Auckland Calling
March 30, 2015
An Auckland Writers Festival 2015 preview, with selected highlights by our editors and contributors.
Archives by Month » March 2015
Ushers; Bbeals
March 29, 2015
Finnius Teppett’s play about idle ushers; Footnote Dance’s bewitching deconstruction of celebrities and fandom.
Turning Points: Mr. Turner and Selma
March 25, 2015
By focusing on pivotal segments of their subjects’ lives, two recent biopics capture an historical imprint rather than a personal saga.
The Tarnished Angels (1958)
March 25, 2015
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: the desperate living of Douglas Sirk’s bleak Faulkner adaptation.
The Book of Everything
March 21, 2015
Silo’s enchanting stage adaptation of the classic children’s story by Guus Kuijer.
WOMAD New Zealand 2015
March 20, 2015
Highlights and images from Taranaki’s 11th annual WOMAD festival.
Funk, Hip Hop and Blues & Soul
March 18, 2015
A short primer on George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Jurassic 5, and Charles Bradley.
Theatre at the Auckland Arts Festival
March 14, 2015
At the Auckland Arts Festival: Nancy Brunning’s Hikoi, Danish sensation Blam!, and Verdi’s Macbeth in modern day Africa.
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
March 12, 2015
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: love doesn’t conquer all in Douglas Sirk’s superlative Hollywood melodrama.
For the Love of Theatre
March 11, 2015
An ode to fringe theatre from the front row of the world’s second largest festival, the Adelaide Fringe
The Non-Surgeon’s Guide to the Appendectomy
March 7, 2015
Finnius Teppett’s imaginative tale about Africa, Coffee, and the Appendix.
Dispatches from the Auckland Fringe Festival 2015, Part 3
March 5, 2015
At the Auckland Fringe Festival: Two Farting Sisters, Under the Same Moon, Prehistoria, Mother/Jaw, Vow, Up on Lowman.