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I've been loving Theia (or Em-Haley Walker) for a fair while now, not just because every one of her songs is a total bop, but also because she's always appeared to be so unapologetically herself. As it turns...

Chye-Ling Huang talks about her new play ‘Like Sex’

May 30, 2017

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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...

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

February 17, 2017

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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 ...

Aaradhna Speaks Out After Refusing NZ Music Award

November 18, 2016

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Kiwi R&B singer Aaradhna stopped the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards in its tracks last night with an incredible speech which saw her rejecting her Tui for Best Urban/Hip Hop artist. Aaradhna was lauded f...

The Kings of Leon Are Back – Performing “Waste A Moment” And “Reverend” Live

October 16, 2016

Kings Of Leon, the hardest-partying band of the 2000's, have spent the last few years cutting down on the boozing and fixing their shattered relationships with one-and-other. With seventh album ‘Walls’ ready to...

An Interview With James McFadgen, Owner Of Cakes n Ladders, Auckland’s Only Board Game Café

August 25, 2016

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We've seen a real resurgence in tabletop games in the last few years so it comes as little surprise that Auckland would eventually find itself with a dedicated board game café. Cakes n Ladders, which is nestled...

New Music: Wildersound Presents an Exploration of Nature and Song

Nathan Luscombe

August 16, 2016

So here’s something interesting: It turns out there are some filmmakers luring unsuspecting musicians into the wilderness…and then recording them doing live acoustic sets in some truly stunning locations. Wi...

Marika’s Journals – Episode 6

August 16, 2016

“Marika’s Journals” AKA “How self-reflection made me realise I wasn’t normal” Marika and Yasmin, Comedy and Music Editor for The Speakeasy respectively, take a trip down memory lane through the journals that M...

Darth Vader Returns In New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer

August 12, 2016

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Gareth Edwards' Rogue One finally has a new trailer, and it features the biggest villain in the history of Star Wars: Darth Vader himself. The clip, which promises epic action, great characters and a gripping (...

Watch Rick And Morty Reenact The Funniest Court Transcript Of All Time

August 7, 2016

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The good people at Rick & Morty get a lot of comedic mileage out of Justin Roiland's ability to improvise some of the funniest - and most bizarre - lines of dialogue that you'll find anywhere. So when they ...

Marika’s Journals – Episode 4

August 2, 2016

“Marika’s Journals” AKA “How self-reflection made me realise I wasn’t normal” Marika and Yasmin, Comedy and Music Editor for The Speakeasy respectively, take a trip down memory lane through the journals that M...

The Speakeasy’s Incredibly Strange NZIFF Picks

July 21, 2016

Entertainment, Film, Spotlight

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The New Zealand International Film Festival prides itself on the breadth and depth of content it curates each year. This means they also present some truly bizarre films - so much so that the Festival has even ...

Marika’s Journals – Episode 2

July 16, 2016

“Marika’s Journals” AKA “How self-reflection made me realise I wasn’t normal” Marika and Yasmin, Comedy and Music Editor for The Speakeasy respectively, take a trip down memory lane through the journals that M...

Lacking Context: An Attempt to Review Independence Day: Resurgence

July 6, 2016

Yasmin and Marika like movies, however, they have never seen the blockbuster Independence Day, and so the sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, proved fairly difficult for them to get into. With far too many...

Ricky Gervais Releases Hilarious New David Brent Music Video

July 4, 2016

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Ricky Gervais revisits his wannabe pop star/bungling office manager David Brent in both an upcoming film (David Brent: Life on the Road) and Brent's accompanying debut album, a 15-track collection also titled L...

Marika’s Journals – Episode 1

July 2, 2016

"Marika's Journals" AKA "How self-reflection made me realise I wasn't normal" Marika and Yasmin, Comedy and Music Editor for The Speakeasy respectively, take a trip down memory lane through the journals that M...

Prepare To Cringe – The New ‘David Brent: Life on the Road’ Trailer Is Here

June 21, 2016

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"I'm a friend first, Boss second. Probably an entertainer third." It’s been 12 years since we last saw The Office’s David Brent in action, and the former Wernham Hogg Paper Company boss, and now travelling sal...

Gwent – A Witcher 3 Card Game

Mihajlo Pavlovic

June 14, 2016

Entertainment, Gaming

Today is a good day for fans of Gwent. No, not the kingdom of Gwent, but the popular card game found in The Witcher 3. During their E3 Conference, CD Project Red announced that they'll be releasing their ...

Labyrinth of Lies – An Interview With Director Giulio Ricciarelli