Walking into the Wine Cellar concert cave half an hour prior to kick-off, and looking at the wall art which some future android will try and decipher, I see a large American flag and a beatific portrait of the New Zealand Prime Minister, in the style of the iconic Che Guevara image. America is wild […]
Tami Neilson and her brother/long-time collaborator Jay Neilson gave a thunderously heartfelt performance in the Grand Foyer of The Auckland Museum – treating us to a tasty helping of songs from her new album, Chickaboom!, some old favourites, along with a heap of wild tales of a charmingly misspent childhood. Read Veronica McLaughlin‘s review here.
The Current War, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, is a well-written visual feast for geeks, scientists, steampunks and lovers of historical drama. Veronica McLaughlin files this review.
A delightfully quirky comedy, Get Out of My Letter Box opened at the Q Theatre Vault last night to a sold out crowd. It’s part of Auckland Fringe.
Elton John brought it all to Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday night – an astonishing catalog of hits, brilliant showmanship, his longtime band and a gloriously curated visual show – to an audience he clearly adored. And then, nearly two hours into the set, the show was cut short when he lost his voice. Did […]
Winding Up is a light-hearted take on the reality of getting older. What happens when we know our time is nearly up? Playwright Sir Roger Hall takes us on an intimate journey with Gen and Barry for the world premiere of Winding Up, launching The Auckland Theatre Company’s 2020 Season.
Lewis Capaldi led a rapturous 11-song singalong with a sold-out crowd at Auckland’s Town Hall last night. The adoring audience knew every word of every song, covering off all but four songs of the artist’s total career output in a tight 70-minute set.
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing opened at Pop-up Globe on Saturday night, a performance that brought the Bard’s ribald comedy to giddy heights.
Pop-up Globe opened its fifth and final Auckland season with a glittering red-carpet event, followed by an eye-watering, jaw-dropping, utterly dazzling performance of Shakespeare’s much-loved tragedy, Romeo & Juliet.
The Actors’ Program stages an ambitious production of Moira Buffini’s acclaimed Welcome to Thebes at the Basement Theatre.