New Zealand has always taken pride in that classic number 8-wire, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude, and it’s this very sense of Kiwi ingenuity and cultural identity that young animator Charlie Faulks gleefully sends up in his all-new animated zombie-apocalypse comedy series Bloke of the Apocalypse. Currently screening thanks to NZ On Air funding and on Faulks’ own […]
Spicy, Sweet & Totally Relatable – ‘Workmates’ is the Kiwi Rom-Com We’ve Been Waiting For
Get ready to feel all the feelings, because Workmates, the brand-new Kiwi romantic-comedy from Sophie Henderson and Curtis Vowell, is about to charm the socks off you. Funny, raw, and deeply heartfelt, this love letter to theatre, friendship, and creative chaos is everything we love in a local indie—and then some. Set in the gritty, […]
Auckland Theatre Company’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ presents a stylish, seductive thriller with serious bite
Get ready for a theatrical experience like no other, Auckland Theatre Company is turning up the heat this winter with a bold, seductive, and utterly electrifying new production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, hitting the ASB Waterfront Theatre from July 15 – August 9. This isn’t your high school Shakespeare. Think Shakespeare meets Saltburn; […]
Auckland Theatre Company Presents: Sir Roger Hall’s ‘End of Summer Time’ – A Hilariously Heartfelt Kiwi Yarn from a Grumpy Old Farmer
Leave it to Roger Hall, New Zealand’s beloved king of comedy and social satire, to capture the ache and hilarity of change in his new one-man play End of Summer Time, brought to life by the effortlessly charming Andrew Grainger. Staged by Auckland Theatre Company and helmed with a lively local touch by veteran director […]