Michael Hurst
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Performer Michael Hurst and writer Ken Larsen explain to Matthew Crawford the timeless appeal of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. (RNZ). Audio
Contract disputes over Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography
There's a heated debate over the Silo Theatre production of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography's decision to change the ending of Australian writer Declan Greene's play so the actors only strip… Audio
Playing Favourites with Sam Neill
Executive producer and presenter of the documentary, Anzac: Tides of Blood, which explores his family's experience with war and the legacy of Anzac on both sides of the Tasman, which will premiere on… Audio
Michael Hurst and Cathy Walker
Auckland Summer Shakespeare Director and actor working on Auckland Summer Shakespeare's season of A Midsummer Night's Dream. [topic] arts [location] Auckland Audio
Sonnet No 139: O, call not me to justify the wrong...
Read by Michael Hurst Music details: Dowland: Pavan (P16) (Naxos 8.557862). Audio
Encore Act Thirteen - High Highs and Low Lows
Including Mercury Theatre, Downstage Theatre, Watershed Theatre, Auckland Theatre Company, Bats Theatre, Wellington Fringe Festival, New Zealand Festival of the Arts, "The Ballad of Jimmy Costello"… Audio
Sonnet No 127: In the old age black was not counted fair...
Read by Michael Hurst. Music details: Dowland: Lord Strange's March (Naxos 8.557586) Audio
Encore Act Eleven - Thinking Outside The Box
Including "The Case of Katherine Mansfield", Feminist Theatre, "Wednesday to Come", "Ophelia Thinks Harder", "Shuriken", "Squatter", Theatre Corporate, Actors' Equity Union, "Coal Town Blues" and… Audio
Sonnet No 114: Or whether doth my mind, being crown'd with you
Read by Michael Hurst Music details: Dowland: My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home (Glossa GCD 920 109) Audio
Sonnet No 52: So am I as the rich whose blessed key
Read by Michael Hurst. Music details: Dowland: Langton's Galliard (Naxos 8.557862) Audio
Playing Favourites with Arthur Meek
New Zealand playwright who has been living in New York as the third recipient of the Harriet Friedlander New York Residency and is back here for the Auckland Theatre Company's world premiere… Audio
Sonnet No 37: As a decrepit father takes delight
Read by Michael Hurst. Music details- Dowland: Pavana Johan Douland (Naxos 8.570449) Audio
Sonnet No 9: Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye?
Read by Michael Hurst. Music details: Dowland: Pavan "Solus sine sola" (Naxos 8.570449) Audio
The Night Book by Charlotte Grimshaw - Part 5
Simon buys his son an aquarium. Roza works on an autobiography by Ray Marden, a policeman involved in a sex scandal. She obtains Simon Lampton's contact details. Simon and Karen prepare to go to… Audio
Song I could listen to again and again - Michael Hurst
Michael Hurst has chosen 'Claude Rains' by The Front Lawn, from their 1989 album 'Songs from The Front Lawn'. Audio
Jacques Brel tribute
Director Michael Hurst and singer/songwriter Tama Waipara, who're involved in a tribute to Jacques Brel explain why the highly theatrical and tortured soul that was is one of the most covered… Audio
Eight Months to Mars - Michael Hurst
One of New Zealand's most accomplished Shakespearian actors. He also one to the busiest, though Shakespeare is not all he does, as we all know. His versatile talents have made him a regular on our TV… Audio
