Opera, dance make for unique experience
Opera, dance make for unique experience
The beautiful synergy between opera and dance will be brought to the fore in Arias at Dusk, a special Fringe Festival offering from Opera Otago.
Arts
Trio of plays centre young directors
Trio of plays centre young directors
Mutual support and the chance to share ideas and resources prompted three young Dunedin directors to come together and present their three plays as a season during the Dunedin Fringe Festival.
New hospital put to clay in project
New hospital put to clay in project
The award-winning arts collective City Planners will return to the Dunedin Fringe Festival to offer their creative perspective on the development of the new Dunedin Hospital.
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A champion of painting
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A champion of painting
Dunedin’s art community has gained another member with last year’s Frances Hodgkins Fellow Reece King deciding to stay in the city.
Art seen: March 12
Art seen: March 12
By James Dignan
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Exhaustion plays into performance
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Exhaustion plays into performance
A whole new world of performing has opened up for dancer Branden Reiners as he takes on the lead role in the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s new work by choreographer Alice Topp, Macbeth.
Region great influence on poetry
Region great influence on poetry
Award-winning Wellington poet Tim Jones credits his education at Gore High School (now Māruawai College) for sparking his interest in poetry.
A worthy adaptation
A worthy adaptation
The Globe Theatre has started its 60th anniversary in style, hosting a fascinating adaptation of D.H Lawrence’s World War 1 era novella The Fox.
Art seen: March 4
Art seen: March 4
By James Dignan
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Reshaping loss into art
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Reshaping loss into art
After fire nearly destroyed her St Leonards’ home, artist, academic and poet Dr Susan Wardell had a strong impulse to make art.
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‘Heavy subject’ needed to be touched upon
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‘Heavy subject’ needed to be touched upon
Southern traditions to be celebrated
Southern traditions to be celebrated
Trains, talks and tours are themes connecting many of this year’s Southland Heritage Month activities.
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Correcting an image problem
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Correcting an image problem
An innocent post of her show to entertain people during Covid took a nefarious turn for Swiss actress Elsa Couvreur that has taken years to recover from.
Art seen: February 26
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Art seen: February 26
By Joanna Osborne
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‘See [if] he’ll crack’: Dukes turns up heat
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‘See [if] he’ll crack’: Dukes turns up heat
Media attention is running hot on a Dunedin author’s first novel due to its reference to past bullying and abuse at Otago Boys’ High School, but the work of fiction is a lot more...
Music review
Music review
While the newest adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights has been much-maligned, the same cannot be said for its soundtrack.
‘Rain’-inspired art on show
‘Rain’-inspired art on show
A poem by the late Hone Tuwhare has brought together four leading artists, whose group exhibition "Small Holes in the Silence" is on show at the Eastern Southland Gallery.
Lawrence novella inspiration for play
Lawrence novella inspiration for play
As Dunedin’s Globe Theatre embarks on its 65th anniversary year, the theatre welcomes the return of stalwart playwright/director Keith Scott after a seven-year absence.
New approach highlights The Bard’s adaptability
New approach highlights The Bard’s adaptability
Dunedin Summer Shakespeare presents If Music Be the Food of Love: Shakespeare in SongSunday, February 15Dunedin Botanic Garden band rotunda The endless...
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Drawn in by a rule-breaker
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Drawn in by a rule-breaker
DPAG curator Lucy Hammonds could not resist finding out what leading ceramicist Peter Hawkesby, who has moved to Dunedin, was working on and putting on display for the region to see.