The Year in Review:
The Best of Theatre in 2012
December 29, 2012
Our Auckland and Wellington-based theatre editors on the stage shows that deserved your attention.
Archives by Year » 2012
The Year in Review:
Doomsday and Christmas at the theatre
December 28, 2012
A quartet of seasonal stage-plays: The Island Bay Loners’ Doomsday Christmas Sing-Along, The ImpoSTAR, A Christmas Carol, Eschaton.
The Year in Review:
The Best of Film in 2012, Part 2
December 23, 2012
Twelve months in the dark, as recalled by our editors and contributors.
Stairway to Sweden
December 19, 2012
Catching up with guitarist Christian Livingstone a decade after the British press proclaimed The Datsuns rock‘n’roll’s saviours.
The Year in Review:
The Best of Film in 2012, Part 1
December 18, 2012
The year’s unexpected journeys in film—lest this be remembered as the summer Hollywood came to town and sucked us in once more.
Morrissey
December 18, 2012
Morrissey returns to Wellington still at the top of his vocal game, still preaching his message, still funny and ironic; still encouraging us in our quiet rebellion.
Munted
December 6, 2012
Bare Hunt Collective’s play comprised entirely of interviews with Cantabrians, people from the media, and other New Zealanders affected by the Christchurch Earthquake.
Graduation Season 2012
November 29, 2012
Students of the New Zealand School of Dance tackle works of international modern choreography in this year’s Graduation season.
Where Are You My Only One?
November 28, 2012
Vanessa Rhodes’s a mature, affecting story of a Russian woman who finds love across the world with a Waikato dairy farmer.
Southern Comfort
November 26, 2012
Otago Peninsula, Germany, spiritual cries of pain, and the magic of live music according to The Chills’ Martin Phillipps.
Lord of the Echo
November 25, 2012
Black Seeds guitarist and producer Mike Fabulous spills on silverbeet, social media, and supergroups.
An Interview with Noland Walker
November 19, 2012
Talking Obama’s victory, Chicago, and music documentaries with the director/producer of Citizen King, Jonestown, and Boogie Man.
Tell Me on a Sunday
November 16, 2012
The Real Theatre Company stage Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rarely performed musical.
The Tigers of Wrath
November 14, 2012
Dean Parker’s bold work is the story of a love triangle, the evolution of the international relations between New Zealand and China, and a social history of New Zealand.
Into the Uncanny Valley
November 14, 2012
Scale is taken to the extreme in this theatrical adventure into the enchanting truth hidden within every particle of existence.
Can’t Get Enough
November 13, 2012
Music critic Simon Sweetman relays the stories behind thirty New Zealand pop classics with his new book, On Song.
13
November 8, 2012
Mike Bartlett’s incisive play serves as graduation fodder for inaugural The Actors’ Program.
Brel
November 5, 2012
Silo Theatre’s celebration of the words and music of Jacques Brel.
On How to Meet Girls From a Distance
October 29, 2012
Leading man and co-writer Richard Falkner chats about fronting the inaugural Make My Movie competition winner.
O, Madon: An Interview with Joe Pantoliano
October 24, 2012
A sit-down, via Skype, with “Joey Pants” to discuss Tony Soprano, Tommy Lee Jones, mental health advocacy, and screen violence.