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Sunday, September 15, 2024

Pride Season 2021

ALL PRIDE STORIES

Event: Mrs Wishy Washy – Sep/Oct 2024

“Oh, lovely mud!” exclaim Mrs Wishy-Washy’s farm animals Cow, Duck, and Pig. These beloved characters from Joy Cowley’s series of picture books are about...

Event: Dua Lipa Live – Mar 2025

Dua Lipa announced a global 2025 run on her Radical Optimism Tour with over 40 new dates across Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe,...

Theatre Review: Girls and Boys

There is something deeply intimate about a play with a single actor and Auckland Theatre Company’s Girls and Boys by David Kelly is about...

PRIDE EVENTS 2021

Event: Mrs Wishy Washy – Sep/Oct 2024

“Oh, lovely mud!” exclaim Mrs Wishy-Washy’s farm animals Cow, Duck, and Pig. These beloved characters from Joy Cowley’s series of picture books are about...

Event: Dua Lipa Live – Mar 2025

Dua Lipa announced a global 2025 run on her Radical Optimism Tour with over 40 new dates across Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe,...

Theatre Review: Girls and Boys

There is something deeply intimate about a play with a single actor and Auckland Theatre Company’s Girls and Boys by David Kelly is about...

Movie Review: Speak No Evil

In this thriller, an American family  meets a British couple and their son  on vacation in Italy and they all seem to get on...

Review: The Children of Sacred Valley

If you have never seen a Dynamotion show you are missing out on a quite remarkable experience. The troupe was formed a few years...

Event: Garden Music Festival – Feb 2025

Auckland, get ready to bust out the sprinkler as Gardens Music Festival 2025 returns to the iconic Auckland Domain, on Friday, February 28. Prepare...

Event: Synthony in the Domain – Mar 2025

SYNTHONY in THE DOMAIN returns in 2025, with a stellar first line-up featuring international acts Cyril and Example (UK), as well as Kiwi acts Kora,...

Interview: Kirsty Webeck on comedy, farming, and Ryan Reynolds

Kirsty Webeck is an Australian comedian who is a regular fixture on the stand-up circuit having performed in Australia, New Zealand and the UK....

Review: Roger Hall’s ‘Taking Off’

The OE is so embedded into kiwi culture it is easy to assume that every young person from about the age of 20 or...

Review: The light and sorrow in the play ‘In Other Words’

In Other Words is a play about Jane (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) and Arthur (Michael Hurst) a long married couple who come face to face with...

Movie Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, silly or masterpiece?

A sequel to the 1988 film this one sees Beetlejuice needing help to get away from his soul sucking and dismembered wife. To do...

Event: ATOMIC! 2.0 – Nov 2024

Following the resounding success of last year’s concerts, Atomic is thrilled to announce the return of its all-femme line-up with ATOMIC! 2.0. This electrifying event celebrates the...

Event: Taking Off – Sept 2024

Taking Off, Sir Roger Hall’s wickedly funny comedy trails four intrepid middle-aged Kiwi women as they set off on their big “OE” to Europe. It...

Event: A Street Car Named Desire Ballet – Mar 2025

Scottish Ballet’s powerful adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, originally staged in 2012 when it was nominated for an Olivier Award, proudly announces its exclusive...

Opinion: New Zealand’s Prime Minister is wrong about education!

Recently New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he is prepared to see schools in the country deferring the arts and music curriculum in...

Event: Kirsty Webeck visits NZ – Sep 2024

Rising Aussie comedy star Kirsty Webeck is set to be touring Aotearoa for the first time ever, after a smash hit run during the NZ International...

Event: Mamma Mia (Wellington) – Aug 2025

Get ready to say “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do!” to the smash-hit jukebox musical based on the songs of Swedish...

Interview: Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono shares his love of opera

Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono is the 2024 NZ Opera Freemasons Foundation Company Artist. He is a baritone and will perform the role of Count Ceprano in...

Event: Camping – Nov 2024

“We’re all going on a, summer holiday…” Les and Fleur are a middle-aged couple at the end of their tether. Francis and Connie are newly-weds...

Review: ANTi a play about queerness, family and religion

Society is built on families and relationships but the definition of who has the right to belong and what rules we must follow, has...

Event: Tempo Dance Festival – Oct 2024

From hip-hop to ballet to contemporary to Indigenous, Tāmaki Makaurau will dance like everyone’s watching as the biennial Tempo Dance Festival - Te Rerenga o...

Event: Day One Shorts – Sep 2023

Day One Shorts (formerly Someday Stories) is excited to announce a one-off Premiere film screening event launching this year's series of eight short films made by...

Event: DIVAS! Oct/Nov 2024

DIVAS! – the smash-hit show that celebrates some of the most heralded female artists and vocalists of our time – is heading on tour for...

Event: Words & Wine with Neil Ieremia

After three decades of touring his exceptional, creative work across the globe, Black Grace founding Artistic Director, Neil Ieremia (ONZM) shares some of his...

Interview: Beatriz Romilly’s funny and challenging new role

Beatriz Romilly is a Spanish-born actress with an impressive career in film, TV, and theatre. In September 2024 she stars in Auckland Theatre Company’s...

Interview: The Value of Music Therapy

Chris O'Connor is a musician and music therapist who has spent his life immersed in music, playing drums in bands since his teenage years...

Event: An Evening with Stephen Fry – Nov 2024

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure in the UK. He returns...

Event: Alison Moyet Live – May 2025

Alison Moyet, will be embarking on her first New Zealand tour in 8 years, as part of her global tour ‘KEY Live 2025’. This...

Event: A Slow Burlesque – Oct 2024

From the mind of one of the most exciting young artists in Aotearoa, this absurd variety show draws on experimental origins of early performance...

Movie Review: Blink Twice

The story concerns a cocktail waitress who is invited to a private tropical island by a billionaire who seems very attracted to her. Joined...

Interview: Rutene Spooner wants to be like Billy T James

Rutene Spooner is a talented man, he’s a comedian, a singer with the Modern Māori Quartet, he makes documentaries and loves cabaret. His new...

Interview: What brought actor Michael Hurst to tears?

In Other Words is a play that delves into the deeply affecting journey of a couple grappling with the impact of Alzheimer's disease. The...

Event: ANTi – Aug 2024

Bringing the laughs and the tears, ANTi is a new one-woman play written and performed by the award-winning Keagan Carr Fransch. This is a...

Theatre Review: Scenes from the Climate Era

There is a recurring piece of dialogue running through the play Scenes from the Climate Era that seems to perfectly suit my reaction to...

Opinion: Is AI good or bad in journalism?

This week the New Zealand news site NZME was criticised for using AI to write an editorial about the All Blacks rugby team. The...

Interview: Mel Parsons and the art of Sabotage

Mel Parsons is a kiwi songstress with a soulful voice that audiences love. Since her debut in 2009 Parsons has collaborated with a number...

Event: The Kingdom of Bling – Oct/Nov 2024

Seen by over 30 million people, The Rocky Horror Show is one of the most successful musicals ever. Today, as its 50th anniversary party continues to have...

Event: Peter Pan – Oct 2024

Auckland Theatre Company invites the dreamer within you to be enchanted by the contemporary adaptation, of the beloved fictional story of Peter Panon at...

Event: Company B – The Next Wave – Sept 2024

Following the tremendous success of their inaugural season, BLACK GRACE is excited to announce a new production by COMPANY B entitled ‘The Next Wave’. Performing...

Event: Tami Nielsen sings Nelson – Oct 2024

Award-winning artist Tami Neilson and her band, along with special guest, Jay Neilson, today announces three very special concerts Neilson Sings Nelson in honour of her friend and music...

Event: R.E.S.P.E.C.T – Oct 2024

Four of New Zealand’s best-loved “girls” are set to pay homage to the most powerful divas in music history, with two very special concerts...

Event: H.R. The Musical – Nov 2024

It’s a performance revue like you'll never get in an office tower. This cheeky number, fresh from a sold-out season at NZ Int’l Comedy Festival, takes...

Event: Karan Aujla Live in Auckland – Nov 2024

Indian singer and rapper Karan Aujla comes to Auckland for one night only on 1st November 2024. Dubbed as ‘India's most prominent artist’ Karan made...

Event: The Children of Sacred Valley – Sep 2024

From the makers of Mia Blonde: the Ice Dagger, Top Town and Butch Flaccidy and the Fundance Kidz, comes a hilarious new comedy dance show...

Event: ASB Classic – Dec 2024/Jan 2025

Amidst a golden age of NZ Tennis that has seen Kiwi players Lulu Sun, Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus perform with distinction at the prestigious Wimbledon, including Sun reaching the quarterfinal,...

Event: Be Like Billy – Sep/Oct 2024

The highly anticipated tour of Rutene Spooner's Be Like Billy? is set to entertain audiences across Aotearoa. This unique one-man comedy cabaret show, with live music...

Event: Comedy Fest Winter Special – Aug 2024

After an electric NZ International Comedy Festival, which drew nearly 70,000 attendees out to enjoy live comedy, organisers knew that Tāmaki Makaurau was thirsty for...

Interview: Andrew Paterson on Our Own Little Mess

Andrew Paterson stars in Our Own Little Mess, a new play by A Slightly Isolated dog in which the intertwined lives of five characters...

Event: Ka Mua Ka Muri – Jul 2024

Atamira Dance Company encompasses and uplifts the voices of acclaimed choreographers and long-time collaborators, Bianca Hyslop and Eddie Elliott in this unique and powerful...

Movie Review: Twisters

Kia Ora Im Andrew and today Im looking at the film - Twisters In this film a group of tornado chasers working on a way...

Interview: Sean Rivera talks about Scenes from the Climate Era

Scenes from the Climate Era is a play about climate change told in a dizzying stream of twenty-five short scenes, snapping from absurd comedy...

Event: Shiver in the Dark – Oct 2024

Since the iconic riff of Sultans of Swing first captivated the world 46 years ago, Dire Straits has solidified its place in music history. Today, we...

Event: The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale – Nov 2024

The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale will premiere in Middle-earth when this eagerly awaited production opens for a strictly limited season at...

Event: Rigoletto the opera – Sep 2024

A tragic tale of love, power, revenge…and that song Set in stylish la dolce vita 1950s Italy, this cornerstone of the operatic canon blends drama, compelling characters,...

Event: Herbie Hancock in Australia and NZ – Oct 2024

Living legend Herbie Hancock is set to light up stages across Australia and New Zealand in October, in his first visit since 2019, promising...

Event: Troye Sivan – Dec 2024

TROYE SIVAN has unveiled dates for his highly anticipated Something To Give Each Other tour this November and December. After selling out arenas across...

Event: Red Heavens – Jul/Aug 2024

‘Red Heavens’ portrays the true story of Angelina Moleta, an Italian pioneering immigrant on D'Urville Island, whose fate is intertwined with the forces of...

Event: Scenes from the Climate Era – Aug 2024

The choices we made yesterday.The difficult realities of tomorrow.  Rethink everything you know about climate change - the Climate Era is here.  A couple discusses whether...

Event: ‘Mine’ by painter Gian Manik – Jul/Aug 2024

MINE, is an exhibition of paintings by Melbourne-based artist Gian Manik. The exhibition comprises a series of thirteen new paintings (all 2024), twelve of...

Interview: Sabbath Queen

Sabbath Queen is a new documentary by director Sandi DuBowski that was filmed over 21 years the film follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie's epic journey...

Event: Elvis A Musical Revolution – Oct 2024

Penned by acclaimed international writers, Elvis: A Musical Revolution transports audiences on an extraordinary journey through the life and music of rock ‘n’ roll superstar, Elvis...

Event: Our Own Little Mess – Jul/Aug 2024

From the creators of audience favourites Jekyll & Hyde and Don Juan, the masters of irreverence, A Slightly Isolated Dog, are thrilled to return to Q Theatre with...

Event: Doc Edge festival July 2024

The DOC EDGE FESTIVAL 2024 is now live featuring a stunning and provocative line-up of 43 features, 23 shorts and 28 immersive projects. The 19th...

Event: Girls and Boys – Sept 2024

After stunning audiences in London and New York, Auckland Theatre Company presents Girls & Boys by Dennis Kelly, with a devastatingly powerful solo performance...

Event: World Press Photo Exhibition – Jul /Aug 2024

The acclaimed World Press Photo Exhibition, a stunning selection of the past year’s best photojournalism and documentary photography from around the world, returns this month...

Interview: Frankie McNair

Frankie McNair is an Aussie stand up comedian with a background in improv. Her comedy is based on her own life and experiences and...

Dance Review: Tolu

One of the many wonderful things about Auckland Tamaki Makaurau is the incredible diversity of its people which creates one the one hand strong...

Theatre Review: Red, White and Brass

Red White and Brass is a musical play based on the 2023 film of the same name. It’s the story of Tongan New Zealander...

Theatre Review: Nicola Cheeseman is Back

The curse of ageing is something most of us dread, an inevitability that, no matter how hard we try, will catch up with us....

Interview: Who is susceptible to cults?

DECULT is the first Cult Conference to be held in New Zealand and will consist of workshops and talks with experts on cults and...

Review: The Guru of Chai

It is 6am at Bangalore Train Station in the present day. A poor chai wallah comes on stage and tells the audience he is...

Interview: Cass Woodhouse on having a healthy life

Cassandra Woodhouse is a New Zealand actress and model known for her diverse roles in television, film, and theatre. Woodhouse is also a dedicated...

Review: Le Comte Ory

Le Comte Ory is a comedic opera written by French composer Rossini in the early 1800s. Originally set in the 13th century, NZ Opera...

Interview: Shae Mountain talks about Ballroom Blitz and marriage

Shae Mountain is a talented kiwi-born star who wowed audiences when he teamed up with NZ comedian Laura Daniel on Dancing with the Stars...

Review: My Brilliant Divorce is charming and relatable

My Brilliant Divorce is a play by Geraldine Aron currently on at the Pumphouse Theatre in Auckland and starring the talented Jackie Clarke.  It’s a...

Interview: David Stuart talks about orgies

David Stuart is a Scottish stand-up comedian now resident in New Zealand. He was a 2022 Raw Comedy Quest finalist and has been voted...

Event: Nicola Cheeseman is Back – June / July 2024

Nicola Cheeseman is sick of trying to do it all.  Every generation has that one show – the show that challenges the way women are...

Interview: Robbie Nicol has late night ambitions

Robbie Nicol is a Kiwi comedian, writer, and satirist and the creative force behind the online show White Man Behind A Desk, which pokes...

Movie Review: The Fall Guy

Colt Seavers, is a battered and past-his-prime stuntman who finds himself caught up in a murder mystery when the star of the film he’s...

Interview: Jackie Clarke can’t park a car!

Jackie Clarke is a much loved New Zealand singer with a powerful and melodic voice and incredible stage presence. Clarke has collaborated with a...

Interview: Why is comedian Liv McKenzie a crybaby?

Liv McKenzie is a rising star in the New Zealand comedy scene who has been captivating audiences with her razor-sharp wit and effortless charm....

Review: Chris Isaak enthrals the generations in Auckland

As he confidently walked on to the stage at Auckland’s Kiri Te Kanawa theatre wearing a dark blue suit encrusted with colourful flowers and...

Theatre Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a theatrical production that explores the complexities of ageing, love, and self-discovery. Set in the vibrant backdrop of...

Theatre Review: Scattergun: After the Death of Rūaumoko

Scattergun: After the Death of Rūaumoko is an intriguing and stylish one-woman show conceived, written, and starring Ana Chaya Scotney.  Set over one day and...

Theatre Review: ‘The Effect’ is dazzling

The Effect by British writer Lucy Prebble is the latest public offering from Auckland Theatre Company and it is dazzling. The action centres around a...

Event: Chris Stapleton March 2025

Acclaimed musician Chris Stapleton has confirmed he will tour Australia and New Zealand for the first time next year with “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Roadshow...

Event: ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko

Silo Theatre is stoked to kick off their 2024 programme with the nocturnal ride that is ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko playing at Q Theatre,...

Event: Advait Kirtikar – New Show, Who Dis?

Finding yourself is hard, finding your someone is harder! 2024 Billy T Nominee, Advait Kirtikar, is bringing his New Show about mixed messages and missed...

Event: When the Cat’s Away – May 2024

A rare tour by New Zealand’s most cherished supergroup When The Cat’s Away -- the first in 34 years comes to Auckland in May 2024.  With...

Event: Robbie Nicol’s Late Night Pilot

New Zealand finally has a late-night TV talk show! Sure it's not on TV, but to be fair neither is Newshub. Robbie Nicol (aka White Man...

Event: Ballroom Blitz Tour – May/June 2024

Acclaimed Australian Choreographer and three-time Dancing with the Stars championAric Yegudkin directs the sensational new show Ballroom Blitz which embarks on a whirlwind national tour across 12 centres all...

Movie Review: Origin is stunning

This is a stunning film with an excellent cast that weaves the personal story of Isabel Wilkerson’s life into her journey of discovery as...

Interview: Explaining Te Radar’s Retrospectacle

Te Radar, born Andrew J. Lumsden, is a beloved New Zealand comedian, presenter, and writer, known for his sharp wit, observational humour, and insightful...

Interview: Comedian Jake Howie and the women in his life

Jake Howie is a charismatic and quick-witted comedian hailing from New Zealand. With his charming Kiwi accent and sharp observational humour, he has carved...

Dance Review: WHENUA

WHENUA is a wonderful show of dance theatre that is made up of two distinct pieces - Imprint, choreographed by Malia Johnston in collaboration...

Interview: Is Hauser, the rebel with a cello, shy?

Stjepan Hauser (known simply as Hauser) is a Croatian cellist known for his virtuosic performances and dynamic stage presence. His remarkable talent, innovative approach...

Movie Review: Late Night with the Devil

In this film set in the 1970s Jack Delroy is a late night talk show host whose show Night Owls is struggling in the...

Interview: Schalk Bezuidenhout is trying to keep up

Schalk Bezuidenhout is a prominent South African comedian celebrated for his quick wit, infectious energy, and distinct comedic style. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa,...

Theatre Review: The Phantom of the Opera (Rotorua)

It is not often I get the chance to see theatre outside of Auckland, so a trip south this weekend to see Rotorua Musical...

Interview: Jaiyah Saelua and the Rainbow Games

Jaiyah Saelua is a trailblazing soccer player from American Samoa, best known for being the first fa’afafine (transgender) athlete to compete in a FIFA...