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A gateway to the present - 229 | Regional News

A gateway to the present

Perfectly pitched family drama and the Lochburns will bring love, laughter, loss, and live music into the light at Circa Theatre from the 5th of October to the 2nd of November. We caught up with playwright William Duignan ahead of the premiere season.

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Catch, gut, release - 229 | Regional News

Catch, gut, release

We caught up with director and stage and screen veteran Jim Moriarty about Unreel, a play by Helen Pearse-Otene that tells the compelling story of a community affected by gambling.

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A Migrant’s Path - 229 | Regional News

A Migrant’s Path

A celebration of cultural diversity, photographer Abhi Chinniah’s A Migrant’s Path showcases nuanced narratives from Aotearoa’s migrant communities at The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata until the 8th of December.

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Till death do us part - 229 | Regional News

Till death do us part

The most macabre matrimony is set to take place at Old St Paul’s this 28th of September. Witness the union of two of Wellington’s most lascivious lovers in Wedlock: A Drag Affair.

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Love, peace, and harmony - 229 | Regional News

Love, peace, and harmony

Suzanne Lynch is nothing short of New Zealand pop royalty. One third of The Lady Killers with Jackie Clarke and Tina Cross, we interviewed Suzanne about the group’s tour of the stage spectacular DIVAS! and her prolific career to date.

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Falling, floating - 229 | Regional News

Falling, floating

Boundary-pushing jazz composer and saxophonist Louisa Williamson loves how the genre morphs and grows in tune with culture and society. Catch her new work The Chasm Where We Fall Into Each Other at San Fran on the 17th of October as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival.

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