Talking Comedy with Pax Assadi – 2018 NZ International Comedy Festival
Kiwi comic Pax Assadi is a comedian on the rise. The half Iranian, half Pakistani comedian was a Fred Award Finalist in 2016 for his NZ International ...
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NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Fern Brady – Suffer, Fools!
Armed with a dry and sharp wit, and disarmingly eloquent turn of phrase rising Scottish comedian Fern Brady delivered a compelling hour of comedy that...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: ‘The 5 Star Comedy Preview’
In order to have no preconceived expectations of the comedians I was about to see as my introduction to the 2018 NZ International Comedy Festival, all...
Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Joe Manganiello talk Rampage
Directed by Brad Peyton, the action-adventure smash ‘em up flick Rampage (our review here) follows what happens when the gorilla best friend of primat...
In Review: Comedy Central Presents – ‘Another Frickin’ Festival’
Escaping an unseasonably dark and rainy Auckland evening, a friend (Jenanne) and I made our way to the ASB Theatre to check out ‘Another Frickin’ Fest...
Irks and Quirks With Oliver Smith – Sign Of The Times
As much as I hate to sound like a hipster, I don't really listen to mainstream radio, that's not to say I dislike pop music, in fact I like a lot of t...
Interview: Luke Player – The Pinheads
Seven-piece Aussie punk-rockers The Pinheads have been on the scene for four years and, when not putting on one of their famously wild live shows, the...
In Review: DragonForce at the Kings Arms – 1/7/2017
Words by Shrek Sreedharan
On the afternoon of May 17th 2007, a trio of late teen aged metal-heads sat excitedly in the office of one of their paren...
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Wonder Woman Review: Gal Gadot Takes Flight In This Timely Superhero Movie
The scene comes about halfway into Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, and it’s about as carefully prepared and elegantly executed a reveal as you’ll find th...
Chye-Ling Huang talks about her new play ‘Like Sex’
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: David Dallas – keeping his hood pass intact
David Dallas 'Hood Country Club Tour', Friday 26 May, Powerstation.
In the words of musician Dam Funk, “you need to keep your hood pass intact y'a...
Doc Edge Festival 2017: A Glimpse of China
With China’s implementation of the Open Door Policy, as announced by Deng Xiaoping in December of 1978, marking its modernisation and increasing influ...
13 Reasons Why – Our problem with suicide
13 Reasons Why - Our problem with suicide.
Written by Ashton Brown
“Sir have you seen 13 Reasons Why?”
“No, I haven’t even heard of it. Is it g...
Six Drunk Friends Review: Ashton Brown – Anxious To Meet You
I like reviewing things but I like drinking alcohol more - and so do my friends - so we've decided to combine the two and start reviewing things while...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Success With Women: A Comedy Seminar – Harry, Inosi and Ross
It was a blisteringly cold Tuesday night when I made my way to the basement to watch comedy up-and-comers Harry Thompson-Cook, Ross Mills and Inosi Ca...
In Review: The Best Films Of 2016
Last year is well and truly in the rear-view mirror, but as we head in to Awards Season, we decided that it would be a good time to take a look back a...
Your Favourite Albums of 2016
The People Have Spoken.
A week ago Music Editor Yasmin Brown offered up her Top Albums of 2016 but I wanted to see how your favourite albums compared...
Cuba Is Actually A Terrible Place To Go – A Response
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...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Bruce Springsteen to play two New Zealand shows!
For most of us, February is probably the one month of the year that we all wish that it was socially acceptable to wander around in our underwear. Thi...
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: GUNS N ROSES ARE RETURNING TO NZ!!
You first heard the first rumours here at The Speakeasy back in May and now we are delighted to announce that it is officially happening! Guns N Roses...
NZIFF: An Interview With Luke Thornborough
This year marks director Luke Thornborough's first foray into the New Zealand International Film Festival. Hot off the heels of Cannes where he presen...