Irks And Quirks With Oliver Smith: There’s Just Too Much Content
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
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...
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In Review: Mrs. Krishnan’s Party
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’
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
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!
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Interview: Director Corin Hardy discusses his new film “The Nun”
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
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”
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”
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
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
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
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’
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
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...
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In Review: First World Problems
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
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!
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...
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In Review: Ocean’s 8
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...
In Review – Precious Little
I made my way out to Basement Studio this week to catch Precious Little, a dark comedy by Madeleine George, about the nature of communication, and lov...
In Review: Pool (No Water)
What I usually expect to see on a late weeknight in the Basement Theatre is loud, kooky comedy. But instead on this particular wet and windy Wednesday...
NZ International Comedy Festival Announces 2018 Fred Award Finalists
Today the New Zealand International Comedy Festival announced the finalists for the highly coveted Fred Award 2018.
The award is named after Fred ...