Personalities
Cue the confetti!
We round up the year that’s been and look forward to the next 250 issues. Merry Christmas from us to you!
The artistry of public bathrooms
Recently becoming the inaugural recipient of the $40,000 Fair Trust Art Prize, Wellington creative Emily Hartley-Skudder will present an immersive installation that examines everyday objects, gendered spaces, nostalgia, and Palmerston North’s Ladies Rest at Te Manawa Museum.
Counter-culture connoisseur
An ode to Aotearoa and the people who call it home, An Eccentric History in Batik by Wellington creative powerhouse Dinah Priestley also serves as her legacy.
Laughing is enough
Comedy superstar John Bishop catches up with Regional News about his Aotearoa tour, which reaches Michael Fowler Centre on the 23rd of November in celebration of 25 years in the biz.
A continuation and a new beginning
Brian Wood says it felt incredibly special to return to the role of director at New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata this year. We chat about his future plans for one of the nation’s most preeminent creative spaces.
Confluence and collision
Marc Feldman’s illustrious orchestral career has spanned four decades in some of “the most stunningly gorgeous places in the world”. Now living in Wellington, we caught up with the new chief executive of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Tearing it up
Pixies have changed the course of alternative rock. We were lucky enough to catch up with founding member and guitarist Joey Santiago ahead of their back-to-back concerts at St James Theatre on the 26th and 27th of November.
Awestriking in Aotearoa
We catch up with Wellington-born, London-based virtuoso violinist Benjamin Baker, who heads to Aotearoa this spring to perform with Orchestra Wellington and co-run the globally renowned chamber music festival At World’s Edge.
One step at a time
We sat down with Justine Thorpe, who will walk El Camino de Santiago this September to raise $50,000 for Wellington Free Ambulance in honour of her late partner and soulmate Michael.
Dark Ecosystems
Wellington creative Debbie Fish has just touched down from a trip to Chile where she installed her new artwork Glass Sponges on the Melbourne Clark Pier in Antofagasta for the SACO Biennale.
A real-life superhero
Illusionist Anthony Street comes to Wellington’s Opera House on the 20th of July with a spellbinding show full of grand-scale illusions, intimate moments, and personal stories.
The healing power of laughter
We catch up with Australian comedian Andrew Hamilton, who’s about to tour Aotearoa for the very first time to tell Jokes About the Time I Went to Prison. Catch his critically acclaimed debut show at the Abandoned Taproom in Petone on the 14th of June.