New Zealand's favourite playwright waves his magic wand over the Fortune Theatre tomorrow night. Nigel Benson has a skim milk latte with Roger Hall.
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor. Jeweller, painter, printmaker. Nigel Benson meets John Z. Robinson.
A drypoint work by Dunedin artist Anna Reid was last night awarded the premier prize at the Otago Art Society's 2009 City of Dunedin Art Awards.
It's a long journey from the inkwell to the playhouse. And it can be a path littered with heartache and drama. Nigel Benson previews the birth of a play.
But these guys aren't fooling around. Nigel Benson previews Dark Days in Monkey City.
Of all the changes in art over the centuries, one thing hasn't changed - our fascination with our own image. Nigel Benson looks at naked bodies.
Liverpool fan Hayden Meikle is on leave. Stepping into his Kop That blogging shoes is Arsenal fan Nigel Benson.
Her twisted figures wait till dark before creeping out of their grim fairy tales, creatures of the netherworld whispering seductive stories while we sleep. Nigel Benson meets Helen Back.
"May you live in interesting times," the old Chinese curse goes. And we most certainly do. Nigel Benson looks at our changing lives.
The bell tolls 10 this week for one of the most remarkable projects undertaken in New Zealand opera. Nigel Benson previews The Yeomen of the Guard.
It's been quite a journey for Waikouaiti farmer-turned-artist Nic Dempster. Nigel Benson meets a man of the land with a brush in his hand.
The secret life of poet and philanthropist Charles Brasch will be revealed in at the Hocken Collections Gallery this weekend.
The decade that taste forgot is the one Ian Chapman chooses to remember. Nigel Benson steps back.
The faces of Otago are revealed in a larger-than-life exhibition opening in Queenstown this weekend. Nigel Benson meets Deidre Copeland.
The Otago Polytechnic School of Art has been praised by an international judge at New Zealand's most prestigious ceramic art awards.
Death and the maiden visit Dunedin this week. Nigel Benson meets Niki Hastings-McFall.
Invented your 2010 Fringe Festival gig yet? The deadline for registrations is fast approaching, with final submissions required by the end of November.
There will be more than a clash of cymbals in Dunedin this week, as two classic concerts go head-to-head. Nigel Benson reports.
Auckland artists almost made a clean sweep of the 18th Wallace Trust Art Awards in Auckland last night.
The secret life of art is explored in an exhibition opening in Dunedin this weekend. "Shape of Things to Come" looks deep into the heart of art. Nigel Benson meets Janet de Wagt.
