Category: Arts & Culture
COCK. It’s a show title that demands attention… As does the name Shane Bosher. This July, Auckland audiences will be able to indulge in watching Bosher’s powerful and award-winning production, COCK. Named as Aucklander of the Year in 2005 by Metro Magazine, and four-time Director of the Year by The New Zealand Listener, Bosher is […]
Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader join forces in Craig Johnson’s The Skeleton Twins which tells the saddening tale of a broken family, while touching on subjects that hit home for a lot of people in today’s society. Hader plays Milo Dean, who refers to himself as “another tragic gay cliché”, is a failed actor who […]
Christchurch singer-songwriter Theia, (real name Em-Haley Walker), made her debut in 2015 and has been on the fast track to success ever since. She stopped in to our express office for a catch up! How does it feel to be such a young artist but doing so well in the music industry? It’s amazing. I […]
Last night marked the premiere performance of the New Zealand Dance Company’s Kiss the Sky, showcasing works by three international choreographers from New Zealand, Australia, and Korea. The theme takes on the seasons, the southern sky, and time, all presented purposefully to coincide with the Matariki Festival (Māori New Year). Artistic director Shona McCullagh, and […]
Kiwi stars Todd Emerson and Chris Parker are transformed once more into the much-loved 80’s TV sensations Hudson and Halls in Silo Theatre’s production of Hudson & Halls Live! The side-splitting Christmas special was such a success in 2015 that it’s been brought back to life at Q Theatre for two whole weeks of pure […]
Romance fiction grosses more than a billion dollars a year – outselling mystery, sci-fi, and fantasy combined. Yet the millions of voracious women (and sometimes men) who read and write romance novels have remained oddly invisible. Love Between the Covers is an entertaining, empowering and inspiring look into the billion-dollar romance fiction industry and its […]
New Zealand’s very own and well respected award winning screenwriter, poetess, and story writer, Briar Grace-Smith’s play, When Sun and Moon Collide opened last night to her Auckland audience at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. The highly excitable audience, from teen-age years to the ones who have enriched their artistic skills over the decades, were all […]
Returning in 2017 after a hugely successful debut last year, the Pacific Dance Festival will launch an all new programme, running 15–24 June at Mangere Arts Centre in Auckland. Born out of the Pacific Dance Choreographic Laboratory (since 2009), the festival provides an opportunity for Pacific choreographers to create, develop, and perform original dance works […]