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Jo Randerson: You Wouldn't Expect This Of Me, But...
Jo Randerson, writer, actor, theatremaker and as of New Year's Day 2021, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, is a well-known face in the Pōneke arts scene. But what you might not expect is Randerson's love of science, and how it continues to inform her art practice.
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The Garden Party: Your New Summer Writers Festival
Claire Mabey, the prolific force behind Verb Wellington and the New Zealand Festival of the Arts Writers Programme, talks her new hybrid festival of music and words, The Garden Party. Coming to the Wellington Botanic Gardens from 20 - 21 February.
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My Art Inspiration: Alex Lodge
Taki Rua’s latest production Sing to Me offers audiences a charmingly poetic, yet playfully modern, love story set against the backdrop of a climate in crisis. The Wellington world premiere kicks off on February 27 at Te Whaea Theatre, followed by a season at Auckland Arts Festival as part of a five-centre national tour.
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A Window into Te Ao Māori: Kīwaha and Tā Moko
Tama Ale Samoa is the new Pouārahi Māori, leading intercultural strategy at the New Zealand Festival of the Arts. In his inaugural column about all things te ao Māori, Tama Ale brings us a Phrase of the Day - Kīwaha and a Short Story - Pūrākau poto about how the practice of tā moko came to be.
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Three Picks from What If The City Was A Theatre?
In celebration of their decade anniversary, The Performance Arcade has teamed up with creative producers from across Wellington to present What If The City Was A Theatre?, a city-wide explosion of innovative, outdoor works and performances. Director of The Performance Arcade Sam Trubridge dives into three of the 10+ programme streams set to take over Wellington City.
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Meet the Makers: Lucy Marinkovich
Lucy Marinkovich, dancer, director and choreographer, takes our Meet the Makers questionnaire ahead of the new season of Strasbourg 1518 at Circa Theatre.
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This Reading Life with Rachel Kerr
Wellington writer Rachel Kerr has just released her debut novel Victory Park, the story of single-mother Kara, who is caught up in a friendship with glamourous, mysterious Bridget, wife of a disgraced Ponzi schemer, "a rich, funny, compassionate exploration of care and carelessness" (Emily Perkins). Rachel caught up with ARTicle this week to share her literary loves and histories, including why you should always finish a book, and which lines have stuck with her.
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Five Questions with Jonathan Lemalu
Jonathan Fa’afetai Lemalu is a Grammy Award-winning bass of Samoan decent who was born and raised in New Zealand. Currently living through lockdown in London, Jonathan is creating a biographical series called Before and After Summer about his journey from Dunedin chorister to international success, including graduating from London’s Royal College of Music and receiving the Young Artist of the Year from the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Senior Pacific Artist Award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards.
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Meet the Makers: Blair Latham
In our final Meet the Makers series talking to the four artists commissioned by the 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival, we catch up with Blair Latham, who's got soprano saxophones and social divides on the mind. Blair's new suite Karla and the Divide will premiere at the Wellington Jazz Festival next week on Wednesday 18 November.
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