Every year improvisers gather in Wellington to celebrate the New Zealand Improv Festival (NZIF), but this year improvisors from overseas have been COVID-19-blocked.
I sat down with Katherine Minor, a soloist with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, to discuss rehearsing during COVID lockdown, what it’s like being back in the studio, and the RNZB’s upcoming Venus Rising tour.
**Show Do Café** is a joyous and heartfelt immersive performance blending dance, theatre, and music to explore the profound impact of coffee on society. Centred around Brazil’s coffee plantations and Stela’s family, the show delves into coffee's cultural, social, and emotional significance. Transitioning from colonisation in Brazil to Aotearoa, it highlights the immigrant experience and the solace of finding a chosen family. Featuring a multi-award-winning cast, **Show Do Café** is a vibrant celebration of Coffee, Culture, and Family—both lost and found—that promises to captivate and inspire.
Modern Heirlooms brings together three artists from the Inverlochy Art School community; Antoinette Ratcliffe, Ben Klocek and Cherryl Corrado. Working across figurative drawing, ethical taxidermy, and sculpture using recycled materials; artwork in this exhibition finds...
The Wellington Phoenix have moved quickly to secure Josh Oluwayemi for another Isuzu UTE A-League season. The Phoenix have re-signed the English-Nigerian goalkeeper through until the end of the 2025-26 campaign. Oluwayemi, 23, has quickly made the no. 1 jersey... The post New Nix No. 1 extends his contract appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
