7.5

In Review: Monster Mash at Q

Johan Chang
Culture, Theatre
Here’s the thing about saying yes to something spur of the moment: do it, and it might just end up being one of the weirdest things you experience. Which is a bit of understatement for the titular Monster Ma...
9.3

In Review: Orientation

Johan Chang
Culture, Entertainment, Theatre
There’s something legitimately discomforting with the first half of Orientation. It’s certainly not bad theatre; the music is sound, the lighting moody, and the acting … well, the acting. Maybe … no. The act...
9

In Review: First World Problems

Johan Chang
Entertainment, Theatre
There’s this quote in Jean Rhys’ novel, ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’, which goes like this: “Justice. I’ve heard that word. I tried it out. I wrote it down. I wrote it down several times and always it looked like a damn...

In Review: WEiRdO

Johan Chang
Comedy, Theatre
About twenty-something-odd-years ago, I was a fresh transplant from Taiwan to the distant shores of ... well, the North Shore of Auckland. Considering the darn place is as peak-white-suburbia as possible (sans ...

World Press Photo Exhibition

Johan Chang
Culture, Lifestyle
This year, 5,775 photojournalists from 128 countries submitted a total of 82,951 images to the 59th World Press Photo contest. Located on the sixth floor of Smith and Caughey's in central Auckland, the exhib...
8

In Review: Eye in the Sky

Johan Chang
Entertainment, Film
In an episode of the Radiolab podcast produced in 2013 called “Worth”, a segment discussed the idea of military condolences. The American military has a habit of saying ‘sorry’ with money since the idea was fir...