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    Bringing bold work home

    Maegan Stedman-Ashford as Nellie March and Thomas Downing as Henry. Photos: Don Townsend

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    Bringing bold work home

    The old team is back together at Dunedin’s Globe theatre for Keith Scott’s new production of The Fox and he could not be happier. 

    Art seen: February 19

    It’s the Idle Hours that Lead Us to Ruin, by Michael Greaves.

    Art seen: February 19

    By James Dignan

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    Drawn in by a rule-breaker

    Curator Lucy Hammonds takes a closer look at Peter Hawkesby’s Ōtepoti with missing P(2025). Photo...

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    Drawn in by a rule-breaker

    DPAG curator Lucy Hammonds could not resist finding out what leading ceramicist Peter Hawkesby, who has moved to Dunedin, was working on and putting on display for the region to see.

    Oscar winning actor Robert Duvall dies

    Robert Duvall at the Golden Globe Awards in 2015. Photo: Reuters

    Oscar winning actor Robert Duvall dies

    Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-loving colonel of "Apocalypse Now" or the spectral Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died at age 95.

    Obituary: the dazzling, clever playwright who became an adjective

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    Obituary: the dazzling, clever playwright who became an adjective

    "What's it about?" was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Sir Tom Stoppard’s first stage triumph.

    The war on forgetting

    Stefan Keller, of U-NO JUNO, performs on WarPossumTV.

    The war on forgetting

    Dunedin musician Tane Cotton has turned his attention to broadcasting the work of others.

    Real life intrudes

    Jonathan Majors in Magazine Dream.

    Real life intrudes

    The show doesn’t necessary go on after the festival, Guy Lodge writes.

    Hell and fire spawned to be released

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    SEND HELPDirector: Sam RaimiCast: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Edyll Ismail, Xavier Samuel, Chris Pang, Dennis HaysbertRating: (R16) ★★★★REVIEWED BY AMASIO JUTELSend Help is...

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    'Dawson's Creek' star James Van Der Beek dies at 48

    James Van Der Beek arrives at an awards show in Las Vegas in February 2001. File photo: Reuters

    'Dawson's Creek' star James Van Der Beek dies at 48

    James Van Der Beek, the star of 1990s teen drama Dawson's Creek, has died at the age of 48 after a battle with cancer.

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    Championing NZ’s native bee

    Hana Pera Aoake and Taarn Scott with a mosaic in the "Let the Honey Soak Through" exhibition....

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    Championing NZ’s native bee

    Bees are essential pollinators who play a crucial role in the ecosystem and are at the heart of Dunedin artists Taarn Scott and Hana Pera Aoake’s latest project "Let the Honey Soak Through".

    Art seen: February 12

    A World of Doubt (slide), by Luke Shaw.

    Art seen: February 12

    By James Dignan
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