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  • As a newbie in Auckland in 2006, live performance and theatre maker Stephen Bain discovered he had to be 'in the know' and hunt the most interesting work down to church halls, community venues or warehouses.

    So this year, in collaboration with The EDGE, he brought ‘these seemingly disparate groups together’, bound by genre-blurring, for the New Performance Festival. Read More »

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    The 11th Annual NZ Comedy Guild Awards, held on 26 January, celebrated another strong year for the industry.
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Never Mind the Sex Pistols

By Mark Amery

A good title can only take you so far. Sometimes however that can be quite a way. Particularly when the art backs it up. A great example is Never Mind the Pollocks, a small, smart exhibition currently on at Suite Gallery on Oriental Parade. Read More »

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