National Theatre Live: War Horse
March 31, 2014
A review of National Theatre Live’s production of Michael Morpurgo’s powerful war story for the stage.
Archives by Month » March 2014
The Third Man
March 29, 2014
An interview with passionate American actor Denis O’Hare, seen recently on stage in An Iliad, and on screen in Dallas Buyers Club.
WOMAD New Zealand 2014
March 27, 2014
Highlights and images from Taranaki’s 10th annual WOMAD festival.
Eureka (1983)
March 26, 2014
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: part one of the Nicholas Roeg season.
A French Film Festival Dispatch: Atilla Marcel, The Extraordinary Voyage (with A Trip to the Moon)
March 25, 2014
At the Alliance Française French Film Festival, a new film by Sylvain Chomet, plus the journey of George Méliès’s iconic 1902 fantasy, from inception to restoration.
Stones in Her Mouth,
The Crimson House
March 25, 2014
A review of two courageous new works by choreographer and theatre artist Lemi Ponifasio at the New Zealand Festival.
New Zealand Fringe Festival 2014, Part 2
March 24, 2014
Further hits and misses from the New Zealand Fringe Festival 2014. Reviews by ALICE MAY CONNOLLY, JONATHAN PRICE, MICHAEL BOYES, SAMUEL PHILLIPS.
Daffodils
March 21, 2014
Bullet Heart Club’s superlative Kiwi romance, sung to a ‘mix tape’ of New Zealand’s greatest hits.
A Boy Wonder
March 21, 2014
Ryan Richards’s rambunctious scout adventure at Basement Theatre.
Ode to Variety:
In Praise of Wellington’s Old Hall Gigs
March 20, 2014
Reflections on the musicians, artists, and communities behind the unique Old Hall Gigs project.
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
March 19, 2014
A review of National Theatre Live’s production of Shakespeare’s searing political tragedy, featuring Tom Hiddleston and Mark Gatiss.
Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
March 18, 2014
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: Louis Malle’s looney Parisian romp, and the carnage beneath its silly surface.
Documenting Disaster:
Tragedy at Pike River Mine
March 17, 2014
On Rebecca Macfie’s eye-opening account of the Pike River Mine tragedy and her recent discussion of the book at New Zealand Festival Writers Week.
Yo La Tengo; Frente Cumbiero
March 16, 2014
A review of Yo La Tengo and Frente Cumbiero in concert at the New Zealand Festival.
An Iliad
March 14, 2014
A review of Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson’s powerful one-man show based on Homer’s Iliad at the New Zealand Festival.
Girl in Tan Boots
March 14, 2014
Australian playwright Tahli Corin’s contemporary urban mystery comes to Auckland’s Basement Theatre.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis w/ Tinie Tempah
March 13, 2014
Hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis make a triumphant return to New Zealand.
Drawing From Life: Alison Bechdel
March 12, 2014
A review of Alison Bechdel’s New Zealand Festival Writers Week session.
My Stories, Your Emails
March 11, 2014
A review of Ursula Martinez’s hilarious and thought-provoking solo show at the New Zealand Festival.
Sea
March 11, 2014
Red Leap Theatre’s highly anticipated new work .