A full life, but hard work too
A full life, but hard work too
The colourful picture people have when they think about Peta Mathias came about by accident, Rebecca Fox discovers.
Rebecca Fox
Dancer follows dream to join Russian Ballet
'Nothing is impossible': Mexican follows dream in Russia
Mayela Marcos followed her dreams of being a ballet dancer across the world. She tells Rebecca Fox about her journey to the Imperial Russian Ballet Company.
Letting fly with his creativity
Letting fly with his creativity
In its end-of-year Site show, Otago Polytechnic School of Art never fails to deliver scintillating, thought-provoking and imaginative works set to challenge what ‘‘art’’ is.
Student's jewellery meaty proposition
Student's jewellery meaty proposition
When students talk about one hundred and one ways with mince, wearing it as jewellery is probably not on that list.
Helping make sense of nutritional information
Helping make sense of nutritional information
Food blogger Claire Deeks is on a mission to improve New Zealand’s children’s lunchboxes. She tells Rebecca Fox it is not about food trends, but real food.
Mystery and illusion
Mystery and illusion
A madcap Christmas farce, The Mystery of Irma Vep, is requiring the Fortune Theatre’s behind-the-scenes staff to pull out all the creative stops. Rebecca Fox discovers plenty of Kiwi ingenuity.
Answering the call
Answering the call
Former Burns Fellow Jo Randerson is using her writing skills in a different way these days. She tells Rebecca Fox about one of her more recent projects.
Fellowship leaves imprint
Fellowship leaves imprint
Dunedin’s Frances Hodgkins Fellowship is celebrating its 50th anniversary of supporting New Zealand artists. Rebecca Fox finds out what impact it has had on New Zealand’s artists and art world.
Perfecting the art - and science - of beer
Perfecting the art - and science - of beer
An appreciation of the science behind brewing adds to the enjoyment of home brewing and appreciation of good beer Rebecca Fox discovers.
Hard road shared
Hard road shared
Playing a couple facing choices about the end of one of their lives is a challenge for Alan Palmer and Julie Edwards. They tell Rebecca Fox about the play’s Hollywood connections.
An enduring love of Jane Austen
Austen musical born of enduring love for period drama
With life imitating art a little bit too closely, Penny Ashton got her own happy ever after.
Framed: art crime in focus
Framed: art crime in focus
Money, mystery and intrigue - art crime has it all, but in reality it can have devastating and emotional consequences. Rebecca Fox discovers New Zealand, including Dunedin, is not immune.
Art security has been improved
Art security has been improved
Dunedin Public Art Gallery director Cam McCracken tells Rebecca Fox how the gallery protects itself from art crime.
Barking up the right tree
Barking up the right tree
Award-winning Dunedin cafe Dog With Two Tails had its inception on a masseuse’s table in South America. Rebecca Fox discovers its owner’s varied trail to cafe ownership.
True love of glaze and clays
True love of glaze and clays
Top Australian ceramicist Janet DeBoos visits Dunedin this week to share her knowledge with Otago potters. She tells Rebecca Fox about a career spanning five decades.
Chamber music 'supergroup' in Dunedin
Chamber music 'supergroup' flying in
Chamber music ‘‘supergroup’’ the London Conchord Ensemble kicks off its New Zealand tour in Dunedin. Its founder tells Rebecca Fox how it all began.
Gordon gives Queenstown chefs the nod
Gordon gives Queenstown chefs the nod
Two Otago chefs have been hand-picked by internationally recognised New Zealand chef Peter Gordon to take part in a fine-dining event.
Little show of horrors
Little show of horrors
It is a scene of skilled chaos, so why not throw in another challenge? Rebecca Fox talks to the director of Little Shop of Horrors, Oliver Driver.
Close up and personal
Close up and personal
Evoking ancient Bacchanalian rites and the wine-making traditions of France, The Wine Project aims to pull you in with a sensory and immersive experience, Rebecca Fox discovers
Determined to do Beckett proud
Determined to do Beckett proud
Simon O’Connor agreed to take on one of the greatest one-man shows ever written, Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, without really thinking about it -then the fear set in.