Toi Whakaari's Shakespeare Season
Toi Whakaari's creative team of acting, costume, technical and management students present two of Shakespeare's most popular plays, The Tempest and Macbeth. The Shakespeare season is at Te Whaea:…
Apron Strings selected for Toronto Film Festival
Apron Strings has been officially selected for the Toronto Film Festival in the Discovery section. Director Sima Urale will be in Toronto to introduce the film to audiences, along with actor…
Magic Kingdoms: The Beautiful and the Damned
Courtesy of The Dominion Post Mark Amery explores how Joanna Langford creates landscapes for the mind. I suspect we all have places in the landscape that hold magic. Sites that lodge…
A Conversation with Jo Randerson (+audio)
Jo Randerson talked about her journey through theatre to date and the role of comedy as social criticism.
TBI Q&A: Video artist Michael Nicholson
Michael Nicholson is a painter, sculptor, photographer and video artist who first came to New Zealand in the 1950s to work at Elam School of Fine Arts. Currently in his nineties, his latest work The…
A festival of experimental film and film makers
Experimental or avant-garde film is set to take centre-stage at the Film Archive during This is Experimental: A festival of experimental film and film makers. The event, organised by Film Archive…
Erima Henare appointed to Creative New Zealand Arts Council
Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Hon Judith Tizard, today announced the appointment of a new member to the Creative New Zealand Arts Council. Erima Henare has been appointed for…
Show Of Hands world premiere at Montreal
New Zealand feature Show of Hands has been invited to the Montreal Film Festival, which takes place August 21 to September 1. Written and directed by Anthony McCarten, the film is inspired by a…
NZ music technical awards finalists
The backroom wizards of New Zealand music are set to be recognised in the technical section of the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards on September 3. The three technical awards are for Best Album…
Letter Man: Joseph Churchward's world of type
The work and practice of graphic artist and typesetter Joseph Churchward will be celebrated in a new exhibition at Te Papa from August 21. Featuring new acquisitions, including pencil sketches,…
Chartbitz: #1 For The Girl
by Andrew Miller Finally 23-year-old Katy Perry jumps to the Singles Chart penthouse suite as I Kissed A Girl becomes New Zealand's #1 single. It's taken her eight weeks to achieve the feat and…
Show Me Shorts Film Festival
The first two Kiwi films have been announced for the Show Me Shorts Film Festival. 'Noise Control' by Phill Simmonds, who won last year's Best Film award, is an animated documentary about a…