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      January 4, 2019
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      NZ Comedy International Festival In Review: Fully Grown Children - Maia Smith and Ruby Esther

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      May 18, 2018
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      May 17, 2018
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In Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

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November 14, 2018
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In Review: Medusa at Loft at Q

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October 27, 2018
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In Review: A Star Is Born

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October 12, 2018
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September 16, 2018
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September 14, 2018
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In Review: Me and my sister tell each other everything

The Speakeasy
September 12, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theatre
Review by Laura Roberts I was initially hesitant about going along to a show called “Me and my sister tell each other everything” considering that I ...

Interview: Jonas Bloquet talks “The Nun”

Shawn Moodie
September 12, 2018
Entertainment, Film, Spotlight
If you haven't heard about Corin Hardy's upcoming horror film, The Nun, the latest release in the 'Conjuring Universe' then where the hell have you be...

Interview: WOW® Music Director discusses colab with 7 kiwi composers

Jenanne Burnell
September 7, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Music, Theatre
With the 2018 World of WearableArt® season fast approaching, the show’s Music Director Paul McLaney took the time to discuss why this year will be par...

Irks And Quirks With Oliver Smith: There’s Just Too Much Content

Oliver Smith
September 6, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, TV
Is there a more obvious first world problem, than stating that there's too much media to consume? I accept this, but at the same time the fact of the ...

In Review: KORORAREKA: The Ballad of Maggie Flynn

Jenanne Burnell
September 4, 2018
Entertainment, Spotlight, Theatre, Watch
My intrigue for early colonial history in New Zealand was basically non-existent until last night when I went along to see Kororareka: The Ballad of M...
7.6

In Review: Mrs. Krishnan’s Party

The Speakeasy
September 1, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Theatre
Review by Gayatri Adi 20 years on from Krishnan’s Dairy, Indian Ink brings back the same feel good comedy looking to push boundaries while touching...

In Review: Crazy Good Fun in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

Nahyeon Lee
August 28, 2018
Entertainment, Film
I was terrified I wasn’t going to like this film. As someone who works in the Arts and thinks constantly about Asian representation, its central premi...

The Happytime Murders Puppets Attempt Kiwi Slang

Shawn Moodie
August 28, 2018
Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen
The New Zealand vernacular can often confuse tourists and migrants to our fair shores but from the looks of it, puppets find it even more difficult! ...

Interview: Director Corin Hardy discusses his new film “The Nun”

Shawn Moodie
August 27, 2018
Entertainment, Film, Spotlight
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If you haven't heard about Corin Hardy's upcoming horror film, The Nun, the latest release in the 'Conjuring Universe' then you've probably heard abou...

The Speakeasy’s Guide To Decorating Your Lounge Without Breaking The Bank

Shawn Moodie
August 22, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Spotlight, TV
With the average age of Kiwi first-time house buyers having risen to 35, there has never been so many of us renting. But even if you have got on the l...

Interview: Taissa Farmiga talks “The Nun”

Shawn Moodie
August 17, 2018
Entertainment, Film, Spotlight
2
If you haven't heard about Corin Hardy's upcoming horror film, The Nun, the latest release in the 'Conjuring Universe' then you've probably heard abou...

Interview: Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, and Li Bingbing talk “The Meg”

Shawn Moodie
August 16, 2018
Entertainment, Film, Spotlight
Directed by Jon Turteltaub, The Meg is a blockbuster B-movie with action, thrills, and Jason Statham punching sharks. What more could you want from a ...

In Review: HIR

The Speakeasy
August 2, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theatre
I began to feel uncomfortable the second I walked into the theatre. The set of HIR looked like a scene from Hoarders, portraying a home so disorganise...

Competition: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ ticket giveaway

The Speakeasy
July 30, 2018
Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Night Life
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Gather your girl gangs, mum-squads and gal pals for some pure 'Girls Night Out' material – The Spy Who Dumped Me hits cinemas August 9 and is the adre...

Long and short: Fujifilm adds two high-end X Series camera lenses

The Speakeasy
July 28, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Geek and Web, Lifestyle
Photography fans are in luck as fresh on the heals of announcing the XF10, Fujifilm is back again with two new lenses and an update to their X-Mount l...

Interview: Playwright Sam Brooks discusses his latest play ‘Burn Her’

Shawn Moodie
July 27, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Spotlight, Theatre
Sam Brooks is one of New Zealand's most exciting young contemporary playwrights. Known for his searing wit, snappy dialogue, and incisive commentary, ...

In Review: Sightings

Jenanne Burnell
July 24, 2018
Entertainment, Theatre
1
The term ‘zenith’ refers to an imaginary point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer. The ideas behind of the mechanism of observa...
9

In Review: First World Problems

Johan Chang
July 24, 2018
Entertainment, Theatre
There’s this quote in Jean Rhys’ novel, ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’, which goes like this: “Justice. I’ve heard that word. I tried it out. I wrote it down. I ...

In Review: Cellfish

The Speakeasy
June 15, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theatre
Review by Emily Joshua and Theo Lee There are a lot of ways that a play centered around a Shakespeare-in-prison narrative could have gone. Cellfish...

In Review: Yorick!

Jenanne Burnell
June 14, 2018
Entertainment, Theatre
Q Theatre kicked off its seventh annual MATCHBOX season with the first of five works to be showcased for 2018, Yorick!. A performance created in assoc...
8.6

In Review: Ocean’s 8

Jenanne Burnell
June 6, 2018
Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Lifestyle, Spotlight, Theatre, Watch, Watch and Listen
The internet was quick to pounce and throw some judgemental shade when the first trailer of Ocean’s 8 was released in late 2017. Well I can tell you n...
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