Category: Review

Spankie Jackzon’s debuted her solo show Just The Tip for the first time on NZ soil to open Palmy Drag Fest… and kicked it in the d**k! We are sat next to Spankie’s parents for her homecoming show. During our cover interview for our August issue, Spankie revealed that her parents had not seen the […]

World of Wearable Arts’ 2024 Show Dream Awake leaves Fraser Shaw awe-inspired! Wellington has had a bit of a bad run lately – Government worker lay-offs, water woes, ongoing bike lane construction… But one thing Wellington gets right every time is the World of Wearable Arts show (affectionately known as ‘WOW’). A fusion and celebration […]

FUN HOME, the queerest of queer musicals opened at The Court Theatre on Saturday 10 August. Magnificently directed by Kathleen Burns, FUN HOME, deals with heavy thought-provoking topics like coming out in different eras, death, family and suicide, with subtle nuance and gentle humour. Fantastic, funny and heartfelt songs punctuate this Tony Award-winning musical, which […]

Host of Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show, Steven Oates, checks out Rialto Channel’s crazy colourful canine documentary, Well Groomed, where aspiring-artist pet-owners turn their pooches into their canvas! Every year at Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show I see doggies dressed up to the nines – but nothing I’ve seen over my many years […]

Bike lanes have popped up all over Auckland, yet even at peak commute times, many are sitting empty. Community stalwart Christopher Dempsey decided to ‘be the change’ and try out some of the hottest new e-bike models on our shiny new cycleways. Cube Ella When I picked up this gorgeous metallic burnt orange coloured Cube […]

For ten nights Auckland Live’s Cabaret Season took over The Civic and gave our nightlife the bustling, camp and glitzy atmosphere that we deserve all year round. Oliver Hall discusses his highlights. From glittering-curtain-clad entranceways to bars that required a password to enter, The Civic never looks quite as fabulous as when the cabaret festival […]

Demi Cox reads Lil O’Brien’s coming of age tale and relives her own past in the process. I don’t think I’ve read a book that has made me think as much as Lil O’Brien’s, Not That I’d Kiss a Girl, which has left me with a heavy heart and a peculiar desire to return to […]

Just a drive from Christchurch, a ferry from Wellington or a flight from Auckland, Marlborough is one of the world’s greatest wine regions and at its heart sits Blenheim. Now the town boasts an ornate historic hotel, that combines modern hospitality with a class from the past. When you pull up to Blenheim’s Hotel d’Urville […]