Theatre – The Speakeasy

In Review: Nina Raine’s Rabbit @ Drama Studio 27/09/17

October 4, 2017

Words by Leila Salter Nina Raine's play Rabbit, directed by Rachael Longshaw-Park at the Drama Studio in Auckland was a truly extraordinary experience. The performance encapsulated gripping narratives, laced...

Auckland young professionals come together to create comedy sketch show

The Speakeasy

September 29, 2017

Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle

Now in its seventh year, The Revue, a comedy sketch show produced by 40+ young Kiwi professionals at SKYCITY Theatre is proving to be more popular than ever. The show is a similar format to Saturday Night Li...

In Review: Romeo and Juliet by Broken Quill Theatre

The Speakeasy

September 12, 2017

Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theatre

Romeo and Juliet by Broken Quill Theatre Review by Holly Roberts Going into Romeo and Juliet by Broken Quill Theatre last night I was more than a little intrigued. I'd heard it included live emo rock mus...

Interview: Alice Canton of OTHER [chinese]

Helen Yeung

August 21, 2017

Theatre

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Sometime in early June I attended a theatre workshop run by Alice Canton and Julie Zhu called “What is Chinese?”. It featured a series of activities and discussions on what “being Chinese” was in Aotearoa/New Z...

Interview: Chance to Ignite

Helen Yeung

July 19, 2017

Theatre

It was midday when I visited Trinity Hall in Kingsland, where the cast of Chance to Ignite were practicing for their upcoming show. I met with two of the energetic performers from the set, Stef and Eleanor, bot...

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 winner Nathan Joe, tears into the tropes of teenage sex as so...

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 remember the horror that was the dreaded “beep test.” Designed to...

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 all kinds pop up around you as you lounge and drink in betw...

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 "supermarket apocalypse puppet-thriller" follows Tom, a man ...

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 Said. Revolt Again. sees Silo Theatre return to the venue where...

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...

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 performers retell the (relatively ridiculous) story of Don Ju...

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...

Nathan Joe Discusses His New Play ‘Hippolytus Veiled’

Shawn Moodie

August 16, 2016

Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle

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Love, lust and lies. Nobody did it better than the Greeks. Euripides was one of the great playwrights of ancient Greece, known for the many tragedies he wrote, and his scandalous lost play Hippolytus Veiled sh...

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...

The Simon and Garfunkel Story coming to Auckland for one night only

Shawn Moodie

May 29, 2016

Main, Music

Auckland, you're in for a treat. Following a sold out season on London’s West End, the UK production of The Simon & Garfunkel Story will play for one night only on Tuesday the 12th of July at Auckland’s ASB...

Award-Winning Choreographer Speaks For A Generation

Shawn Moodie

May 15, 2016

Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Night Life, Watch, Watch and Listen

Q Theatre’s 2016 Matchbox Season presents: Everything Anyone Ever Wanted A dynamic theatrical dance work, Everything Anyone Ever Wanted explores the world through a restless and overwhelmed millennial perspect...

7.5

In Review – Occupy: The Road To Joy

Craig JS

April 18, 2016

Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle

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I remember the ironically named 'Occupy Movement' (ironic in the sense that they never actually moved, rather they just sat around in their lean to’s and protested something. Anything. Everything). I also remem...

What’s On In Auckland: 11-13 March

Bill Hames

March 11, 2016

Culture, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life, Uncharted

The weekend is here and you know what that means - you've only got a little free time to fill up before it's on to another working week. If you're struggling to find some weekend inspiration never fear. We've ...

Pop-up Globe Season Extended

Shawn Moodie

March 10, 2016

Culture, Lifestyle, Night Life

This year, the world marks the 400th anniversary of the death of playwright William Shakespeare, and fittingly, due to popular demand, the Pop-Up Globe season of Shakespeare has been extended. New dates are ...

Auckland Arts Festival (Saturday 12 March) – A Sneak Peak

Nancy Yang

March 9, 2016

Culture, Lifestyle, Night Life, Uncategorized

If you're in Auckland this Saturday and looking for something exciting, White Night is just the thing for you. It's an evening dedicated to the Auckland Arts Festival and is filled with entertainment, art, the...

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