Arts

Emerging artists up for exhibition award

Last year’s Riversdale Arts emerging artist award is presented to Finn Young by judge Jim Geddes....

Emerging artists up for exhibition award

Young creatives from around Otago and Southland will compete for a $1000 prize as part of the 53rd "Riversdale Mixed Media Arts Exhibition".

Fathers and sons in turmoil

By My Father’s Shadow follows two young brothers who venture into Lagos with their somewhat estranged father, Fola, during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis.

Crafting prowess on show at festival

Amy Hughes, daughter Lily, 9, and dog BB (in a homemade sweater) in their own craft room, are...

Crafting prowess on show at festival

The third Southland Wool & Craft Festival will be about more than needles and yarn; it will showcase of crafting prowess, its founder says.

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Old friends celebrate 60th anniversary

Nicholas Braithwaite is back in Dunedin to celebrate the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra’s 60th. Photo...

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Old friends celebrate 60th anniversary

Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra is bringing back two old friends, former principal guest conductor Nicholas Braithwaite and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra...

Homecoming for Ngāi Tahu artworks

Paemanu artists (from left) Aidan Taira, Madison Kelly, Vicki Lenihan, Kitty Brown, Moewai Marsh...

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Homecoming for Ngāi Tahu artworks

The first exhibition in the newly extended Forrester Gallery in Oamaru will be "Paemanu: Kārakaraka Toi", a collaborative collection of works by Ngāi Tahu artists which is arriving home for the first time.

Plenty of laughs in amusing show

Plenty of laughs in amusing show

MIGRATED CREATIVES PRESENT BROWN SUGAR The Playhouse— Wednesday, March 11The warmth and joy of the Pasifika community was to the fore in sweetly youthful piece Brown Sugar.

Brave and honest voice but jokes struggled to land

Brave and honest voice but jokes struggled to land

Stephen Lefebvre is a comedian with a brave and honest voice, but his recent show unfortunately left me feeling more sorrowful than joyful.

Capturing the natural world’s beauty

Palmerston-based artist Zenobia Southcombe, working as Dwindle River Studio, shares experimental...

Capturing the natural world’s beauty

The beauty of the natural world is highlighted in "I found it in the forest", a photography exhibition by a Palmerston-based artist, running as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival.

Dunedin Fringe Festival

High-energy shows, such as the Flying Femmes, are set to wow audiences at the 2024 Dunedin Fringe...

Dunedin Fringe Festival

Dunedin’s night-life has been buzzing for the past two weeks, as fans of theatre, music, comedy, dance and visual arts had their fill, courtesy of the 2026 Dunedin...

Hilarious show relatable and deeply personal

Dunedin comedian Harrier Moir performed her new show Dear Stalker at the Dunedin Fringe Festival....

Hilarious show relatable and deeply personal

Popular Dunedin comedian Harriet Moir kept a packed-out Te Whare O Rukutia audience roaring with laughter during her hilarious show Dear Stalker.

Intriguing premise in one-act play bursting with potential tension

Intriguing premise in one-act play bursting with potential tension

Pas de Trois, a new play by Penelope Hare, offered an intriguing premise and moments of visual beauty.

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Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’

Playwright Carl Bland as the author in Nightsong’s new work The Burning House. Photos: supplied

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Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’

Playwright Carl Bland is putting his "words" where his mouth is by performing his own work in a theatrical reading of theatre company Nightsong’s latest work-in-development, Burning House.

Art seen: March 26

Art seen: March 26

By Laura Elliott

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Gallery keeps home fires burning

Eighteenth century English portrait painters Thomas Gainsborough and John Hoppner’s Charlotte,...

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Gallery keeps home fires burning

Never before seen acquisitions mix with pieces that form the foundation of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery collection in a significant new book and related exhibition, "Te Ahikāroa".

Book celebrates ways that reading can enhance life

Book celebrates ways that reading can enhance life

Amid the worrying number of books by people worried about reading, this elegant and charming collection of essays stands out for its refreshingly positive approach.