A full house sat in silence for the performance selfportrait24: Ōtepoti - Dunedin, devised by Marcela Giesche, in the New Athenaeum Theatre yesterday afternoon.
High-energy dance sequences, songs and hi-jinks come thick and fast in Taieri Musical’s hugely entertaining production of Footloose.
Anyone who saw comedian Dai Henwood’s interview with Jaquie Brown on The Project about his bowel cancer will not be surprised at his frankness about living with a terminal illness.
Even though the disclaimer at the end of We Were Dangerous says it is not based on a true story I have my doubts the movie is a total work of someone’s imagination.
There was certainly no power crisis in Mosgiel’s Coronation Hall on Thursday evening.
The title of Jacqueline Leckie’s newest book, Old Black Cloud, obliquely refers to the common English translation for Aotearoa, "the land of the long white cloud".
The movie Bookworm is a homegrown quirky take on the legend of a black panther roaming the Canterbury foothills.
Ian F. Grant has written many books but if you seek his monument then pick up his recent two-volume history of New Zealand newspapers.
There seems to have been a plethora of movies in recent years about groups of women who go through some sort of journey together.
BACH AND THE BIRDS Dunedin Symphony Orchestra King’s & Queen’s PACSunday, August 4 On a chilly winter afternoon, it is a great pleasure to gather with fellow music-lovers...
If you enjoyed the first two Deadpool movies then all signs point to you enjoying this latest instalment.
Daniel Kraus novel Whalefall takes that apocryphal image of Jonah inside a whale and imagines if it could really happen.
Horizon: An American Saga, Part One is an interesting but lengthy tale of the early days of the American West.
Opera Otago is this country’s oldest opera company, but the costs of producing a fully staged opera annually have become prohibitive and Covid cancelled its last attempt in 2021.
Thrills and spills aplenty greeted the opening night audience for the Globe Theatre’s first Globe Youth production Break a Leg, by Judi Billcliff.
Fly me to the Moon is a tongue-in-cheek version of the leadup and successful 1969 launch of the Apollo 11 rocket which landed two Americans on the moon.
"Break a leg" is a traditional theatrical expression used to wish performers good luck before they go onstage.
A moderate audience braved the cold and a rugby test to embark on a fascinating and wide-ranging musical journey on Saturday, courtesy of Dunedin Symphony Orchestra.
Animated characters of Madagascar: The Musical filled Dunedin’s Regent Theatre stage with colour and skilful movement yesterday afternoon.
Despite the lure of an international sporting event on Saturday evening, the Dunedin Town Hall was packed for the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra’s midwinter concert conducted by James Judd.
