Jenanne Burnell – The Speakeasy

Interview: Malia Johnston discusses directing WOW®

September 19, 2018

Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Theatre

With less than two weeks till this year’s World of WearableArt® season begins, show director Malia Johnston treats us to an inside scoop of what to expect in this year’s show, as well as sharing some particular...

Interview: WOW® Music Director discusses colab with 7 kiwi composers

Jenanne Burnell

September 7, 2018

Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Music, Theatre

With the 2018 World of WearableArt® season fast approaching, the show’s Music Director Paul McLaney took the time to discuss why this year will be particularly special. Those who have not yet experienced WOW® m...

In Review: KORORAREKA: The Ballad of Maggie Flynn

Jenanne Burnell

September 4, 2018

Entertainment, Spotlight, Theatre, Watch

My intrigue for early colonial history in New Zealand was basically non-existent until last night when I went along to see Kororareka: The Ballad of Maggie Flynn, at the Mangere Arts Centre. Like most who went ...

In Review: Sightings

Jenanne Burnell

July 24, 2018

Entertainment, Theatre

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The term ‘zenith’ refers to an imaginary point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer. The ideas behind of the mechanism of observation is manipulated and brought to life in the opening night...

2018 World Press Photo Exhibition

Jenanne Burnell

June 30, 2018

Culture, Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Earlier today I was browsing a well known news website, I clicked on an article that featured ‘throwback’ photos that Heartbreak Island contestants had posted to their Instagrams. The result of me clicking on t...

In Review: Yorick!

Jenanne Burnell

June 14, 2018

Entertainment, Theatre

Q Theatre kicked off its seventh annual MATCHBOX season with the first of five works to be showcased for 2018, Yorick!. A performance created in association with Wellington’s Binge Culture, who have created a r...

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In Review: Ocean’s 8

Jenanne Burnell

June 6, 2018

Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Lifestyle, Spotlight, Theatre, Watch, Watch and Listen

The internet was quick to pounce and throw some judgemental shade when the first trailer of Ocean’s 8 was released in late 2017. Admittedly when the trailer alluded that the plot would follow a group of women s...

In Review: Pool (No Water)

Jenanne Burnell

May 24, 2018

Entertainment, Theatre

What I usually expect to see on a late weeknight in the Basement Theatre is loud, kooky comedy. But instead on this particular wet and windy Wednesday evening I experienced a chilling and intense performance th...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Alice Snedden Self-titled: Volume II

Jenanne Burnell

May 18, 2018

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

As a die hard Snort fan, (not cocaine, the improv show) I couldn’t wait to see Alice Snedden, a regular Snort improv artist. In the usual place where all Snort performers seem to gravitate, we were tightly pack...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: El Jaguar: Telenovela

Jenanne Burnell

May 17, 2018

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Spotlight, Theatre

Having already experienced a small dose of El Jaguar’s explosive character in the 5 Star Comedy Preview in the early weeks of this year's NZ International Comedy Festival, I absolutely had to go along to his so...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: ‘Inner Dialogue’

Jenanne Burnell

May 13, 2018

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Spotlight, Theatre

Last Thursday I headed to the Rangatira at Q Theatre to check out Inner Dialogue with Mike King. Real talk about mental illness was an interesting premise for a show to be included in a comedy festival. In the ...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: ‘The 5 Star Comedy Preview’

Jenanne Burnell

April 28, 2018

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Spotlight

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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 I knew about this show before attending it was it’s title. ...

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