review

Is it Still Life or Brief Encounter? Still Life is Noel Coward's original one-act play, and the better-known Brief Encounter is the film, for which Coward also wrote the script.

International jazz pianist extraordinaire Uri Caine and the New Zealand String Quartet teamed up on Tuesday evening to present a unique musical programme ‘‘Reimagining the Classics'', in the very receptive well-filled Glenroy auditorium.

The final event in the southernmost celebration of Benjamin Britten's centenary was a recital of three instrumental works from the legacy of music left by this notable British composer of last century, and the large lunchtime audience at Marama Hall yesterday were treated to a very professional performance by University Music Department staff (oboe Nick Cornish, cello Heleen Du Plessis, piano John van Buskirk, violin Tessa Peterson and viola Andrew Filmer).

Few people can take on Freddie Mercury and give even an adequate imitation of the late singer's special qualities. But last night Jonathan Ansell, of the Seven Irish Tenors, did just that.