Unity Theatre's Julie McPhail-directed production of the comedy Calendar Girls has booked out for the season but rehearsals have begun for the company's next show.
Norman Maclean is directing a produc...
Restrictions around Covid-19 have eased and New Zealand singer/songwriter and record producer Dave Dobbyn is ready to love his audiences again like he should.
“We're keeping it intimate for this run ...
After months of practice, the Gisborne Concert Band (GCB) was disappointed to hear the New Zealand Concert Bands Association's festival had been cancelled this year.
But because the global pandemic a...
Actor Michael Hurst is packing the set for The Daylight Atheist into Hokitika's Old Lodge Theatre when the Guide calls.
“We're on the road!” he says.
He is excited about touring the solo show by sat...
An online game aimed at improving cultural literacy and engaging young Maori and other indigenous groups to want to learn is in the development stages. Mark Peters spoke to Dr Phyllis Callaghan, o...
There comes a time in a young make-up artist's life to glow up and 17-year-old Kyle De Thier has done just that.
Hand-picked for the TVNZ reality show, Glow Up, in which nine contestants compete in m...
Having co-produced with Walter ‘Wiz’ Walsh live talent show and fundraiser Stars in Their Eyes since 2017, James Packman has announced the last showcase will be held in September. James looks back...
Sure, they can check out any time they like — but they can never leave.
Eagles tribute act Motel California will realise this when they find themselves back at the Dome next week.
The band channels ...
A “girlie” calendar in a local shop inspired actor Wendy Dewstow's character, Chris Harper, with the idea of raising funds to buy a new sofa for the hospital waiting room in Unity Theatre's upcoming p...
At the Salvation Army Family Store a copy of Gisborne poet Jon Benson's 1979 collection, Wunna Those Cardboard Roads, had a $1 sticker on it.
A buck for a collection of the late poet's witty, slightl...