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ANDREW WHITESIDE
ANDREW
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Sunday, September 8, 2024
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Review: My Old School is an ethics lesson
Music – some new tunes Yung Gravy, Taylor Swift and others
New Music: Seven Purple Tigers, and Air Traffic Control
Review: ‘Ticket to Paradise’ is a sweet film
Interview: Bringing the psychological thriller ‘The Wasp’ to life on stage
Interview: Alison Bruce talks about artificial intelligence, and starring in ‘The Made’
Interview: Actor Matt Whelan and the controversial play ‘The Writer’
Interview: The real story behind the play ‘Swallow the Fly’
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EVENTS
Event: ATOMIC! 2.0 – Nov 2024
Event: Taking Off – Sept 2024
Event: A Street Car Named Desire Ballet – Mar 2025
Event: Kirsty Webeck visits NZ – Sep 2024
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REVIEWS
Review: Roger Hall’s ‘Taking Off’
Review: The light and sorrow in the play ‘In Other Words’
Movie Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, silly or masterpiece?
Review: ANTi a play about queerness, family and religion
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MUSIC
Review: Chris Isaak enthrals the generations in Auckland
Music – some new tunes Yung Gravy, Taylor Swift and others
New Music: Seven Purple Tigers, and Air Traffic Control
New Music – Sharon Van Etten, One Republic, The Broods
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BOOKS
Interview: The Kiss of Death
Book Review: ‘Yellowface’ is a darkly humorous polemic against exploitation
Interview: How to be a better leader, and confront your own demons
Book review: The Twist of a Knife is an engrossing murder mystery
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ALL ENTERTAINMENT
Review: My Old School is an ethics lesson
Music – some new tunes Yung Gravy, Taylor Swift and others
New Music: Seven Purple Tigers, and Air Traffic Control
Review: ‘Ticket to Paradise’ is a sweet film
Interview: Bringing the psychological thriller ‘The Wasp’ to life on stage
Interview: Alison Bruce talks about artificial intelligence, and starring in ‘The Made’
Interview: Actor Matt Whelan and the controversial play ‘The Writer’
Interview: The real story behind the play ‘Swallow the Fly’
Interview: The play ‘Skin Hunger’ explains how grief can make you horny
Review: ‘Lancaster’ is a frank and emotional story of the wartime bomber
Review: Pacifica the musical is a show we can all be proud of
Interview: Actor Cameron Jones takes on the excesses of the 1980s
Interview: Sabreen Islam’s journey through grief
Interview: The potency of Eugene O’Neill’s drama Long Day’s Journey into Night
Review: ‘Kaha’ is a beautiful piece of dance theatre
Review: Long Day’s Journey into Night is a poetic tragedy
Review: The Wedding Singer is a sassy and fun musical
Interview: Girl From the North Country
Review: The Black Phone is spookily good
Review: Scenes from a Yellow Peril is hilarious, edgy, and deliciously dangerous.
Review: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ is phenomenal
Interview: Meet the cast of Dhaba on Devon Avenue
New Music – Sharon Van Etten, One Republic, The Broods
Read: 2022 Auckland Festival of the Arts – Cancelled
Watch: Belfast is a feel good movie about the Troubles
New Music – Lana Del Ray, The Weeknd, The Linda Lindas
Read: New music – Elton John, A7S, Michael Kiwanuka
Read: New music Reb Fountain, John Mellencamp, One Republic
Read: Dakota of the White Flats is a delightful romp of an adventure
Read: Inflated Rebel is inspired, raw, and searingly beautiful.
Watch: Jennifer Hudson is a knock-out in ‘Respect’
Watch: Stillwater is a believable drama
Read: ‘All the Young Men’ is a testament to courage and tenacity
Read: New music – WILLOW, Imagine Dragons, Clairo, Inhaler, BENEE
Read: New music – Diana Ross, Olivia Rodrigo, Xavier Rudd, Mabel, Willow
Read: New music La Roux, Jonas Brothers, Lana Del Ray
Read: New music Moby, Julia Michaels, Camino
Read: The Haka Party Incident is a play every NZer should see
Read: New music from Demi Lovato, The Kooks, Justin Bieber
Read: The intriguing story of one of NZ’s wartime heroes
Read: New music Phoenix Foundation, ACCACIA, Billie Eilish
Listen: Adam Hattaway explains his love of Van Morrison
Event: Crowded House tour and new album
Read: New music – Guccihighwaters, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana del Ray
Read: New Music from Chris Cornell, The Avalanches, Six60
Listen: Addressed to Greta is a beautiful new novel by Fiona Sussman
Read: New Music from Matt Berninger, Phoenix Foundation, Lana del Ray.
Watch: Mary Poppins opens in Auckland
Read: New music from Marilyn Manson, The Vamps, Sam Smith, Tammy Nielson
Watch: The talent behind the new film Dead
Read: How art saved a kiwi during the pandemic in Spain
Watch: The King of Staten Island will make you fall in love with a loser
Read: The critics have badly misunderstood Netflix’s Hollywood
Read: Some binge-worthy shows that will stave off the boredom of self-isolation
Read: List of entertainment shows and events affected by Covid-19 in New Zealand
Film: Fools & Dreamers
Event: Kitchen Table Sessions
Read: Phill Jupitus is a master of the tall tale
The Mousetrap will keep you guessing
Watch: Blanc de Blanc is naughty and fun
Watch: Hugh Jackman’s tour with a kiwi connection
Watch: Madiba the Musical is an emotional rollercoaster
Watch: Aladdin in Auckland January 2019
Read: City of 100 Lovers
Watch: Shortland Street is immortalised as a musical
Watch: Jennifer Ward-Lealand talks about her new film and roles for older women
Watch: Peter Pan Goes Wrong is the perfect stress release
Read: Bohemian Rhapsody shows the music is bigger than the man
Watch: La Bohème is a must-see opera
Watch: Chicago is deliciously naughty
Watch: Anjelah Johnson is one funny lady
Watch: The Elixir of Love is magical and mischevious
Read: Upgrade is a well made action film
Read: 20th Century Women might leave you confused
Watch: Ballet Revolucion comes to Auckland
Watch: Welcome to the Murder House
Read: Two Hearts is the must see show of the Comedy Festival
Read: James Malcolm’s comedy is laden with sex
Read: A Bard’s Tale isn’t quite Shakespeare
Read: The Bookshop is a beautiful film
Watch: NZ Dance Co has a hit with Lumina
Read: Chappaquiddick and the cynicism of power
Read: The Best Comedy Show on Earth is pretty good
Read: Last Flag Flying is good despite being too long
Read: Andy Zaltzman’s rants are really funny
Read: Parker and Sainsbury are Comedy Festival Gold
Read: The bitter taste in the Sweet Country
Read: A Quiet Place will give you a good old scare
Read: Mamma Mia will get you up and dancing
Read: The Death of Stalin is not really a comedy
Live Out Loud
The sumptuous Atamira
Rawiri Paratene stars in Te Pō
Watch: Colin Cloud – The Mentalist
Watch: Marcia Hines talks about cabaret and grief
Read: Victoria and Abdul
Kátya Kabanová preview
Toruk – The First Flight
Miss Frisky’s Karaoke Experience
Kylie Price is Here with Me
Kaylee Bell talks about her great new single
Why Matilda the Musical is just so good!
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
An Inconvenient Sequel will scare and delight you
Read: Kiwi inspired store making headlines in Beijing
Ranterstantrum – a wicked play about race
Chance to Ignite
Dynamotion’s DISCO is a funny camp ride!
Jekyll and Hide
West Side Story comes to town
Carmen – Bizet’s beautiful yet tragic opera
Churchill the movie shows truth needn’t get in the way of a story
Preview of Sister Act the Musical
The chickens don’t quite come home to roost in Pecking Order
Alien Covenant is just so dull
In Viceroy’s House, Downton Abbey comes to India
It really is the best of the Comedy Festival
Raybon Kan is the satirist this country needs
Video – Zoe Lyons on being bald, gay and funny
Colossal is kinda like Godzilla but not really!
The film Denial is all about fake news
WTF is going on in the movie Get Out?
Why Ghost in the Shell is a flop
It’s probably not Their Finest but it’s not bad