Backstage tour at the Court Theatre
The Court Theatre doesn’t often let the public roam around backstage, so take this special opportunity to see what’s behind your favourite stage ...
Arts & Culture
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Q&A: Amanda Atlas - Behind the voice
Christchurch soprano Amanda Atlas sung her way around the world before settling back in New Zealand. She tells Cityscape about her upcoming ...
Entertain me - Spring 2020
We round up three great films, reads, shows to bingewatch, new albums to treat your ears to and a couple of decent podcasts to ...
Q&A: L.A.B. frontman Joel Shadbolt
Listen-Able Band? Legs And Butts? Ludicrous Artists Bop? L.A.B. frontman Joel Shadbolt challenges Cityscape to come up with an acronym. League of ...
Fiksate Gallery on Christchurch's street art scene
When Jenna Ingram started exploring street art at university, her painting tutor told her emphatically that “graffiti is dead”. He may have been ...
Q&A: NZ Opera's Thomas de Mallet Burgess
New Zealand Opera’s general director Thomas de Mallet Burgess waxes lyrical on his upcoming productions The Human Voice and Eight Songs for a Mad ...
Q&A: RNZB's head of costume Donna Jefferis
RNZB head of costume Donna Jefferis has been brainstorming, sketching, mocking up and making costumes for the end-of-year performance of The ...
Dissecting art - Q&A with artist Heather Straka
Heather Straka’s art series Dissected Parlour is not in a gallery, but rather on the walls at Mod’s Hair in Merivale. Cityscape talks to the ...
NZSO's take on Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori language week might look a little different this year, with Level 2 restrictions preventing the usual parades and ...
Celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori in Ōtautahi (and around the web)
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week has been celebrated in New Zealand since 1975. It aims to promote and encourage the use of te ...
Bringing music and laughter to kids at home
Christchurch-based artist Michal Bush has been connecting with her audience online way before ‘lockdown’ was a thing, with backup dancers, ...
Just say the word
New Zealand books, stories and writers will get their time in the sun this spring, with WORD Christchurch returning on October 28 for a ...
Time travel, murder mystery and classics: Cityscape’s week in film
Whether you’re a horror buff, a foreign films fan, or just have a strong nostalgia streak, There’s something to float your boat this month in ...
Artist or vandal? TOGO talks urban art in Christchurch
Urban artist TOGO is notorious for his defiant acts of vandalism – he's plastered his name in impossible spots on buildings overlooking ...
Exhibition: The works of Canterbury painter Louise Henderson
A French woman who settled in Christchurch in 1925, Louise Henderson was one of the first New Zealand artists to embrace a Modernist style. Her ...
Acclaimed Beethoven concert coming to a living room near you
Whether you like to spend your Friday night with a glass of wine on the couch or soaking in some culture, tonight at 7.30pm you can combine the ...
