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      May 17, 2017
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    May 27, 2017
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Chye-Ling Huang talks about her new play ‘Like Sex’

Shawn Moodie
May 30, 2017
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Spotlight, Watch, Watch and Listen
Prudes, sluts, users and the used - in a carousel of episodic scenes, Like Sex a bold play written by 2015 and 2016 Playmarket b425 Playwright award w...

In Review: Like Sex

Jennifer Kirby
May 27, 2017
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle
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Like Sex | The Basement Theatre | 24 May-3 June, 6:30pm Review by Jennifer Kirby If you attended high school in New Zealand, chances are you remem...

A new indoor music festival is coming to Auckland this July

The Speakeasy
May 23, 2017
Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life, Uncharted
The inaugural Madcap Madness Festival is arriving in Auckland on Saturday the 1st of July, and you'll definitely want to be there! Situated on one ...

Game Of Rhones Returns To Auckland

Shawn Moodie
May 5, 2017
Culture, Entertainment, Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, TV
Send forth your ravens because wine is coming! With over 100 wines on hand for tasting and a wide range of styles on offer, GAME OF RHONES, the lig...

2017 NZ International Comedy Festival: Shows To Watch This Weekend

Oliver Smith
April 29, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, Night Life, NZ International Comedy Festival
Some of the world’s best-loved comedians are coming for Kiwi laughs this month, as the 2017 NZ International Comedy Festival gets underway. The fes...

Auckland Fringe: Nathan Joe Discusses ‘Penis Elegy’

The Speakeasy
March 1, 2017
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Watch, Watch and Listen
During the Auckland Fringe Festival, the Basement Theatre is transformed into a 'Performance Salon' - think Moulin Rouge at the beach – where works of...

GIG GUIDE: Red Bull Sound Select – Soulection, Peach Milk, And Villette (Wellington)

The Speakeasy
February 20, 2017
Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life
After the massive success of the last collaboration at K Road's Neck of the Woods last year, Red Bull Sound Select, Madcap, and Soulection are teaming...

GIG GUIDE: Red Bull Sound Select – Soulection, Peach Milk, And Montell2099 (Auckland)

The Speakeasy
February 20, 2017
Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life
After the massive success of the last collaboration at K Road's Neck of the Woods last year, Red Bull Sound Select, Madcap, and Soulection are teaming...

Karlie Kloss Accused of Cultural Appropriation After Dressing Like Geisha In Vogue Shoot

Shawn Moodie
February 18, 2017
Culture, Fashion, Lifestyle
I'm not sure if supermodel Karlie Kloss needs a new team or simply needs to take an extra second before signing on to things, but she needs to reevalu...

Ben Anderson talks ‘The Last Man on Earth is Trapped in a Supermarket’

Shawn Moodie
February 17, 2017
Culture, Lifestyle, Watch, Watch and Listen
An eerie experience of hours spent working alone in a Countdown supermarket drove Ben Anderson to write a play - and not just any play. Anderson's ...

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. – This Play Should Not Be Well Behaved

Shawn Moodie
January 26, 2017
Culture, Lifestyle, Night Life
REVOLUTIONISE THE WORK. REVOLUTIONISE THE LANGUAGE. REVOLUTIONISE THE WORLD. Subversive and darkly comic, the New Zealand premiere of Revolt. She Sai...

The Auckland International Buskers Festival is Almost Here

Bill Hames
January 24, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Night Life
The Auckland International Buskers Festival is almost upon us and will see acts from around the globe decend onto Auckland this Auckland Anniversary W...

Cuba Is Actually A Terrible Place To Go – A Response

Shawn Moodie
January 9, 2017
Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Spotlight, Travel
I am planning a trip to Cuba with some friends in 2018 and I stumbled across a post that’s been making the rounds on social media. It’s entitled "Cuba...

One-of-a-kind SIGNED Coldplay Platinum Award up for auction

Yasmin Brown
December 13, 2016
Culture, Main, Music
While on tour in Auckland last week, Coldplay were presented with an award for their album A Head Full of Dreams, which recently achieved platinum sta...

Live at The Apothecary! Comedy Show – 14 Dec 2016

Marika Jackson
November 19, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Night Life
Are we all ready to start our Christmas season with a barrel of laughs?! Yes. Yes, we are. Live at The Apothecary! - Howick's own comedy show at Th...
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In Review: Carbolic Productions presents ‘The Revue 2016’

Johan Chang
November 11, 2016
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle
It certainly isn't everyday you get to see one of your best friends in drag. Of course, that wasn't the defining feature of how I ended up at the p...

FASHION FLASHBACK – How Past Decades Have Influenced Modern Trends: The 1980s

Marika Jackson
October 17, 2016
Fashion, Lifestyle
FASHION AND BODY IMAGE I love anything vintage. I am mostly inspired by the '50s and '60s but the 1980s had some wildly cool revelations. Even thou...

GastroFest – A Charity Dinner With A Difference

Shawn Moodie
October 13, 2016
Food, Lifestyle, Night Life
Prepare your taste buds for a dining experience like no-other as the Gastro-Intestinal Cancer Institute (GICI) invites you to dine with some of New Ze...

Party with the World’s Greatest (?) Lover: Don Juan is coming soon

Sophie David
October 7, 2016
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle
Don Juan will be hitting Q Theatre’s Loft every weekend from 27 October – 12 November, and it looks set to be a bit of a revel. Five fabulous French p...

Float Culture: A Floating Experience

Marika Jackson
September 27, 2016
Lifestyle
Gift vouchers open up worlds of experiences, don’t they? I had never even heard of “floating” or “floatation” until I was given a voucher for it, and ...

Your Must Attend October Event: The Tempo Dance Festival

Nancy Yang
September 26, 2016
Culture, Lifestyle, Night Life
World champions, NZ Dance Royalty and some of the highest calibre choreographers come together to display the diverse genre of dance for Auckland over...
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