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New Video: First Letter From St. Sean – Sorority Noise

August 23, 2017

Sorority Noise are my favourite band when it comes to vulnerability and openly discussing mental health. In the latest single from their most recent album You Are Not As ____ As You Think, lead vocalist and lyr...

Vance Joy Returns With New Single ‘Lay It On Me’

Oliver Smith

August 2, 2017

Main, Music, Watch, Watch and Listen

Following a period of writing and recording abroad, Aussie singer-songwriter Vance Joy has unveiled a brand new single, ‘Lay It On Me’. The song is the first taste of new music from Vance Joy since 2014’s hu...

Watch the Video for The Contortionist’s ‘Reimagined’

Shawn Moodie

July 27, 2017

Main, Metal, Music, rock, Uncharted, Watch, Watch and Listen

Prog rock act The Contortionist have released a new track “Absolve.” The song is the second piece of music we've heard from their new LP Clairvoyant. "'Absolve' was one of the first songs written for Clairvo...

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...

NZ International Comedy Festival: Talking Comedy with Ashton Brown

Shawn Moodie

May 16, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Watch, Watch and Listen

Ashton Brown likes to offer audiences something a little different with his comedy. His new show, Ashton Brown is Anxious To Meet You, delivers a deeply personal and genuine account of his issues with anxiety, ...

NZ International Comedy Festival: Talking Comedy with Guy Williams

Shawn Moodie

May 16, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Watch, Watch and Listen

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You probably recognise comedian Guy Williams from Jono and Ben and The Edge radio station, but if you haven't heard his stand-up yet you're missing out. We sat down with Guy for a lengthy interview that saw us ...

NZ International Comedy Festival: Talking Comedy with Scott W Long

Shawn Moodie

May 5, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Watch, Watch and Listen

Scott W Long likes to offer audiences something a little different with his comedy. He's blessed (or some may argue cursed) with an innate ability to take and idea or concept and run with it, and boy does he ev...

This Brilliantly Executed, Extremely NSFW Reversed Music Video Is Amazing

The Speakeasy

March 20, 2017

Main, Music, Uncharted, Watch, Watch and Listen

Leningrad, a Russian electronic/rock band hailing from Saint Petersburg, recently released a music video for their song “Kolschik” (or “Tattoo Artist” in English) which plays out a spectacularly bizarre sequenc...

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 ...

Watch Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Pratt Brutally Roast Each Other

The Speakeasy

December 13, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence's press junket for Passengers has been awesome. Whether they're messing about on Ellen or failing at card tricks on The Graham Norton Show, there's little doubt that the lovabl...

Anime Masterpiece Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) Is Coming To NZ Cinemas

Shawn Moodie

November 1, 2016

Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web

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Makoto Shinkai's (The Garden Of Words) anime masterpiece Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) is being released in cinemas for a limited run this December. The film revolves around Mitsuha – a female high school studen...

Watch The First Teaser For ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2’

The Speakeasy

October 20, 2016

Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web

Guardians of the Galaxy is one of our favourite blockbusters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and now Disney and Marvel have premiered the first teaser for the highly-anticipated sequel, Guardians of the Ga...

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

Shawn Moodie

October 16, 2016

Main, Music, Watch, Watch and Listen

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

The Speakeasy

August 25, 2016

Entertainment, Food, Gaming, Geek and Web, Lifestyle, Watch, Watch and Listen

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

Main, Music, Watch, Watch and Listen

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

The Speakeasy

August 16, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, Watch, Watch and Listen

“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

The Speakeasy

August 12, 2016

Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web, Watch, Watch and Listen

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

Shawn Moodie

August 7, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, TV, Watch and Listen

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 ...

Ricky Gervais Releases Hilarious New David Brent Music Video

Shawn Moodie

July 4, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Music, Watch and Listen

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...

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...

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