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Alayn'es Cat Safari

NZ Fringe Special Review: Alayne’s Cat Safari

Alayne’s Cat Safari ™ was an immersive and clever Fringe Wellington event, that tackled topics such as “What kind of job would a cat have?”, and “Why are so many cat-based sayings negative?” As soon as I arrived at the…

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Wellington Wine & Food & Craft Beer Festival Review

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…

NZ Fringe Special Review: We May Have to Choose

We May Have to Choose is not for everyone.  Poetic and deceptively simple, We May Have to Choose is a stream-of-consciousness waterfall of personal opinions, from the banal to the profound.  There’s no story, no “characters”, no staged conflict.  Instead,…

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NZ Fringe Special Review: Onstage Dating

“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…

NZ Fringe Special Review: Biased Beyond Belief

  Biased Beyond Belief, written and directed by Evangelina Telfar, follows an A.I.’s journey towards understanding human thought. As we take our seats a game of chess has already begun between Ernest, an artificial intelligence, and the computer scientist running…

Science, Otters, and Beer at Nerd Nite

Nerd Nite is a global craze, hosted in over 90 cities world wide. The night is held every second month at Leroy’s, a self proclaimed “bar and chikin joint” found on Plimmer Steps. Leroy’s has a sort of crazy-yet-relaxed vibe…

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The best events in Wellington in February 2017

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…

Jekyll & Hyde Encore Season

Camp, over the top and madcap are elements I’ve come to love with local theatre company ‘A Slightly Isolated Dog’.  And their encore season of Jekyll & Hyde comes back with their well-turned flamboyance. Like all their shows, this is…