Q&A: Caril Cowan
Q&A: Caril Cowan
The ODT asks a few questions of ArtExplore co-director Caril Cowan.
Arts Festival Dunedin
Hugs and howls of appreciation
Hugs and howls of appreciation
Eastern European cabaret band Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen has finished its Arts Festival Dunedin run but primal howls of appreciation still echo around the city.
Unsettling and brilliant, a play not to miss
Unsettling and brilliant, a play not to miss
There are three excellent reasons to go to Krapp’s Last Tape.
Ritchie oratorio launched to heart-rending effect
Ritchie oratorio launched to heart-rending effect
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Over, performed another 50th anniversary celebration in the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday evening with a world premiere marking 100 years since the...
Review: Con-artists’ tale magical performance
Review: Con-artists’ tale magical performance
Kimberly Buchan reviews The Devil's Half-Acre at the Fortune Theatre.
High seas antics hilarious, serious
High seas antics hilarious, serious
REVIEW: Elizabeth Bouman enjoys two shows with a nautical theme.
Treasured artefact
Treasured artefact
The violin Alexander Aitken played in the trenches in the Gallipoli Campaign and at the Battle of the Somme is on display at Otago Boys’ High School. Dunedin Symphony Orchestra Gallipoli to the...
Q&A: Mikelangelo
Q&A: Mikelangelo
The ODT asks some questions of arts festival Dunedin performer, Mikelangelo.
Dunedin tale of shady dealings
Dunedin tale of shady dealings
Beware — the "fraudsters, con-men and charlatans" will be out in Dunedin tonight.
Worth a look for the exquisite costumes alone
Worth a look for the exquisite costumes alone
Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I never actually met — but this hasn’t prevented Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart (premiered in 1800), which imagines just such an encounter, from becoming a classic.
Ahoy, Dunedin!
Ahoy, Dunedin!
The cast of The Complete History of the Royal New Zealand Navy Abridged and Commander Claire and the Pirates of Provence arrive in Otago Harbour yesterday for their Arts Festival Dunedin run beginning today.
The art of a mystery
The art of a mystery
What’s real? What’s not? British ‘‘transmedia’’ artist Simon Wilkinson thinks outside the box for his Arts Festival Dunedin productions, writes Shane Gilchrist
The Devil's Dunedin
The Devil's Dunedin
A dark, magical tale of betrayal, greed and love comes home when The Devil’s Half-Acre hits the Fortune Theatre stage at the weekend.
Courting controversy
Courting controversy
The story of Paris’ original party girl is sure to raise some eyebrows, writes Gillian Thomas.
Songs for the Fallen - Arts Festival Dunedin
Songs for the Fallen - Arts Festival Dunedin
Sponsored Content - Songs for the Fallen, set in 19th century Paris, is a glittering piece of cabaret-style music theatre charting courtesan Marie Duplessis’s life from poverty to infamy.
Arts festival needs broader range
Arts festival needs broader range
The 2014 financial ledger of Arts Festival Dunedin has ''a modest surplus'' and the festival will return in 2016 with a line-up designed to attract a broader audience.
Attendance 'on a par'
Attendance 'on a par'
The more than 10,000 tickets sold to Arts Festival Dunedin this year put attendance rates ''on a par'' with past festivals with similar calibre artists, festival director Nicholas McBryde says.
Circa dares audience to release inner animal; Maori Quartet a hit
Circa dares audience to release inner animal; Maori Quartet a hit
We are in the thick of Arts Festival Dunedin and the first three nights have had audiences stamping on floors demanding encores and guffawing with uncontrolled laughter.
Belgian entrances audience
Belgian entrances audience
The moment Belgian singer Micheline Van Hautem walked from the back of Glenroy Auditorium singing, she owned the room.
Variety the spice of festival
Variety the spice of festival
The past 10 days my wife has referred to herself as the ''arts widow'' but today I return to her after being immersed in the spectrum of creativity known as Arts Festival Dunedin.