In Review – Page 9 – The Speakeasy

NZ Comedy Festival In Review: Ren Lunicke in ‘I’m An Apache Attack Helicopter’

May 6, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Ren Lunicke – Cellar 03/05/2017 Review by Glenn Blomfield Ren Lunicke’s show is a wild ride into transgender comedy. I went into not knowing anything about this comedian or what the show was going to be...

Doc Edge In Review: For Ahkeem

The Speakeasy

May 5, 2017

Entertainment, Film

FOR AHKEEM Documentary United States | 2017 | 89 min | English | Jeremy S. Levine, Landon Van Soest Review: Glenn Blomfield This is an excellent and highly emotive documentary film. For Ahkeem follows th...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Happy Hour – Tony Lyall

Oliver Smith

May 4, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Tony Lyall is a comedian that I have a lot of time for. The two-time NZ Raw Quest semi-finalist is a tornado of energy onstage, and his crowd work is a thing of legend, so I entered his first solo NZ Internatio...

Doc Edge In Review: California Typewriter

The Speakeasy

May 4, 2017

Entertainment, Film

CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER Documentary United States | 2016 | 104 min | English | Doug Nichol Review: Glenn Blomfield As I type this, I type with admiration, because I absolutely adored this documentary. I ...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Lucy Roche – ‘Dollars & Sex’

Tegan McKnight

May 2, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

We’re not even a week into the NZ International Comedy Festival and I’ve already broken my cardinal rule of never being late to a show (for goodness’ sake people, learn from my mistake and get to the Q Theatre ...

NZ International Comedy Festival in review: Raybon Kan – Positive Pessimist

Lincoln Vaz

May 1, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Raybon Kan – Positive Pessimist – The Vault, Q Theatre How the fuck do I write a comedy review? I'm not even consistently funny, let alone a comedian ... let alone able to criticize the life efforts of a hum...

NZ Comedy Festival In Review: Ray Badran

The Speakeasy

April 29, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Ray Badran – Live at The Vault 28/04/2017 Review by Wal Reid He’s unabashedly Aussie, comes with a credible comedy c.v. and is rather laid back as he approaches the stage with a beer in hand – Badran looks...

NZ International Comedy Festival: Aiken Hutcheson & Graeme Clarke – “Unaccompanied Adults”

James McGeorge

April 29, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Aiken Hutcheson & Graeme Clarke – Unaccompanied Adults – The Vault, Q Theatre One of my favourite parts of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival is taking a punt on comedians I hadn’t heard of, u...

9.5

In Review: Anomalisa

Shawn Moodie

January 22, 2017

Entertainment, Film

Whether you’re at the airport or stuck in traffic on the way to work or in a crowded restaurant, you’re the star of the movie of your life. You might have a co-star in the form of your significant other, and...

Your Favourite Albums of 2016

Shawn Moodie

January 10, 2017

Electronic, Main, Music, R&B, rock, Spotlight, Uncharted

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. After putting a call out on social media, I pulled togethe...

In Review: Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino

Anoushka Maharaj

December 6, 2016

Main, Music, Uncharted

Awaken, My Love! is a powerful cultivation of musical dreams, especially if you are tired of soulless, dispassionate records and have been waiting for something that is an appropriate backdrop to the convoluted...

8.4

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 preview night for Carbolic Production's 28 Hours Later, a sho...

In Review: Slipknot @ Vector Arena – 26/10/2016

Bill Hames

October 27, 2016

Main, Metal, Music, rock

Vector arena was packed last night with black t-shirts and long haired metal heads as Slipknot, the American metal band, swept the stage for a full one-and-a-half-hour set. The band, which consiss of nine me...

9.5

In Review: I, Daniel Blake

Shawn Moodie

October 13, 2016

Entertainment, Film

The winner of the Palme d’Or, I, Daniel Blake arrives in New Zealand cinemas (after a successful festival run) with an impressive list of accolades. While Ken Loach’s defiantly old school film is hardly grou...

Love, Lust and Lies – The goods in Hippolytus Veiled

Sophie David

August 19, 2016

Culture, Entertainment

Hippolytus Veiled outraged the Greeks, a people not known for their dramatic, moral or sexual restraint. So, modernised, and performed in the close surrounds of The Basement Theatre, Nathan Joe’s take on the pl...

In Review: Melanie Martinez @ The Powerstation – 12/8/16

Yasmin Brown

August 15, 2016

Main, Music, Uncharted

Melanie Martinez is a tiny cupcake that must be protected at all costs. She has spent a lot of time feeling alone in the past but her Cry Baby World Tour has proven that today, she'll never be alone again. Her ...

In Review: Mahuika Theatre Company Production Of ‘Leilani’

Shawn Moodie

August 8, 2016

Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle

The atmosphere was electric as Oliver Smith and I found our seats in 'The Loft' at Q Theatre. We were there to watch the world premiere of Mahuika Theatre Company’s debut production – Leilani. Inspired by Co...

8.5

In Review: Bridge of Spies

Shawn Moodie

October 30, 2015

Entertainment, Film

The art of solid storytelling has returned to movie theaters with Steven Spielberg’s Cold War spy thriller Bridge of Spies; a taut, layered and assured take on a true-life espionage tale. The film sees the lege...

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