Travelling with The Bads
Brett Adams and Dianne Swann on collaboration, mentoring Lorde, and the clarity of their new album, Travel Light. Plus, selected WOMAD highlights.
Brett Adams and Dianne Swann on collaboration, mentoring Lorde, and the clarity of their new album, Travel Light. Plus, selected WOMAD highlights.
Wellington Theatre Editor SAMUEL PHILLIPS selects the best plays and performers to grace the capital’s venues and festivals in 2013.
The Unknown Mortal Orchestra/Opossum muso on how partner Bic Runga feeds his creative drive. Plus, selected Big Day Out highlights.
Auckland Theatre Editor SAM BROOKS selects the year’s ten best plays and performances.
Our editors and contributors select their favourites from a bountiful year in film.
A second opinion on Leonard Cohen in concert.
At the close of his New Zealand tour, brief notes on the great Leonard Cohen in concert.
Alfonso Cuaron’s new film soars as a 3-D spectacle, but it explores the human dimension through a clichéd and un-critically gendered lens.
A consideration of Neutral Milk Hotel’s 2013 reunion tour of New Zealand across three nights and three distinctive moods.
On the legacy of Peter McLeavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the 1960s has shaped—even transformed—New Zealand art.
A friendly catch up with Wellington musician and producer Mike Fabulous, aka Lord Echo, on the eve of the release of his sophomore album, Curiosities.
To mark ten years online and in print, a selection of “personal milestones” from past and present contributors to The Lumière Reader.
To mark ten years online and in print, a selection of “personal milestones” from past and present contributors to The Lumière Reader.
Vincent Ward, New Zealand auteur, reflects on a singular career in film, his creative instinct as an artist, and the exciting prospect of returning to directing after a long absence.
The promising concert pianist, of German Samoan heritage, on being an Orator, democratising classical music, and his admiration for John Psathas.
The life and times of actor Mick Innes on stage.
A dialogue with trombonist Jerry Zigmont at the famous Carlyle Hotel, stomping ground for Woody Allen’s New Orleans Jazz Band. Plus, seven New York cultural highlights.
An exploration of harmonious museum spaces, from Vienna’s Kunst Haus Wien to Wellington’s Carter Observatory.
Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Beth Allen square off as parent and teacher in Jordi Mand’s taut character study.
Michael Houston’s historic cycle of sonatas allows us to consider and reconsider Beethoven one more time.