking to artists from the progra...

As part of the Tautai 2021 Fale-ship Residency, we present the Tautai 2021 Fale-ship Podcast hosted by Amanda Wilson, talking to artists from the progra...

EPISODE 9: In Patralekhika Productions' play The Kamasutra Chronicles, writer Shriya Bhagwat explores the ups and downs of marriage whilst tackling the taboo topic of sex in the South Asian community. In this episode, guest host...

EPISODE 8: As the creative sector claws its way out of the pit of 2020, our live panel discuss what art is worth, both for our emotional survival and paying the bills. Featuring Ngā Rangatahi Toa's Huia O'Sullivan, FAF SWAG's Tim Swann and The ...

EPISODE 7: Performance artist Moe Laga and comedian James Nokise are two Pasifika artists who share similar cultural backgrounds but make work that is on absolutely opposite scales of the performance art world. In this episode, Moe and James di...

EPISODE 5: "To be an artist is to suffer." The old adage coined by famed philosopher Aldous Huxley kicked off the fifth episode of Disruptors, which is the first to be recorded in front of a live audience at Basement Theatre. Musician and activ...

EPISODE 6: Jean and Sarita talk about making their solo shows Change Your Own Life and Digging to Cambodia ahead of their seasons at Basement. In their discussion, they delve into how they take care of themselves while creating and performing d...

EPISODE 4: In this special fourth episode of Disruptors, recorded in the depths of lockdown, four theatre practitioners reflect on what happens when the disruption in their work comes from the external force of a global pandemic.  D...

EPISODE 3: A conversation between incoming and outgoing Producers in Residence at Basement Theatre – Elyssia Wilson-Heti and Alice Kirker. Elyssia and Alice share a passion for creating work that celebrates body positive, something they say inh...

EPISODE 2: Sarita and Alice chat through their creative process with all its struggles and triumphs, talk the importance of prioritising indigenous practices in theatre and dive into the big D, diversity. Disruptors is a podcast se...

EPISODE 1: In the first ever episode of Disruptors, comedy trio Frickin Dangerous Bro (Pax Assadi, James Roque and Jamaine Ross) talk about New Zealand's comedy scene. How do you navigate an inherently white space as a person of colour? How do ...