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Reviewed by Bethany Miller Firstly, what a brilliant premise for a comedy game show. Being one of those “gifted” kids, I was taken by the name from the start – the nostalgia of a school programme for ...
Triple Double Trouble is a hilarious and engaging show, and truly made us care about the characters. With a rotating cast of doubles – today’s show is made up of Jonathan Mandeno & Thomas Bauer, Sarah ...
Love musicals? Love Footlights? Want a journey through every show they’ve done since 2014? Book through Ticketbooth and get down to Te Auaha on Dixon for a typically fabulous Footlights show! Laura ...
I am a massive fan of early shoegaze like Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and really anything with that ethereal, dreamlike quality that transports you from your bedroom or local venue into the ...
Funky Wellington four piece Daisy Grae have exploded in popularity since charting in the top 20 hot NZ singles with their song Control in 2020, packing out venues such as Valhalla and San Fran with a ...
Written by Nadia Freeman Wellington’s newest and potentially first digital art space opened this month, and I am deeply appreciative of the entrepreneurial spirit of Shannon Brosnahan Inglis and ...
The talented team behind Femme Natale have worked their butts off to bring a magnificent sketch showcase of parents’ inner adult desires to BATS Theatre. After returning from Edinburgh Fringe with a ...
Circa Theatre’s The Importance of Being Earnest has marked itself down as a fantastic retelling of my favourite non-New Zealand play, and an excellent night out besides. Staged in a thrust stage in ...
Reviewed by Talia Carlisle “Where does talent come from?” This is the key question asked by character Sylvia St. Croix (Bea Lee-Smith) in Kauri Theatre’s talent-full production of Ruthless at Gryphon ...
On a rain-splattered Wellington evening, I find myself refuge in BATS Theatre’s Studio space where paper “worries” are hung on string across the small stage. An eager smattering of audience members ...
Produced by ‘Woman’s Move’ from Switzerland and co-directed by choreographers Elsa Couvreur and Iona D’Annunzio. The Sensemaker starts as a clever and understated comedy that uses dance, movement and ...
A Laugh for Literary Lovers Reviewed by Nadia Freeman Richard Huber’s Wonderful opens with Lady Hermione and her butler Roberts staring straight past the audience. We can not tell immediately what ...