Maureen comes to life in spell-binding show
One of the perils of living a long time is experiencing your peers die off until you are the only one left.
Festival of Colour
Small-sized saviour for a planet-sized problem
Small-sized saviour for a planet-sized problem
It’s 2023 and the youths of the world have finally cottoned on to reality — their parents’ generation has screwed up everything.
Page paints haunting portrait of grief
Page paints haunting portrait of grief
The first vinyl album I invested in was cool jazz, the kind of thing you’d play late at night in a romantic setting, wondering where the evening might go. It’s still a favourite.
Mansfield’s literary life turned into exquisite ballet performances
Mansfield’s literary life turned into exquisite ballet performances
It is hard to do justice to dance by writing words about it. But how about doing justice to the written word with dance? How much harder must that be?
Celebration of the arts officially opened
Celebration of the arts officially opened
Wanaka began its week-long immersion in the arts yesterday afternoon with an informal Maori welcome, songs and speeches in the Dinosaur Park.
Warm welcome for homegrown singer-songwriters
Warm welcome for homegrown singer-songwriters
Four Otago homegrown singer-songwriters treated festival-goers to an intimate evening of songs from the heart last night.
Chance for pupils to learn from best in arts industry
Chance for pupils to learn from best in arts industry
School children throughout the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago have been taking advantage of rare opportunities to learn from some of the best in the arts industry.
Wai Water Wanaka exhibition opens
Wai Water Wanaka exhibition opens
Members of the Wanaka community get their first glance at the Wai Water Wanaka exhibition at the Festival of Colour opening last night.
Wanaka festival ends on high note
Wanaka festival ends on high note
The sixth Wanaka-run Festival of Colour ended on a high with an inspired performance from Circo Aereo's Thomas Monckton in The Pianist.
Special and something for all
Special and something for all
''The best little arts festival in the country'' was Southern Lakes Festival of Colour director Philip Tremewan's assessment of the week-long celebration of theatre, dance music, conversation and visual arts which concluded in Wanaka yesterday.
New Anzac play first class
New Anzac play first class
The first public outing of Dave Armstrong's topical play, Anzac Eve, changed the perceptions of the largely young audience who had a chance to see a work in progress.
New Anzac play first class
New Anzac play first class
The first public outing of Dave Armstrong's topical play, Anzac Eve, changed the perceptions of the largely young audience who had a chance to see a work in progress.
Wandering minds creative
Wandering minds creative
Are you concentrating on reading this or thinking of something else?
Power, passion set festival bar high
Power, passion set festival bar high
The sixth Festival of Colour opened with power, passion and raw physicality, setting the bar high for the rest of the week.
Power, passion set festival bar high
Power, passion set festival bar high
The sixth Festival of Colour opened with power, passion and raw physicality, setting the bar high for the rest of the week.
Confessions of a veteran reviewer
Confessions of a veteran reviewer
Nigel Zega, the Otago Daily Times' Southern Festival of Colour reviewer, has lost track of the number of festival performances he has seen, but believes only festival staff will have seen more. Mr Zega steps into the limelight for a moment to answer a series of questions from Mark Price before the opening of the Wanaka-based festival.
Women to the fore at arts festival
Women to the fore at arts festival
More young people than usual turned out for the Southern Lakes Festival of Colour this year, but where were the blokes?
Truth will out in Iraq and school
Truth will out in Iraq and school
Full houses for Aspiring Conversations indicate investigative journalism is a hot topic.
US journalist pulls no punches
US journalist pulls no punches
Nincompoops, whackos and psychotic liars were among the assessments made by straight-talking Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh of several world leaders and high-ranking government officials, during a visit to Wanaka this week.
Funk and feeling in late-night spots
Funk and feeling in late-night spots
The Festival of Colour's first late-night spot on Tuesday kicked off with funky fun from Wellington soul singer Bella Kalolo, who belted out a wide variety of songs to a packed Crystal Palace.