Arts Festival Dunedin

    A feast for all the senses

    Dancer Sarah Gatzonis rehearses her role of Dionysus in the Athenaeum basement yesterday for the Dunedin Arts Festival show The Wine Project under the instruction of Java Dance Theatre artistic director Sacha Copland. Photo by Christine O'Connor.
    Dancer Sarah Gatzonis rehearses her role of Dionysus in the Athenaeum basement yesterday for the Dunedin Arts Festival show The Wine Project under the instruction of Java Dance Theatre artistic director Sacha Copland. Photo by Christine O'Connor.
    The Dungeon at the Athenaeum provided the perfect backdrop for The Wine Project, with its aged interior - some might say dilapidated or disused, but I say atmospheric.

    Street style

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
    Sydney actors Simon Corfield (left), Garth Holcombe and Sheridan Harbridge roam South Dunedin yesterday before performing in the New Zealand premiere of Songs for the Fallen at Mayfair Theatre last night.

    Taking a stand

    Photo: Peter McIntosh.
    Photo: Peter McIntosh.
    University of Otago senior executant lecturer of cello Heleen Du Plessis plays Turangawaewae, which she commissioned former University of Otago student Corwin Newall to write.

    Review: Con-artists’ tale magical performance

    Actor Richard Dey (second from right), who plays the part of Otago Daily Times founder Sir Julius...
    Actor Richard Dey (second from right), who plays the part of Otago Daily Times founder Sir Julius Vogel in The Devil’s Half-Acre, is joined by (from left) ODT editor Barry Stewart, Allied Press board chairman Sir Julian Smith and former ODT editor Geoff Adams as they peruse a reprint of an 1864 edition of the ODT.The newspaper was used as a prop during the play’s opening performance at the Fortune Theatre on Saturday night. Photo: Gerard O'Brien.
    The Devil’s Half-Acre

    Fortune Theatre,
    Saturday October 1

    Reviewed by Kimberly Buchan