Arts & Music
Arts The town that Edna built by Roy Colbert
R anfurly realtor John Cotton has been in the game 30 years...Dance The shock of the new by Francesca Horsley
The balance between contemporary and classical repertoire is a hot issue for ballet companies around the world...Theatre Within a monster by Natasha Hay
Much darker and more homoerotic than Patricia Highsmith’s novel, Phyllis Nagy’s stage adaptation presents a cruel and disturbing portrait of...Theatre Without a father by Anna Chinn
"Waaaaaaaaaaaah!" might have been the reason Agnes, a nun, strangled her newborn child and threw it in the trash, but...Music Portuguese is the loving tongue by Jim Pinckney
Originally recorded and released in 1972 when creative Brazilians were under heavy manners from a repressive military regime, Arthur Verocai’s...Art I am Luise's body by Anthony Byrt
Luise Fong is one of the more important New Zealand artists of the last 15 years, so it’s surprising that...
Books
ZZ, 30 by Paula Morris
ZZ Packer arrives late for our interview, carrying a very large bag and talking into a very small cellphone...New Zealand books: new and noted by Steve Braunias
A strange regret, a melancholic sigh, sounds from the introduction to THE FLAMINGO ANTHOLOGY OF NZ SHORT STORIES, edited by...The old man and the sea by Mark Revington
Looks can be deceiving. Take the photo of Redmond O’Hanlon on the back cover of Trawler: a tall, gangly, grey-haired...And now a few words from a bicyclist by Brian Turner
Two wheels good, four wheels bad. Adopting that as a dictum would be a great day for New Zealand, evidence...The emperor's old clothes by Chris Trotter
Political journalists are fascinated by the nature of evil. It is something of an occupational hazard...
