Performance

Prisoners honour dance performance with rousing haka

Rodney Bell takes his show "Meremere" to places that don't usually have access to the arts. He recently took the show to the Northland Regions Corrections…

Should we teach 'Just say no' or YES YES YES?

The new play, Yes Yes Yes, aims to teach high school students around Aotearoa about consent through positivity.

Maha meets Majid Jordan

Described by Maha as 'the coolest guys on earth', meet Majid Jordan. They're the duo signed to Drake's OVO label, making the sweet music of Maha's…

Who can be a dancer?

Jesse and Catherine aren't just dance partners, they're mates. The duo met at Touch Compass Dance Trust, New Zealand's only inclusive dance company ??

Tiny Portions - Meet the girl making meals... in miniature

Rose makes tiny food, but not in a fad-diet sort of way. Tiny Portions is her amazing art project that came about when Rose needed to…

Meet the Kiwi creating lightsuits and costumes for digital dance

Inspired by the likes of Tron and classic Kiwi no. 8 wire, Vospertron Performance Group are taking their incredible lightsuits around the globe.

Caluzzi Cabaret: how two drag queens saved a business

Meet Kita Mean and Anita Wigl'it, the two Auckland drag queens who are carrying on the legacy of Caluzzi Bar and Cabaret and injecting it with…

Combat School

The first rule of The New Zealand Stage Combat School limited is: well, it's all for show.

Meet Miss Auckland Fa'afafine

Current reigning Miss Auckland Fa'afafine, Jessica, sat down with us to talk about the similarities and differences between fa'afafine and transgender, her family, and pageant life…

Randa

Randa took some time out from being incredible to talk identity, fashion and artistic processes over a coffee served in a pastry shell ☕️

Josie & T: Music

Josie & T explain how music can make you ~feel~ different things and also how sometimes your life is pretty much a music video.

Alien Weaponry, the Waipu thrash metal band

Alien Weaponry are a thrash metal band with a difference: they don't just scream, they scream in Te Reo Māori.

Earthquakes in London - the epic play tackling climate change

'Earthquakes in London' is a play that tackles climate change head on. The Actors' Program have started developing sustainable practices to help form the creative response…

Re.cord Volume 1: Kev & Crete

Welcome to Re.cord - a series that introduces you to some amazing Kiwi talent. First up are cousins Kevs Music and Cretecha from the Hokianga. Aiming…

Cosplay Sculpting

Zen has a degree in neuroscience but that wasn't enough to keep his passion for sculpting masks and other costumes pieces for cosplay at bay!

Re.cord Volume 2: Paige

Sweet songbird Paige hides herself away in the bathroom to write her music. We got her out of there and into the studio to perform two…

A hoon deep inside the Civic Theatre

Tāmaki Makaurau's The Civic is one of the seven remaining atmospheric theatres in the world which basically means it's really beautiful and is decorated with much…

Rapper JessB in a live performance of Set It Off | Re.cord

JessB's Facebook bio says "JUST YO FAVORITE FEMALE FLAME SPITTA" and we couldn't agree more ???

Re.cord Volume 4: Melodownz

Bronson AKA Melodownz is an artist, poet, rapper and gentle Polynesian panther.

Meet Bunny Holiday, Wellington's drag It Girl

Bunny Holiday, shante you stay. We sat down with one of Wellington's drag superstars ??

Lago Girls

The Lago Girls are a group of women empowering each other and their community to live healthy, happy lives - and preserving their Pasifika culture along…