Penned as, ‘An annual addition to the Wellington Summer Calendar’, the Wellington Wine & Food & Craft Beer Festival was a pleasant farewell to the short bout of sunshine that Wellington has been blessed with these past few weeks. Usually…
“Theatre is better than television,” deadpans Bron Batten early in Onstage Dating. “That’s the joke; it’s not.” And then Batten spends an hour thoroughly debunking that idea. Onstage Dating is one of the cleverest, funniest, and most shockingly incredulous experiences…
Love is in the air and a perfect evening of romance is on the cards. If you have that special someone you want to pamper and spoil. We have a few ideas on how to make February 14th a special…
February in Wellington means, summer, festivals, picnics and a sneaky long weekend for Waitangi Day. This month you can be classically suave with Polo and Opera outings or play it chill with street and musical celebrations. February is your month…
One of the things I love about Valhalla is that they consistently put on great, well-priced, line-ups -and last Friday was no exception. Four bands, each of whom had their own distinct sound and style even though they all had…
Galathea: Into the Bush, on now at the gorgeous Grand Hall of the The Public Trust Building is a show about sex and sexuality. A celebration of diversity and being a bit of an idiot in love, GITB literally sparkles…
I’ve spent most of tonight feeling like a grown-up five-year-old and it has been glorious. With a huge grins on our faces my plus one and I clapped and cheered our way through card tricks, rope tricks, illusions and mental…
When you enter the venue you enter the show already. The cast of Production Comedy ‘A Slightly Isolated Dog’ roams S&M’s introducing themselves and being very inviting. They develop storylines with the audience as we unwittingly become part of the…
Nerd Nite already has a dedicated crowd in Wellington, but for this writer, it was my first experience of the event. The venue was changed, due to recent quakes, and moved from the Hotel Bristol to VK’s Comedy and Blues…
As a French guy, the yearly celebration of Beaujolais Nouveau is the kind of tradition that can go a lot of different ways. The quality of the wine is hit or miss, and the atmosphere can be very volatile, as…