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Beautiful Skin | Music Video | NZ On Screen Beautiful Skin - Vocalist Victoria Kelly is very much the focus of this moody Strawpeople video. Singing enigmatically of dreams, knives and possible obsession— and magically changing outfits off came...

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra premieres Kiwi composer Victoria Kelly's Stabat Mater in Wellington tonight (2 Oct) & Auckland tomorrow (3 Oct) - the same multi-talented Victoria who was the superb vocalist on this Strawpeople track.

I forwarded the photo to a few Christchurch residents, and it took on a whole extra level of horror for them.

NZSO Season 2026: Elegance | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | NZSO

Woo-hoo! The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 2026 Season is now live. To secure your tickets early & get the best discounts, become an NZSO Member for as little as $10 for 12 months. The line-up includes current UK classical charts No.1 Isata Kanneh-Mason! 🎹

This has got “blood-soaked folk horror remake” written all over it.

'I can’t stop crying': Tributes pour in for screen legend Robert Redford Hollywood figures and fans of the movies are mourning the death of Robert Redford.

Me too! And Sundance has had an enormous impact on furthering the careers of NZ film-makers, including Taika Waititi. RIP 😞

David Bowie's 90,000-Piece Archive Is as Dazzling as He Was David Bowie Centre, part of the V&A East Storehouse, is the permanent home for the icon's archive, which is being made publicly accessible.

⭐️⚡️🎤🎸🎶

A crocheted Patti smith

Patti smith from Horses

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

Len Lye Centre 'sonified' in celebration of 10th anniversay The concrete and shimmering steel curves of New Plymouth's Len Lye Centre will be reflected in music on Saturday. Robin Martin reports.

See and hear the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at New Plymouth's Len Lye Centre this weekend, performing a special new work in celebration of the centre's 10th birthday.

Review: Life in One Chord and Anchor Me linger on two tricky yet brilliant artists Documentaries on Shayne Carter and Don McGlashan make our past gleam, and show success can take very different forms and paths....

Review: Life in One Chord and Anchor Me linger on two tricky yet brilliant artists

Terence Stamp: the mesmerisingly seductive dark prince of British cinema Stamp had charisma and star power like no other. Fierce and beautiful in his youth, his screen presence evolved into something more elegant and enduring as the swinging 60s faded from view

RIP the great Terence Stamp. At the world premiere of Priscilla Queen of the Desert musical in Sydney I saw him leave the men's bathroom as I was walking in. (Then at the bar I realised as my beer was being poured that Barry Humphries was standing next to me: "Make that two beers!")

YouTube video by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Conductor André de Ridder talks Immerse Festival 2025

WATCH 📺The acclaimed André de Ridder (Gorillaz, The National, Radiohead) conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in three concerts this weekend 15-17 Aug) in Auckland, including Creepy-Crawly Carnival hosted by Bret McKenzie. But don't just take my word for it, listen to the man himself!

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s Creepy-Crawly Carnival, featuring Bret McKenzie, premieres in Wellington with much to draw on.

No wonder internationally acclaimed conductor Andre de Ridder is smiling! He's rehearsing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ahead of the NZSO's concerts in Wellington (8-10 Aug) & Auckland (15-17 Aug), that's why! www.nzso.co.nz/the-nzso/eve...

Nice to see one of my favourite American writers and anthologists giving a shout-out to New Zealand writer Matt Suddain. 🕺

NZSO Season 2025: Enchanted | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | NZSO The first night of the 2025 Rumakina Immerse Festival is an evening of enchantment, with three of the best-loved pieces in the repertoire.

✨The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's winter festival comes to Wellington this week (8-10 Aug) & Auckland (15-17 Aug). Three big concerts, free daytime events & much more with the NZSO led by international star conductor Andre de Ridder! ⚡🔗👇

Mana Moana

"Pure joy." Regional News reviews the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra & Signature Choir's Mana Moana.

😢 Time for an old favourite.

YouTube video by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra NZSO: Emilia Hoving on Her NZSO Debut and Musical Landscapes

WATCH! New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Firebird concerts in Wellington (17 July) & Christchurch (19 July) are the New Zealand debut of Finnish conductor Emilia Hoving.

Perianes plays French and Spanish masterpieces Pianist Javier Perianes is in New Zealand for concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

🎹Don't miss international ⭐ pianist Javier Perianes' New Zealand Symphony Orchestra debut in Wellington (17 July) & Christchurch (19 July). For more, here's Javier on RNZ Concert!

But isn't @fmacskasy.bsky.social the real Superman?

The Residents reborn? 🤔 www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3607...

Ten years ago The Dominion Post ran 5 in-house album reviews a week in its Mon-Fri broadsheet-sized arts & entertainment section. Prior to that, 6 reviews when the section was a weekly. (That’s at least 250 reviews a year!) NZ Herald had a similar amount each week. All gone. ☹️

The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to Apple TV+! 🙂

Conductor Adam Johnson Canadian conductor Adam Johnson is in New Zealand to conduct this year's NZSO National Youth Orchestra.

🎻Ahead of NZSO National Youth Orchestra's NYO Adventure concerts in Wellington (5 July) & Auckland (6 July) RNZ Concert interviews the conductor Adam Johnson. www.rnz.co.nz/concert/prog...

As someone whose paper round money went straight to buying 2000AD (The Galaxy's Greatest Comic), it was incredibly zarjaz to be asked aboard ROGUE TROOPER from @manmademoon.bsky.social

Nice to see @jemaineclement.bsky.social in an old favourite from 2000 AD! Zarjaz!

Nothing beats the one on Space: 1999 that was so big, the Moon was flung out of orbit. Good times!

Lights, camera, consent: Sir Peter’s Shelly Bay museum back on cards Thirteen years after a high-profile fallout dashed Sir Peter Jackson’s dream of a museum at Shelly Bay, he is quietly reviving the idea — albeit on a much smaller scale.

Plans are afoot at Shelly Bay.

That's it. I've had enough. I'm off to pub!