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Arts Festival Review: Zeibekiko
Saturday, 4 March 2006, 5:49 pm | Scoop Review
In Zeibekiko , Wellington composer John Psathas has created a masterpiece that combines millennia of traditional Greek traditional music and dance with modern compositional techniques and futuristic electro-acoustic sounds. First performed in Amsterdam by ... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Fat Freddy's Drop
Friday, 3 March 2006, 3:05 pm | Scoop Review
It’s always fascinating to witness a group of artists in the midst of a huge wave of success. Dub and soul champions Fat Freddy’s Drop join the festival having overtaken Crowded House for the greatest number of weeks a local act has spent at #1 on the ... More >>
ARCHIVES: Scoop Commentary 2005
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:57 pm | The Scoop Editor
ARCHIVES: Scoop Commentary 2005 - Beginning 2006 From: http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/commentary.html More >>
Arts Festival Review: Battalion
Friday, 3 March 2006, 11:16 am | Scoop Review
A lively young cast and a good solid story are the building blocks of the stage presentation of Helen Pearse Otene’s play Battalion , which was written to keep alive the memory of 28 Maori Battalion, and to bring its story to school audiences around the country. ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings - 2 March 2006
Friday, 3 March 2006, 11:03 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Fringe Review: This Time Next Year
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 11:45 am | Scoop Review
Watching stand-up comedy, sitting in comfortable blue plush armchair seats. How different is that! At least the lighting is simple, and there is no scenery. Mike Bodnor, Matt Elliott and Alex Hawley. Three nice, goofy, guys. I'll spoil the surprise ending ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings - 1 March 2006
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 12:06 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Arts Fest: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 2:24 pm | Scoop Review
Nearly a quarter of a century ago, small bands of inquisitive musicians started exploring the possibilities of playing early music played on original instruments. Their first efforts sounded squeaky and anaemic to concertgoers accustomed to the opulent sound ... More >>
Fringe Review: Superbeast
Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 10:39 am | Scoop Review
If you go down to the woods today, you'd better hope, if you're part of a small terrorist cell plotting to take a member of the royal family hostage, that you don't accidentally snare the Princess Alicia. She'll tell you tales that will mess with your head. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings - 28 February 2006
Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 9:49 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Aroha String Quartet
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 4:51 pm | Scoop Review
The Festival’s first lunchtime concert at the National Bank Festival Club proved popular, with the venue filled by a relaxed, chatting crowd enjoying wine and coffee before the music began. The club is a whimsical construction, with a red tent roofing ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings - 20 February 2006
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 10:54 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Fringe Review: The Operation of the Sun...
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 10:48 am | Scoop Review
We enter Studio 77 in the stillness of a Kelburn evening. There is a black stage, decorated with stones and driftwood. There is softly lit gauze at the back of the stage, and white sails that also act as screens for the shadow puppets. More >>
PM's Presser: Latest (27/02/06) DBP Questions
Monday, 27 February 2006, 5:22 pm | Scoop Audio
Scoop Audio: It's official – there is no other story the New Zealand media is more interested in than David Benson-Pope and his ill-fated teaching exploits at Bayfield High. Today the Prime Minister of New Zealand faced a barrage of questions regarding ... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Dr Buller's Birds
Monday, 27 February 2006, 4:01 pm | Scoop Review
"How did we turn such a beautiful country into this?" Nick Drake asks. "This" being featureless paddocks and bare eroding hills where there were once - apparently - unique birds and ancient forests. More >>
Arts Festival Review: Jan Preston
Monday, 27 February 2006, 2:54 pm | Scoop Review
Looking out on a Festival Club tent brimming with white hair, boogie woogie and ragtime pianist Jan Preston gave the Sunday afternoon audience an upbeat tribute to their own bygone era. The mood was infectious, and what began as toe tapping soon progressed ... More >>
Arts Festival Review: New Zealand String Quartet
Monday, 27 February 2006, 2:53 pm | Scoop Review
We heard five works by the following composers (with the date of the premiere in brackets ): Jack Body (1996), Ross Harris (2005), Gareth Farr (1993), Tan Dun (1988) and Lyell Cresswell (2000). More >>
Scoop Top 30 Weekend Ratings - 25-26 February 2006
Monday, 27 February 2006, 9:35 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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Arts Festival Review - Tea: A Mirror of Soul
Sunday, 26 February 2006, 5:02 pm | Scoop Review
Dun’s shorter works have been heard by NZSO concertgoers and his score for the soundtrack of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has familiarised a huge audience worldwide with his work. So it was pleasing but hardly surprising to see the Michael Fowler centre ... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Les Arts Sauts
Sunday, 26 February 2006, 2:49 pm | Scoop Review
The 28 metre high inflatable dome where Les Arts Sauts are staging Ola Karla is an instant landmark on the Wellington waterfront. Entrance to the unusual building is through hair-deranging ‘air lock’ buffer doors, and as you take your seat in a Brighton ... More >>
