Interview: Henry Wagons
Henry Wagons is heading to New Zealand this week, where he'll be playing shows at The Tuning Fork in Auckland on Friday September 16th and Blue Smoke in Christchurch on Saturday September 17th.
Steven Wilson
By Mark Derricutt
20 years ago I started an adventure, leaving home in Napier and moving to Auckland; on that and many journey’s back and forth I would pass this giant brain on the side of the road just north of Hamilton. In time I would discover this to be “Cranium Records”, an off beat specialty store for psychedelic, stoner, and krautrock, and subsequently a regular travel stop.
Nicola Kawana
Currently running at the Q Theatre in Auckland, Sister Anzac is set in Gallipoli in 1915, and focuses on the nurses who went there on the hospital ship the Maheno. Like the men they boldly put their hands up. 14 were accepted for this first trip, travelling as if they were heading for a big adventure. The horror they met is history.
MAALA
By Wal Reid
Musician Maala is upbeat about his new album Composure as I meet him remarking “This is the second time we’ve met.” The first time was at Hum Salon in Grafton where I first met him playing as Evan Sinton, sitting at the piano in the worn-out Victorian homestead that’s converted into a community drop in.
Kid Congo Powers
By Poppy Tohill
A bona fide legend of the American rock scene, Kid Congo Powers is a man who needs little introduction to most. A co-founding member of the legendary blues-punk inferno, The Gun Club, Powers has also lent his unique and idiosyncratic guitar style to two of the best groups in rock history - The Cramps & Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.
John Waters
By Ben Doy
Award-winning Australian actor and singer John Waters (Offspring, All The Rivers Run, Godspell, Hair) is heading to Auckland with his show Lennon: Through The Glass Onion. Taking place at the Civic Theatre from August 10 - 13, the show is part spoken word, part concert – a celebration of one of the most distinctive voices of his generation: John Lennon.
Orchestra Of Spheres
By Will Brown
Pick & Mix 2016 continues this weekend, which is a collection of free performances and workshops around Auckland, one of which includes Wellington psychedelic future funk quartet Orchestra of Spheres.
Lizzie Marvelly
By Poppy Tohill
The last time we talked to Lizzie Marvelly her classical crossover debut EP Collisions had just been released. Now two years later she runs her own media website, writes a regular column for the New Zealand Herald and is about to hit the road in celebration of her tenth year in the music industry and she’s only 27 years old.
Gracie-Rose Kay
By Ben Doy
Q Theatre’s 2016 Matchbox Season is presenting the innovative, masked comedy Leilani, which begins tonight (August 4) in Auckland.
Fat White Family
By Ben Doy
Fat White Family kick off their New Zealand tour tomorrow, with a show at the Kings Arms in Auckland before heading to Wellington to perform at Bodega on Saturday night.
Trace Bundy
By Ben Doy
Internationally-acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy is heading to New Zealand to play four shows throughout the country.
Joe & Caspar
By Poppy Tohill
They’ve become the voice of millenials and now films, TV shows, book deals and live tours are following. With more than 11 million Youtube subscribers and one billion views, world-famous digital talent Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee will bring their live tour to New Zealand, this November, for the very first time, in support of their second BBC feature-length film, Joe & Caspar Hit The Road USA.
Interview - Georgia Powley - July 2016
By Will Brown
Artist: Georgia Powley
Interview Date: July 2016
Chrissy Kokiri
By Leah Victoria
New Zealand dance creatives Shona McCullagh, Ross McCormack and Lina Limosani have come together to fabricate a theatrical exposition into the depths of human nature.
James Wilson
By Wal Reid
James Wilson is probably as far removed as the stuffy older more-mature image I would normally associate with a CEO. None the less his tenure in the job as top dog for Auckland’s Q Theatre is one that has had a positive impact on our local theatre scene. One of the ways they help foster local talent is getting artists, practitioners and companies to apply through their creative development programme Matchbox, this in turn has had a positive spin fostering shows that have toured both here and overseas.
Nancy Wijohn
By Leah Victoria
A vast group of New Zealand's top choreographers, dancers and designers come together to form Atamira Dance Company, creators and presenters of Maori contemporary dance theatre.