Category: Events
Clear your calendars in May because once again, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has arranged an unmissable month of music! There will be a beautiful juxtaposition between modern works and beloved pieces of the past few centuries. NZSO commences in May with the spectacular Aotearoa Plus – Farr, Adams and Boulez, which boasts the world […]
Brought to us by Peter Shaffer, Amadeus is a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. First performed in 1979, it was inspired by a short 1830’s play by Alexander Pushkin called Mozart and Salieri. Well-known for his perceptive craft, whether acting or directing, Oliver Driver says […]
The 2017 Auckland Writers Festival kicks off on 16 May with the theme, “Love Story”. While most writers’ festivals are programmed for the literate masses, with a little investigation there are usually some Rainbow connections to be found and enjoyed. We asked Carole Beu, Festival Trustee and Women’s Bookshop owner, to point us in the […]
Few others could rival the 6 April opening night in Auckland of the three year old African Film Festival. In the roomy foyer of the Newmarket Rialto, hand drums beat irresistibly while high pings of the Nigerian m’bira (thumb organ) fluttered and resonant bass notes boomed happily from a shakr’a (gourd bass). Weaving through all […]
We chat with Eli Matthewson, the little gay rock star of New Zealand comedy, ahead of his show in the 2017 New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Firstly, how did you come up with that magnificent title, The Year of Magical Fucking? I read a bunch of stupid articles about how millennials are having less sex […]
The celebration of Richard O’Brien’s 75th birthday, 75 Years of Frock N Roll, raising thousands of dollars for Starship Hospital, was a glam spectacular worthy of the man who revolutionised musicals with his Rocky Horror Show, which still packs out theatres worldwide more than 40 years after it was first penned! The audience dazzled in sequins, feathers […]
She’s one of the best ballet dancers in the world. So is he. Together, they are a Russian power couple – both having met while dancing Giselle and her probably being the one to have been able to bring him back into the folds of the Royal Ballet. He’s the bad boy, she’s the poster […]
There’s no question that Adele’s New Zealand debut was a special event. It’s not every day that more than 45,000 Kiwis rush to Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium on a Thursday night. But then again, last night was anything but ordinary, as multi-Grammy-award winner Adele made sure that we were treated to a show that, while staged in […]