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Studio Interview: Nathaniel Lees and Paki Cherrington -
Two nights ago, the Watershed Theatre in Auckland opened its season of The Changeling written in 1622 during the Jacobean age by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
The central theme is transformation. The fourteen characters undergo personal journeys of change with the virtuous turning monstrous - the corruptor becoming the subject most deserving of pathos.
The Changeling was neglected for centuries. It re-emerged during the 1960s and recently played to packed houses at the National Theatre in London.
The production at the Watershed stars Rima Te Wiata and with her are many leading stage, film and television actors - Nathaniel Lees, Stephanie Wilkin, Andrew Binns, Jo Bryant, Iain Rea, Paki Cherrington, Geoff Snell, Paul Glover, Patrick Wilson, Steven Lovatt, Hera Dunleavey, Upton Brewer and Jeremy Birchall.
In addition, joining us now in our studio are Nathaniel Lees and Paki Cherrington who both talked about their roles in the Play.
The Changeling is directed by James Beaumont whose recent production of Graham Green's "Travels with my Aunt" broke box office records at the Aotea Centre's Herald Theatre. The season runs through to August the 24th.
Music: Rima Te Wiata - "So Long My Love" (Sammy Khan)
Tape Interview - John Barrett, Kiore:
Kapiti Island's rats that have been waging war on some of the country's rarest animals, will soon be on the receiving end. The Department of Conservation are soon to begin an eradication program involving a helicopter drop of 26 tonnes of poisonous bait. The Department of Conservation say that the large Norway and the smaller Kiore rats threaten the survival of the Islands small population of the Stitch-Bird and the Saddlebacks which are extinct on the mainland. Only about 30 to 40 of each species remain on Kapiti largely because of the rats preying on their eggs and young and the rodents which number tens-of-thousands after the breeding season savage rare lizards, insects and plants. DOC has removed Weka as well the other birds off the Island during the poison group.
John Barrett, spokesperson for the Iwi of the area speaks about the consultation process and the ongoing liaison with DOC…
Music: Cara Pewhairangi and the Patea Māori Club - "Haere Mai" (composed by Tuini Ngawai).
Music: Tama Renata -"Once Were Warriors Theme"
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