Each Christmas, we’re subjected to a cacophony of carols, costumes, decorations and advertising, and each year it seems to start earlier and earlier. The plaintive voice of...
The first Wellington run of Jonathan Brugh’s The Second Test – at BATS theatre, earlier this year – attracted sell-out crowds, and garnered the play a Chapman...
I have to admit, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from Minge. Sure, the show promises “cabaret, pantomime, puppetry, dance and song”, but sometimes trying to...
The Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards celebrate the best in Wellington theatre, spanning writers, directors, actors, designers and composers. Selected each year by a panel of Wellington theatre...
When you’re getting a project off the ground, there’s nothing like making a bold, attention-getting statement. I’d say that naming your show (and your performance collective) after...
New Zealand is a pretty versatile country, cinematically speaking. It’s stood in for Japan, Middle Earth and wherever the hell Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess were supposed...
One half of musical comedy act Mrs. Peacock and sole member of mostly non-musical comedy act Jarrod Baker.
Locally-raised journalist & writer, he began his working life elbow-deep in restaurant dishes & learnt most of his descriptive language from irate chefs & maitre'ds.
Digging around for bargains is Bel's fave kind of shopping, but she will admit: she even enjoys supermarket shopping.
