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    Narrowing everything down

    Marko Hruybj-Piper at Gallery De Novo with two of his works. P HOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Narrowing everything down

    Australian painter Marko Hrubyj-Piper likes to have a goal  to focus on, so an exhibition at Dunedin’s Gallery de Novo seemed like the perfect opportunity. He tells Rebecca Fox about learning...

    Dazzled by the dance

    Royal New Zealand Ballet dancer Jake Gisby performs in Dazzlehands, a children’s ballet coming to...

    Dazzled by the dance

    Straight from the darkness and drama of Macbeth, ballet dancer and choreographer Joshua Guillemot-Rodgerson has washed off the blood and dived into his bright and sparkly children’s work...

    Four centuries of music brought to life by ensemble

    Four centuries of music brought to life by ensemble

    Sacred Masterworks for EasterThe Octagon EnsembleSt Paul’s Cathedral, DunedinSunday, March 29

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    Is this a lightsaber which I see before me?

    Queen’s High School students Renee Geddes, as Palamon, and Tiana Stout-Roden, as Arcite, perform...

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    Is this a lightsaber which I see before me?

    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, three Sith lords descend on Macbeth on a Dunedin Shakespeare festival’s main stage.

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    Gallery keeps home fires burning

    Eighteenth century English portrait painters Thomas Gainsborough and John Hoppner’s Charlotte,...

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    Gallery keeps home fires burning

    Never before seen acquisitions mix with pieces that form the foundation of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery collection in a significant new book and related exhibition, "Te Ahikāroa".

    Art seen: March 26

    Invisible by Rod Eales.

    Art seen: March 26

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    Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’

    Playwright Carl Bland as the author in Nightsong’s new work The Burning House. Photos: supplied

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    Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’

    Playwright Carl Bland is putting his "words" where his mouth is by performing his own work in a theatrical reading of theatre company Nightsong’s latest work-in-development, Burning House.

    Showcasing peninsula art

    A view of Otago Harbour, painted by OpenArts Inc president Roger Weston, will be among the works...

    Showcasing peninsula art

    The popular "Almost an Island" exhibition returns this week, showcasing Otago Peninsula and its artists.

    Send-up of a favourite guilty pleasure

    Send-up of a favourite guilty pleasure

    CoroNew Athenaeum TheatreFriday, March 20

    Rockumentary singalong packs theatre

    Rockumentary singalong packs theatre

    27 ClubRegent TheatreSaturday, March 21

    'Ultimate tough guy' Chuck Norris dies

    Chuck Norris in the film 'Lone Wolf McQuade' in 1983. Photo by Topkick Productions/Getty Images

    'Ultimate tough guy' Chuck Norris dies

    Chuck Norris, the US martial artist and Hollywood tough guy most famous for his role in the Walker, Texas Ranger television series, has died at the age of 86.

    Sublime, intimate, vulnerable performance

    Nicole Maisey has developed a multi-award-winning show as part of the Fringe Festival. Photo:...

    Sublime, intimate, vulnerable performance

    Producer and artist Nicole Maisey has created an arresting work that delves into her recent ADHD diagnosis.

    Story from someone who’s been there

    Embarrassed Naked Female by Elsa Couvreur. Photo: Aline Zandona

    Story from someone who’s been there

    After Elsa Couvreur made her video of The Sensemaker temporarily available online, a clip from the show started to turn up in some of the less savoury corners of the internet.
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