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EntertainmentSeptember 11

Lively accompaniment

The excellent Star Wars: Zero Company is here to remind us that the setting can still be a whole lot of fun.
Ben Allan
Lively accompaniment
Lively accompaniment
EntertainmentSeptember 10

New local play explores what Shakespeare didn’t

Desdemona and Emilia are best friends. Unfortunately, their husbands are both difficult to deal with.
Brenda Harwood
New local play explores what Shakespeare didn’t
New local play explores what Shakespeare didn’t
EntertainmentSeptember 10

NZTrio adds extra musicians for spring tour

Leading New Zealand chamber music group NZTrio is adding a violist and double bassist to their line-up this spring for a series of performances celebrating the return of warm weather.
NZTrio adds extra musicians for spring tour
NZTrio adds extra musicians for spring tour
EntertainmentSeptember 10

What’s On in Dunedin, September 11 - 18

Your comprehensive list of events, concerts and activities on in Dunedin this week
What’s On in Dunedin, September 11 - 18
What’s On in Dunedin, September 11 - 18
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EntertainmentSeptember 9

Thinking about what a modern floral painting could look like

Julie Battisti had lost that “awe-struck” feeling, that need to paint something.
Thinking about what a modern floral painting could look like
Thinking about what a modern floral painting could look like
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EntertainmentSeptember 9

Hundreds behind making Opera Otago special

It is all about the music, the performing and coming together to produce something you love. That is what makes Opera Otago, NZ's oldest opera company something special, Dunedin singer Clair Barton says.
Rebecca Fox
Hundreds behind making Opera Otago special
Hundreds behind making Opera Otago special
EntertainmentSeptember 9

Local play digs into gardening club comedy

The trials and tribulations of a Mosgiel gardening club, accused of wrong-doing, are at the heart of bittersweet comedy Gone to Seed.
Brenda Harwood
Local play digs into gardening club comedy
Local play digs into gardening club comedy
EntertainmentSeptember 9

Youth Chamber Music Festival launched

Young musicians will be able to learn from the best during the inaugural Dunedin Youth Chamber Music Festival.
Youth Chamber Music Festival launched
Youth Chamber Music Festival launched
EntertainmentSeptember 4

I vant to suck your blooood

Michael Robertson steps into vampiric shoes for a look at Rebel Wolves' inaugural effort "Blood of the Dawnwalker".
Michael Robertson
I vant to suck your blooood
I vant to suck your blooood
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EntertainmentSeptember 2

Connections and welcome important part of ‘Staying Power’

There are not many occasions where it is possible to spread out a more than 15m-long lau nima (tapa cloth).
Connections and welcome important part of ‘Staying Power’
Connections and welcome important part of ‘Staying Power’
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EntertainmentSeptember 2

Art Seen

James Dignan reviews three Dunedin exhibitions
James Dignan
Art Seen
Art Seen
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EntertainmentSeptember 2

Daughter and curator rediscovers her mother’s work

If there is one word Alice Hutchison would use to describe mother Philippa Blair’s artwork it would be “lyrical”.
Daughter and curator rediscovers her mother’s work
Daughter and curator rediscovers her mother’s work
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EntertainmentAugust 30

Audience enlivened by energetic orchestra

A full house at Hanover Hall on Saturday was rewarded by Dunedin Club Jazz Orchestra’s journey the influences on big band music ranging through Latin, blues and fusion.
Marian Poole
Audience enlivened by energetic orchestra
Audience enlivened by energetic orchestra
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EntertainmentAugust 30

A recital of international standing

A large audience braved the elements and were treated to a recital by international artists in Hanover Hall on Sunday afternoon.
Judy Bellingham
A recital of international standing
A recital of international standing
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EntertainmentAugust 30

Norma’s range showcased by Burchell

One of Dunedin’s treasures is Norma, the unique symphonic pipe organ in the Town Hall, and along with many others I look forward to the regular recitals given by David Burchell, one of the best classical organists in the country.
Elizabeth Bouman
Norma’s range showcased by Burchell
Norma’s range showcased by Burchell
WorldAugust 26

Rocky Horror’s Tim Curry dies at 80

Tim Curry, the baritone-voiced British actor who pranced to movie fame as a singing, lingerie-clad "sweet transvestite" in the The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80.
Reuters
Rocky Horror’s Tim Curry dies at 80
Rocky Horror’s Tim Curry dies at 80
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EntertainmentAugust 26

Making sense of big issues through writing

Dunedin-based author Craig Cliff enjoys a short story that takes him in unexpected directions, so it is no surprise his latest book does the same.
Making sense of big issues through writing
Making sense of big issues through writing
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EntertainmentAugust 26

Art Seen

Under a pink-tinged sky, the branches of a lone, dying tree stretch outwards like the limbs of a ballerina, lost in silent music.
Art Seen, by Laura Elliott
Art Seen
Art Seen
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EntertainmentAugust 26

Search for lost art part of ongoing passion for Māori art and architecture

Like a detective on the trail of a good lead, Prof Deidre Brown is persistent when on the search for lost Māori art.
Search for lost art part of ongoing passion for Māori art and architecture
Search for lost art part of ongoing passion for Māori art and architecture
CanterburyAugust 26

Dolly Parton was 'aunty' to one lucky Kiwi girl

There probably isn’t another child in New Zealand who would call Dolly Parton “aunty”.
RNZ
Dolly Parton was 'aunty' to one lucky Kiwi girl
Dolly Parton was 'aunty' to one lucky Kiwi girl
WorldAugust 25

Country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80

Dolly Parton, the irrepressible country music singer, songwriter and actress, has died after a reported brief battle with cancer.
Reuters
Country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80
Country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80
EntertainmentAugust 21

‘Not the best thing I’ve ever heard’: TV personality Jaquie Brown reveals cancer diagnosis

New Zealand TV personality Jaquie Brown says she is “overwhelmed” and “grateful” to be in treatment following a recent cancer diagnosis, and swift mastectomy a month later.
‘Not the best thing I’ve ever heard’: TV personality Jaquie Brown reveals cancer diagnosis
‘Not the best thing I’ve ever heard’: TV personality Jaquie Brown reveals cancer diagnosis
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EntertainmentAugust 19

Playing to a live audience what keeps Dutch piano brothers inspired

In the beginning you want everything, Lucas Jussen says. Travelling the world, playing the big concert houses, performing with the greats. "You want to go there.”
Playing to a live audience what keeps Dutch piano brothers inspired
Playing to a live audience what keeps Dutch piano brothers inspired
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EntertainmentAugust 19

Figure painting a ‘terrific’ challenge for Sir Grahame

Wanting his paintings seen by a wider audience, Sir Grahame Sydney has agreed to his first public exhibition in 15 years.
Figure painting a ‘terrific’ challenge for Sir Grahame
Figure painting a ‘terrific’ challenge for Sir Grahame
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NationalSeptember 13

ACT reveals party list, Henry could enter Parliament, polling shows

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WānakaSeptember 13

Wastebusters: second-hand jeans have 180-times lower footprint than new

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WorldSeptember 13

Anthropic boss urges AI companies to slow development

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WorldSeptember 13

One dead, more than 30 missing after Vanuatu ferry sinks

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NationalSeptember 13

Labour pledges to make employer contributions to KiwiSaver compulsory