NZ comedian to appear in UK radio sitcom
After winning the 2004 Billy T Comedy Award, Wellington comedian Ben Hurley used the prize money to export himself to the UK where he has spent the last two years breaking in to the competitive live…
Major Aberhart exhibition at Wellington's City Gallery
Laurence Aberhart has been at the forefront of New Zealand photography since the late 1970s, and is increasingly recognised as a major international figure. This coming May, City Gallery Wellington…
Fractal or Fake? Novel art-authentication method challenged
Jackson Pollock couldn't possibly have been thinking of fractals when he started flinging and dripping paint from a stick onto canvas. After all, mathematicians didn't develop the idea of a fractal…
Lloyd Jones wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Following in Janet Frame's footsteps, Wellington writer Lloyd Jones has won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize best book award for the novel Mr Pip. He is now in the running for the overall best book…
Book Council Chief Executive resigns
New Zealand Book Council Chief Executive Karen Ross has announced her resignation from the organisation.
Secrets and surprises: an interview with Angelin Preljocaj
Ballet Preljocaj headlines this year's Auckland Festival, AK07, with a daring take on one of the most familiar pieces of classical music, Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Company founder and…
Sweet sorrow: Fringe boss leaves, successor named
With the 14th annual Fringe Festival successfully wrapped up, the New Zealand Fringe Festival today announced the appointment of a new director. Karen Blyth (pictured), the director for the past two…
Sir Ian McKellen to perform in Auckland
Internationally-acclaimed actor Ian McKellen will lead the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company in two new productions of classic theatre for a strictly limited season in August. THE EDGE ® presents…
TBI Surf Report: from Nintendo to poetry
Winners of the NZ Young Playwrights Competition announced
Six young playwrights have been singled out in the ninth New Zealand Young Playwrights Competition, an event that has established itself as an important stepping-stone in the development of new…
TBI Q&A: Sarah Thomson
Sarah Thomson is one of twelve young actors appearing in The Ensemble Project at Silo Theatre as part of the Auckland Festival, AK07. The concept of the Project was to create two plays in…
NZ short documentary wins international award
New Zealand director Valerie Reid has scooped another major international prize with her short documentary Sand Dancer winning Best Documentary at its first USA screening, The Foursite Film Festival…