The Speakeasy logo
Log In
Lost your password?
Lost your password?
Search
  • Spotlight
    Featured
    • In Review: The Mourning After

      The Speakeasy
      July 23, 2021
      Entertainment, Spotlight, Theatre
    Recent
    • In Review: Inhospitable

      Johan Chang
      June 15, 2021
    • Theatre Review: Jersey Boys at The Civic Theatre

      Shawn Moodie
      April 20, 2021
    • IN REVIEW: DIRTY PASSPORTS

      Kirsten Marsh
      April 6, 2021
    • SIX60 ‘When The Lights Go Out’ Premiere

      Chontalle Musson
      November 28, 2020
    • 9

      IT: Chapter Two review: bigger budget, bigger run-time, bigger scares

      Shawn Moodie
      September 5, 2019
    • We Will Rock You: The Musical – Interview with David Mackie

      Shawn Moodie
      August 20, 2019
  • Watch & Listen
    Featured
    • New music from San Holo & Broods - “Honest” released today

      Shawn Moodie
      January 31, 2020
      Alternative, Electronic, Listen, Main, Music, Watch and Listen
    Recent
    • INTERVIEW: Jack Jones on ‘All You Need Is Love’

      Shawn Moodie
      July 23, 2019
    • In Review: 2040

      The Speakeasy
      July 6, 2019
    • In Review: Top End Wedding

      The Speakeasy
      May 6, 2019
    • Listen
      • Podcasts
      • Media Studies Podcast
    • Watch
  • Entertainment
    Featured
    • In Review: Inflated Rebel

      The Speakeasy
      August 18, 2021
      Culture, Entertainment, Theatre
    Recent
    • In Review: The Mourning After

      The Speakeasy
      July 23, 2021
    • In Review: Inhospitable

      Johan Chang
      June 15, 2021
    • New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Glamourpuss – Ruby Esther

      Matt Coombe
      May 21, 2021
    • Film
    • TV
    • Gaming
    • Geek and Web
    • Comedy
  • Music
    Featured
    • 10

      In Review: Leather Lungs: Yas Queen!

      Liz Lauder
      February 6, 2020
      Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music, Theatre
    Recent
    • SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Te Hihiri – The Spark

      The Speakeasy
      May 31, 2021
    • TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Paige

      The Speakeasy
      May 31, 2021
    • NEW MUSIC: Georgia Lines

      The Speakeasy
      May 30, 2021
    • Main
    • Uncharted
    • Electronic
  • Lifestyle
    Featured
    • In Review: Inflated Rebel

      The Speakeasy
      August 18, 2021
      Culture, Entertainment, Theatre
    Recent
    • SIX60 ‘When The Lights Go Out’ Premiere

      Chontalle Musson
      November 28, 2020
    • 7 Live Comedy Venues In Auckland To Get Your Post Lockdown Laughs

      Oliver Smith
      June 18, 2020
    • 10

      In Review: Leather Lungs: Yas Queen!

      Liz Lauder
      February 6, 2020
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Night Life
    • Culture
    • Travel
  • NZ International Comedy Festival
    Featured
    • NZICF: Fred Awards Finalists Announced

      Shawn Moodie
      May 25, 2019
      Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival
    Recent
    • New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Glamourpuss – Ruby Esther

      Matt Coombe
      May 21, 2021
    • New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: The Great Comedy Debate

      Matt Coombe
      May 20, 2021
    • New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: End Of Daze – Lolsy Byrne

      Oliver Smith
      May 19, 2021
    • New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Daddy-Short-Legs – Eli Matthewson

      Oliver Smith
      May 19, 2021
    • New Zealand International Festival In Review: The Porne Identity – Audrey Porne

      Matt Coombe
      May 14, 2021
    • New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: If This Is It – Laura Davis

      Oliver Smith
      May 14, 2021
  • Menu logo
⚡ TRENDING
  • In Review: Inflated Rebel
  • In Review: The Mourning After
  • In Review: Inhospitable
  • SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Te Hihiri - The Spark
  • ABOUT US

Travel

The Lap: Day -2 (minus two)

Lincoln Vaz
September 28, 2018
Lifestyle, Spotlight, Travel
2

Cuba Is Actually A Terrible Place To Go – A Response

Shawn Moodie
January 9, 2017
Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Spotlight, Travel

The Great Escape: Bangkok Pt. I

Nathan Luscombe
June 8, 2016
Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel

In Bed With Kat and Luke : Cannes Day 5 & 6

Luke and Kat
May 24, 2016
Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Spotlight, Travel

In Bed with Kat and Luke : Cannes Day 3 & 4

Luke and Kat
May 20, 2016
Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Spotlight, Travel
Home
Lifestyle
Travel

The Lap: Days 61-66: This part of paradise

Lincoln Vaz
December 5, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
I awoke to the sound of her playing Beethoven after her first piano student for the day left. I went next door and asked her to play me a Chopin piece...

The Lap: Days 59 & 60: Flying and hanging on

Lincoln Vaz
December 1, 2018
Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
On the second dive, we were instructed to perform a basic free descent upon entering the water, instead of following the mooring line down. The waves ...

The Lap: Days 55, 56, 57, 58: Cornering on straights

Lincoln Vaz
November 29, 2018
Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
1
Riding long distances on heavily cambered roads means one side of the tyre wears faster. In countries where you drive on the left, this means the righ...

The Lap: Day 54: Welcome to WA!

Lincoln Vaz
November 24, 2018
Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
"How's the road?", I asked the man outside the sign board at the turn off. "It's fucked", he spat, "where you going?" I woke up to some girls ...

The Lap: Day 53: Got a smoke?

Lincoln Vaz
November 22, 2018
Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
I left Darwin this morning, riding through Katherine and Timber Creek, towards the Western Australia border. I pulled over to call it a day some 750 ...

The Lap: Days 50, 51, 52: Old shoe, new friends, and a middle finger

Lincoln Vaz
November 22, 2018
Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel
I dropped in at the rangers' office at Mary River National Park, and told them I'd be heading over to a couple of spots on the road into the delta. Af...

The Lap: Days 46, 47, 48, 49: Topping up at the Top End

Lincoln Vaz
November 18, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Lifestyle, Travel
I planned on walking the 4 km with my jerry can, but luckily, just as I put the bike on the stand, the first car I saw on the road in 2 hours offered ...

The Lap: Days 44 and 45: Hey CU in the NT, here’s a roo and a thunderstorm!

Lincoln Vaz
November 14, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel
1
"If I'm gonna hit him, I'd rather hit him going fast than while slowing down and risk losing control", Ben had told me a week ago of his motorcycle vs...

The Lap: Days 22-42/43: The Blur/ Here I go again!

Lincoln Vaz
November 12, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Food, Lifestyle, Travel
https://youtu.be/WyF8RHM1OCg Great song. I meant to write a post summing up my time in Cairns before I left, but I never got around to it. Now I...

The Lap: Days 17, 18, 19, 20: Stranded In Paradise

Lincoln Vaz
October 19, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Food, Lifestyle, Travel
I woke up in the 20ft container I decided to sleep in on the road train. I maximised my time asleep by not going to the city to a backpackers, and bac...

The Lap: Days 15 & 16: The Big Off

Lincoln Vaz
October 16, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
Day 15 I woke up to birdsong and the smell of wet earth from the rains overnight, feeling fantastic and ready for another day's riding towards Cape Y...

The Lap: Day 14: Momentum is your friend

Lincoln Vaz
October 14, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
"Momentum is your friend", I was told multiple times by multiple people over the past week. "Keep your weight on the pegs on the corrugations, and ste...

The Lap: Days 11, 12, 13: Well, you’re up!

Lincoln Vaz
October 12, 2018
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
Day 11: "Are you guys going across that on your bikes?", the lady standing next to me by her car said before Ben bolted. Apparently he'd asked me to ...

The Lap: Days 7, 8, 9, 10: We can’t stop here, this is croc country!

Lincoln Vaz
October 9, 2018
Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel
Day 7. I'm in my tent in Giru, where I've swapped the steady hum of my bike engine for the steady hum of a sugar cane mill 100m away. Woke up with ...

The Lap: Days 3, 4, 5, 6: Airlie Beach

Lincoln Vaz
October 6, 2018
Lifestyle, Theatre, Travel
This entry has less to do with motorcycling, and more to do with me keeping myself occupied for the last 4 days. I think it's worth writing about, so ...

The Lap: Day 2: Can’t believe I rode 850kms for this shit!

Lincoln Vaz
October 4, 2018
Lifestyle, Travel
I had an excellent sleep in my Black Wolf UL 1 tent beside the Booyal Roadhouse Fuel and Restaurant. I woke up warm and dry, to the sound of some horr...

The Lap: Day 1: The Storm

Lincoln Vaz
October 1, 2018
Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel
1
If I rode under the arse of a thunderstorm yesterday, then today I crawled up the guts of another. Weather forecast: scattered thunderstorms all d...

The Lap: Day -1 (Minus One): The Calm Before The Storm

Lincoln Vaz
September 30, 2018
Lifestyle, Spotlight, Travel
"Everything so far has gone quite smoothly", I congratulated myself last night, shoving the last of my kit into the large drybag I was planning on us...

The Lap: Day -2 (minus two)

Lincoln Vaz
September 28, 2018
Lifestyle, Spotlight, Travel
2
I decided today would be the day I sat down and wrote about my planned recklessness for the next coming while. I don't know how many people will read...

Cuba Is Actually A Terrible Place To Go – A Response

Shawn Moodie
January 9, 2017
Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Spotlight, Travel
I am planning a trip to Cuba with some friends in 2018 and I stumbled across a post that’s been making the rounds on social media. It’s entitled "Cuba...

The Great Escape: Bangkok Pt. I

Nathan Luscombe
June 8, 2016
Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel
I'm writing a series of travel pieces, titled 'The Great Escape', on my recent holiday to South East Asia. The first stop was Bangkok. In this article...
Next Page »

The Speakeasy is a culture and entertainment site for the digital generation.

We're a community of creators and curators on a mission to deliver the stories you care about in an authentic, and distinctive voice.

We cover everyone and everything from the trendsetters to the fringe favourites. From arthouse flicks to box-office hits.

No matter the platform (video, audio, photo, written), you can expect us to deliver stories like no other, because at The Speakeasy we're all about - Entertainment, done differently.

⚡ Trending

  • In Bed With Kat and Luke : Cannes Day 5 & 6

    Luke and Kat
    May 24, 2016
  • Announcement: GUNS N ROSES Are Coming To Auckland In 2017

    Yasmin Brown
    May 31, 2016
    11
  • Drunk Souls – A Dark Souls Drinking Game

    Mihajlo Pavlovic
    June 30, 2016
  • 9.8

    In Review: CitizenFour

    Shawn Moodie
    March 5, 2016
  • 8

    In Review: Eye in the Sky

    Johan Chang
    March 23, 2016

Latest Posts

  • In Review: Inflated Rebel

    The Speakeasy
    August 18, 2021
  • In Review: The Mourning After

    The Speakeasy
    July 23, 2021
  • In Review: Inhospitable

    Johan Chang
    June 15, 2021
  • SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Te Hihiri – The Spark

    The Speakeasy
    May 31, 2021
  • TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Paige

    The Speakeasy
    May 31, 2021

SEARCH THE SITE