On a cobbled street in Edinburgh, Javier Jarquin is not enjoying himself. The New Zealand performer has two shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and is handing out flyers to promote them.
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Shining light in dark corners
A young boy lies on a filthy prison cell mattress in Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. His cellmates are grown men suffering mental illness
Miranda Hart confesses she can’t watch her scenes
Miranda Hart could scarcely believe her good fortune when she was cast as the amiable midwife Camilla
Funds fillip to explore revamp of NZ Festival
Moves to turn the biennial New Zealand Festival into a series of mini events have had a funding boost from Wellington councils. A special mayoral committee has agreed to give the two-yearly festival $132,200 from a regional amenities fund to help research and develop a business case for a “new New Zealand Festival”
Te Papa splashing cash for art trash
Te Papa has splashed taxpayers’ cash on two new artworks, one of which even its creator jokingly describes as a load of rubbish. The purchase of the works by Bill Culbert means taxpayers have now effectively funded them twice – once when Creative New Zealand paid $650,000 for their creation and showing at last year’s Venice Biennale, and now as Te Papa adds them to the national collection.
What’s the soundtrack to your life?
There is always one – the album that sums up a particular moment in time or feeling you don’t want to forget. The one you return to time and again.
Broods perform at sold-out Powerstation
REVIEW: Half top-knots, selfies and a cloaked man palming off tickets to impressionable teens: This is the line to the debut headline concert of New Zealand’s newest indie music darlings. It’s a line that stretches 100 metres from the doors of Auckland’s sold-out Powerstation.
Soundwave 2015: more bands to come, no side shows
If you’re a Soundwave fan we’ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is that none of
Just when you thought it was safe…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on social media, the ice bucket challenge has reared its head again.
Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey split
Nick Cannon has confirmed reports that he and wife Mariah Carey have separated. It was recently reported that the America’s Got Talent host and his singer spouse had split in May.