Power Plant percussion…
Interesting that my reflective sense of the music looking back is percussion, but there are quite a lot of little things banging or rubbing on other things to create unusual and interesting sounds. Power Plant is a night-time walk through the Botanic Gardens on a one-way circuit starting and finishing at the lookout beside the […]
Review: Miss Bronte
As we walk into the theatre a woman sits on stage frantically writing in a tiny book. She wears a plain blue dress made out of different patterned fabrics. Her hair is parted in the middle and tightly pulled back. Every so often she pauses, looks into the distance, then scribbles some more. The furniture […]
Fringe Festival 2014 — Brooks & Brown in Literally Anything
We sent along intrepid theatre goer and Yarn Celebrity Tash Barneveld to check out a new Fringe Show by Brooks & Brown. He’s what she thought. ‘Brooks & Brown are a brand new transTasman duo who have no idea what their show is going to be about.’ Christine Brooks and Rik Brown have worked together only […]
Is it jellyfish season?
I just spotted 2 pinky frilled jellyfish in worser bay. I didn’t hang round to take photos but more may wash in with then high tide and there may be more around the south coast it’s often this time of year we get a swarm for a few days. They looked a little like this […]
Notional Significance: Backbone
[See all Notional Significance posts] In memory, my feet are weary as I leave the Halfway. My present tense seems strained now, an affectation of immediacy undermined by the distance between walking and writing: years since I was here in the flesh; almost as long since my words last travelled this road. But I must […]
New Zealand Festival
The New Zealand Festival starts with this free event tonight in Civic Square. I’ve heard there will be more dancing than sitting so wear your dancing shoes. Also opening tonight — the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, Deca Dance, Needles & Opium, and Our Broken Voice, plus the visual art exhibitions. See you there!
Live Leader Board
Here at the Wellingtonista we’re firm faves of Richard Aindow — former editor of Fish Head magazine, and Quiz Master of Wednesday nights at Mighty Mighty — so we were pleasantly surprised to catch him outside the Rogue & Vagabond last night with a group of lycra-clad lit-up young ladies in incandescent costumes. […]
Fix and Fogg, Wooden Spoons and Little Black Devils…
Some more Wellington artisan products now all available under one roof at Moore Wilson for your tasting pleasure, and more well deserved chocolate accolades for Bohemein fresh chocolates (long time provider at MW). (Detective) Fix and (Phileas) Fogg (around the world in eighty days anyone?) peanut butter might provide the first serious local contender against […]
The New Zealand Fringe Festival
The New Zealand Fringe Festival has been going for a week and it’s got just over two more weeks to run. Sadly, I’ve only made it to two shows so far (because moving house) a pathetic effort really, because there are HEAPS. Cabaret, circus, comedy, dance, music, theatre, visual art — there are a lot of […]
‘Nothing to be Done’ but laugh
Comedian Luwita Hana Randhawa does look a little serious below. She looks like someone who probably doesn’t take a lot of nonsense. Someone who would handle a heckler with a dry, sassy quip that would leave everyone wishing they’d thought of such a line, because everyone has those “If only I’d said that” moments. I […]