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.
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.
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.
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.
For decades now, any production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has been an object of suspicion.
The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra presented a fascinating and deeply-moving musical journey on Saturday.
A large audience in the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday witnessed the performance of works by two musical giants — one Māori and one German.
Storming in with a chip on his shoulder, Heath Franklin’s Chopper claims he has travelled back from a future where humanity has slithered into "giant pink slugs".
Sealed with a kiss?
SEA CHANGE Jenny Pattrick Bateman Books Reviewed by Anne Stevens This book has a "please note" in the frontispiece: "This is a work of fiction, not a DIY Survival Manual....
Royal New Zealand BalletThe Firebird with My Brilliant CareerRegent TheatreSaturday, May 24 What a superb night of dance.
St Paul’s Cathedral was a sellout for a performance by Southern Youth Choir of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.
A large and committed cast put their all into a spirited and entertaining performance of Chess the Musical for Thursday’s opening of the show at a packed Mosgiel Coronation Hall.
Dunedin Concerto Competition"Rising Stars" Finalists’ ConcertFriday, May 16Dunedin Town Hall The extraordinary talent of Otago and Southland’s young classical musicians was to the fore in...
DSO and DYO Concerto CompetitionRising Stars FinalistsDunedin Town HallFriday May 16 The 2025 Dunedin Concerto Competition final, in which three young musicians performed with a full...
New Zealand String QuartetAt Orokonui EcosanctuarySaturday, May 10. The wonder, joy and drama of music kept a capacity audience spellbound during a thrilling performance by the New Zealand...
Modern instant cameras have carved out a wee retro-niche for themselves in our digital age, and Fujifilm are looking to keep the good times going with the Instax Mini 41.
Horror fans are in for a treat if they draw back the curtains on indy RPG Look Outside, writes Michael Robertson.
RSA Choir Anzac RevueSt Paul’s CathedralFriday, April 25 The Dunedin RSA Choir’s concert in St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday made a special ending to Dunedin’s Anzac Day, including their...
THE PENGUIN LESSONSDirector: Peter Cattaneo(M) ★★★+ There was a story on RNZ last weekend about dogs’ eyebrows; apparently, they’ve evolved to facilitate the manipulation of humans.
