February 27, 2017
Chelsea McEwan Millar first discovered her love of theatre at age eight, playing a male lawyer in a production she forgets the name of now. She stomped her feet, yelled at the judge, remembered all her lines and has never looked back.
The Auckland-based actor and write...
December 29, 2016
Swan Lake. Presented by St Petersburg Ballet Theatre. Founded by Konstantin Tachkin. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Music by Piotr Tchaikovsky. Isaac Theatre Royal until 31 December 2016. Reviewed by Kineta Knight Booker
For the first time in 15 years th...
July 3, 2016
That Bloody Woman. Written by Luke Di Somma and Gregory Cooper. Directed by Kip Chapman. Choreographer Olivia Tennet. Musical Director Luke Di Somma. The Court Theatre. 2 – 30 July, 2016. Reviewed by Kineta Knight Booker.
What do you know about the woman on our $10 note...
July 1, 2016
Voices Co. opened this year and is Christchurch’s first vocal academy dedicated to contemporary a cappella singing.
They specialise in the development of all aspects of contemporary a cappella through an auditioned small ensemble structure.
While their key focus is on de...
June 24, 2016
After two highly successful shows so far in 2016, it's a great pleasure to have on Backstage Podcast the general manager of Showbiz Christchurch Michael Bayly.
Mamma Mia and Hairspray had excellent audiences but Showbiz's year isn't over just yet as they start to prepar...
June 22, 2016
Blue Man Group. Isaac Theatre Royal. 21 June – 3 July, 2016. Reviewed by Kineta Knight Booker.
If you're an avid watcher of Arrested Development you might think the Blue Man Group is a theatrical troupe fabricated for the storyline of the character Tobias, who is an asp...
June 17, 2016
Winner of the Aotearoa Music Scholarship and Keith Laugesen Scholarship, Anna Whitaker is heading to the Aaron Copeland School of Music, Queens College, NYC to complete her masters in jazz music performance.
So it was a perfect time to get her in studio for the latest B...
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