Personalities
Sunshine on a cloudy day
We round up another year as we prepare to close up shop for our summer break. Happy holidays to you and yours from all of us here at Regional News.
Living the dream
For the first time in the show’s history, RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under featured a Wellington-based drag queen. Olivia Dreams spills the tea about her experience.
Humanity’s maddest edges
Take a deep dive into the world of psychopaths and mental health labelling with best-selling author Jon Ronson on the 26th of November at The Opera House.
Synergy in motion
Just after he touched down in Wellington for the first time, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, director, and animator Mark Andrews chatted with Alessia about his career, his passion, and the project that brings him to Pōneke.
Full, bustling, alive
We chat with theatre producer Eleanor Strathern of A Mulled Whine about her career so far and new role as the general manager of Hannah Playhouse.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Lukas Niklaus and Benjamin Mulot of Floating Rock
Wellington animation studio Floating Rock is working on their upcoming show and videogame Kyōryū. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where dinosaurs reign, Alessia got the inside scoop from co-founder and CEO Lukas Niklaus and senior animator Benjamin Mulot.
Working towards a question
Filmmaker and actor Paolo Rotondo straddles two worlds: Aotearoa and Italia. He combines his cultures by leading the Italian Film Festival across New Zealand each year, which comes to Wellington in November. We chatted with him about culture, film, and Italianità.
The magic of the moment
World-renowned illusionist Cosentino is coming to town to defy gravity and death in a staggering stage spectacular this spring. Decennium: The Greatest Hits Tour hits St James Theatre on the 29th and 30th of November.
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.
What home can be
We caught up with Jacqueline Coats, who has worked as a director, assistant director, and staging director for opera and theatre companies, festivals, and orchestras across the motu, about Voices New Zealand’s upcoming immersive concert Horizons.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Lola McLeod-Riera and Flynn Biara Allan
Following two girls trapped in a war zone who are suddenly confronted by a film crew wanting to exploit their trauma, Tuned Out was awarded the overall winner of the 2023 New Zealand Youth Film Festival. I caught up with the filmmakers of tomorrow, Flynn Biara Allan and Lola McLeod-Riera.
How music feeds the soul
This September, Music Therapy New Zealand will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a two-day conference. We caught up with speaker and music therapist Carlos Riegelhaupt Landreani about his journey to the profession – and the intersect between music and psychedelic therapy.