No easy answers
No easy answers
Never the Sinner is a play that looks into the 1920s Chicago killing of a 14-year-old boy by two young men.Dunedin director Lewis Ablett-Kerr says there's a lot more to it than first appears.
Rebecca Fox
Behind the lens
Behind the lens
Works from New Zealand’s top female photographers have been brought together in one spot in Dunedin. The show’s curators tell Rebecca Fox about the vision behind Milford Gallery’s ‘‘The Gendered...
'Mary Poppins' a family affair
'Mary Poppins' a family affair
Mary Poppins is about family, dysfunctional as it may be. For four of the Taieri Musical and DKCM production’s actors it is also about family, as Rebecca Fox discovers.
Making mark on world stage
Making mark on world stage
Two Dunedin chefs have beaten tough selection criteria to achieve top roles in New Zealand’s culinary world.
Produce contamination an increasing problem
Produce contamination an increasing problem
As the push for people to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy diet grows, so does the potential for contamination, discovers Rebecca Fox.
A life on the road
A life on the road
British pianist Kathryn Stott has performed around the world for the past three decades. She tells Rebecca Fox being a born traveller helps.
Negotiating change
Negotiating change
Wellington artist Eve Armstrong is a bit of a magpie, so she was in heaven looking through Dunedin’s op shops. She tells Rebecca Fox how her finds changed the direction of her latest exhibition.
Searching for answers
Searching for answers
It has taken a lot of thought and searching for Louise Petherbridge to direct Ibsen’s classic Ghosts. She tells Rebecca Fox she is up for the challenge of the Globe’s next play.
Retiring nature
Retiring nature
A few years ago playwright Roger Hall helped the Fortune Theatre celebrate its 40th anniversary season. This year the theatre is returning the favour. Hall speaks to Rebecca Fox about his ties with...
For the love of music
For the love of music
The youngest-ever concertmaster in Australia at the age of 23, Daniel Kossov likes anything to do with music. He tells Rebecca Fox about his journey so far.
Lessons in history
Lessons in history
As New Zealand’s role and activities in the war against terror again hit the headlines, playwright Dave Armstrong says the tour of his latest work could not be more timely. He tells Rebecca Fox...
Visiting artist makes film
Visiting artist makes film
Chinese video artist Chen Zhou’s latest work, made while in New Zealand, will be shown in Dunedin this weekend. Chen spoke to Rebecca Fox.
Passion for dance
Passion for dance
Caroline Sutton Clark was so moved by the story of Caroline Plummer she left behind her children and home to come halfway around the world to further her cause.
'Schmuck' opens door to new world
'Schmuck' opens door to new world
Being immersed in the world capital of contemporary jewellery was quite an experience for Dunedin jeweller Jane Dodd.
Reaching for the stars
Reaching for the stars
He may have lived in London and performed on world stages for nearly 20 years, but Jonathan Lemalu still considers Dunedin home.
Art - but not as you know it
Art - but not as you know it
Artist Shannon Novak discovered using digital technology to make art by accident. He tells Rebecca Fox about his Dunedin experiment.
His glittering career
His glittering career
New Plymouth-based artist Reuben Paterson is setting the black sky alight with his latest works. He speaks to Rebecca Fox about his unusual passion for the sparkly stuff.
Journeying into Maori theatre
Journeying into Maori theatre
The first te reo Maori season will run at the Fortune Theatre Studio in April.. Rebecca Fox talks to the play’s Christchurch author, Hohepa Waitoa.
The very essence of eating well
The very essence of eating well
With a new cook book full of recipes — many written and tested in her kitchen in Wanaka — hitting the shelves, Annabel Langbein tells Rebecca Fox about her ‘‘opus’’.
Bringing images to life
Bringing images to life
When Volker Gerling goes walking he has a different mission in mind than most. He will bring his journeys to life in a show to be staged at Wanaka’s Festival of Colour, he tells Rebecca Fox.