Sets and the City: Arts Council England
By James Hadley in London This week I think it's time I gave an update on the working side of my life here in London. It's hard to believe I've now been here for three months. I came to London…
The Kidnap Game by Tudor Gates
In Dolphin Theatre's fifth play this year, we find ourselves trapped inside the London office of a wealthy arms dealer whose daughter has been kidnapped. The only help that this distraught father…
The Writer's Room: Pulling the Apron Strings
Courtesy of Script to Screen The July Writer's Room featured three of the key creatives behind this year's film festival opener, Apron Strings. Caroline Grose (screenwriter, producer and script…
Funding available for summer arts projects
The next round of the Creative Communities NZ local funding scheme for Wellington artists and performers closes on Tuesday 30 September. Projects such as workshops, performances, short-term arts…
Get creative with Project Twin Streams
Sculptors and painters are being invited to create a work for the Project Twin Streams Art Awards, part of the annual Waitakere Trust Art Awards held in West Auckland. The nine-year stream bank…
Regional PacINET conference in Rarotonga
Regional and international Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) experts and practitione
Biting the Big Apple: MAU at the Mostly Mozart Festival
By Ila Couch in New York In the early hours of the morning I'm woken by the sound of street sweepers and garbage trucks in collection of the day's refuse. If "all the world is a stage" as…
The MsBehaviour Files: Funketing Tools
One of the things I enjoy the most about writing for creative entrepreneurs is hearing back from startups who are making it work. The founder of a Kiwi design company mailed me at the tail end of…
DOCNZ Focus: Rock 'n' Roll Nerd
Australian born Tim Minchin's eccentric appearance and darkly comedic songs are captured in the Rhian Skirving documentary Rock 'n' Roll Nerd, playing as part of the DOCNZ Focus season on September…
Appointment to NZSO Board announced
Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister, Hon Judith Tizard has announced the appointment of one new member and the reappointment of two members to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra…
Auckland Film Society: Made in New Zealand
Vincent Ward's highly acclaimed new feature film, Rain of the Children, opens in cinemas nationwide just days after Auckland Film Society screens his award-winning documentary, In Spring One Plants…
Artist Amy Szostak to feature on 60 Minutes
A show about Lower Hutt artist Amy Szostak, whose work is currently featured in the Without Borders exhibition in Sydney, will screen on TV3's 60 Minutes on Monday 8 September. The show was…