Indigenous Canadian duo A Tribe Called Red have been creating some of the most thrilling political work over the last five years and their performance at the Auckland Arts Festival last night was an absolute privilege to witness.
The folks at Basement Theatre have posted a plea to help support the arts in Auckland by asking people let Auckland City Council know how you feel about their funding of the arts.
Big Country – The Studio, Auckland, March 24th 2018 Celebrating the 35th anniversary of The Crossing Big Country finished their Australasian tour in fine form in Auckland last night to the glee of the packed house at The Studio.
It’s hard out there for a rock star these days. And Jack White may be among the last of a dying species. Boarding House Reach is the sound of the former White Stripe struggling to sound relevant.
Ed Sheeran, Mt Smart Stadium March 24 2018 Ed Sheeran’s NZ Divide Tour – a fine reminder that just because Sheeran makes doing what he does look easy, it doesn’t, not even for a second, mean that it is. The ginger ninja’s return to the country was just as impressive as it was heartfelt.
It is very rare as an adult to feel childlike wonder. It took the opening night of The Naked Samoans Do Magic at the Civic – as part of the Auckland Arts Festival- for our reviewer to succumb to the childlike joy of 90 minutes of cheers, swears, glee, magic and roaring laughter. The 13th […]
A child victim’s experience of terrorism is well outside the usual theatrical fodder, but Us/Them drops us into the middle of the 2004 Beslan School Siege. The 13th Floor’s Neesha Bremner attended opening night.
Seeing Things is the third album by Eb & Sparrow, the band featuring the sultry vocals of the perfectly-named Ebony Lamb.
Mick Jenkins & The Underachievers, Powerstation March 21 2018 After impressing fans at Laneway last year with his enthusiastic and hit-fuelled set, Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins returned down under to play to a packed Powerstation in Auckland last night. With support from Brooklyn underground rap duo The Underachievers, this was the first of two shows […]
A few weeks ago Australia’s Teskey Brothers thrilled a sold-out audience at Auckland’s Tuning Fork.