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Beautiful singing; but similar sound
Beautiful singing; but similar sound
We’ve reached Ed Sheeran’s era of decline.
Stunning show ticks all the boxes
Stunning show ticks all the boxes
Stellar performances and fast-paced live rock music combined with clever use of multimedia and spectacular lighting in an epic opening night for Taieri Musical’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar last Thursday.
Triumph of talent, balance
Triumph of talent, balance
TERRY PRATCHETT’S LORDS AND LADIES Adapted by Irana BrownThe Globe TheatreSunday, September 21 One of the late Sir Terry Pratchett’s most beloved Discworld tales, Lords and...
Marvellously unworldly experience
Marvellously unworldly experience
Avant-garde soundscapes were thoroughly enjoyed by a good crowd at the Chamber Music NZ concert at the Glenroy Auditorium on Tuesday night.
Contrasting French compositions prove delightful
Contrasting French compositions prove delightful
Two French compositions delighted the audience in a well-filled Dunedin Town on Saturday evening.
Communal experience thought-provoking
Communal experience thought-provoking
Kittens, Chopin, a good book, dahlias, coffee, ice cream, concerts, movies, and time with friends ... these are a few of my favourite things.
Pratchett’s humour translated to an ‘endlessly funny’ play
Pratchett’s humour translated to an ‘endlessly funny’ play
Witches discover that their home territory is being overrun by malevolent elves and, as if that wasn’t bad enough, one of their number is going to marry the local king.
Album review
Album review
Carpenter returns with 12 songs recorded amid a world tour.
Show rhythmically complex, purposeful
Show rhythmically complex, purposeful
My seat for Saturday night’s well-attended concert was in "the Gods".
Three hundred years of music enthrals audience
Three hundred years of music enthrals audience
A large audience was kept spellbound by a programme of extraordinary music spanning 300 years in the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra’s "Amalia Plays Piazzolla" matinee concert on Sunday.
Album review
Album review
Shaky Hollows is that band in the background of the Gothic western.
Trip back to the ’50s well worth it
Trip back to the ’50s well worth it
Through the haze of the St James Theatre in Gore shone the pastels of the 1950s, as Happy Days: A New Musical had its opening weekend.
Album review
Album review
When Madonna released Ray of Light in 1998, its fusion of trip-hop, techno, pop and more set a high watermark for her career.
New neurodivergent show a ‘masterful performance’
New neurodivergent show a ‘masterful performance’
A large and responsive audience gave a warm welcome to Christchurch-based playwright/actor Lizzie Tollemache’s wildly engaging, high-energy exploration of the life-long impact of neurodivergence.
Saturday morning heroism in a world fit for Jetsons
Saturday morning heroism in a world fit for Jetsons
The Fantastic Four: First Steps, is not a flashy or over-the-top special effects extravaganza, the type we’ve become used to over 36 previous Marvel entries.
Fine concert an antidote to winter chill
Fine concert an antidote to winter chill
A crowd-pleasing showcase of music by some of the world’s greatest Baroque and Classical era composers delighted a capacity audience at Sunday’s second Dunedin Symphony Orchestra "Sublime Schubert" concert.
Album review
Album review
Though the four tracks that make up Dancing Shoes started life in the same writing rooms as Nilufer Yanya’s acclaimed 2024 LP My Method Actor, they have an identity of their own.
Retelling recontextualises a classic
Retelling recontextualises a classic
For decades now, any production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has been an object of suspicion.
History writ large in concert
History writ large in concert
The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra presented a fascinating and deeply-moving musical journey on Saturday.