AndrewWhiteside
@AndrewWhiteside
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I love learning and asking questions. I'm a Secular Humanist, Journalist and Writer and passionately believe in human rights.
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined September 2009
Chicago the musical opened at the Bruce Mason Centre last night - check out my review @AucklandLive .
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There’s a reason Chicago is one of my favourite musicals. It’s upbeat, sassy, and satisfyingly risqué. The music is top notch, the lyrics very clever and the story is a heady mix of satire and…
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Andy Hickman Grainger is brilliant in Roger Hall's play End of Summer Time - here's my full review.@AkldTheatreCo @AsbWTheatre .
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End of Summer Time is a play by Roger Hall about Dicke Hart (Andrew Grainger), a retired farmer and obsessed rugby fan who moves to Auckland with his wife. Initially bewildered and unappreciative of…
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The Cabaret Festival is on now in Auckland - dont miss it - here's how opening night went:@AucklandLive .
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After a three year hiatus Auckland’s Cabaret Festival is back and judging from the two shows that opened the season it has been sorely missing from our city’s entertainment line up. All the Glitters…
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NZ Opera's La Bohème is magical - here's my review:.
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There’s a reason La Bohème is the most popular opera of all time – the music is wonderful, it has many recognisable arias and the story is lively, romantic and ultimately tragic. At the heart of the…
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Wow, what can I say. The Auckland Philharmonia served up a stunning concert last night - Art of the Score: The Music of Hans Zimmer - here's my review @aklphil .@AucklandLive .
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If I were to compile a list of the great composers of orchestral music the names would, I think, be predictable – Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, to name a few. All of them long dead…
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Watch my interview with Cameron Rhodes about his upcoming role as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express. @AkldTheatreCo #spartacus .
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Cameron Rhodes is well known and respected New Zealand actor and director who has appeared in a huge amount of films and TV shows such as Xena: Warrior Princess, The Lord of the Rings…
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100 Winds / Taupō Hau Rau is a stunning piece of dance theatre @QTheatre .
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If you have ever visited Lake Taupō in the central North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand you will know it is a special place. Formed by an ancient volcano the lake stretches from the town of Taupō to…
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The wonderful @tamineilson performed her show The F Word last night - pure gold! @AucklandLive Here's my review:.
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A Mixtape for Maladies is a stunning play about a family affected by the Sri Lankan Civil War - it is funny, sad, and very well performed - here's my review @AkldTheatreCo @AsbWTheatre .
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A Mixtape for Maladies is the final play in a trilogy by Ahilan Karunaharan and it tells the story of Sangeetha (Ambika G.K.R) a woman who fled to New Zealand from Sri Lanka during that country’s...
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The wonderful Laura Hill stars in the upcoming play A Doll’s House Part 2. In this interview with me she talks about the play, her cats, her large head, and her go to recipe for lasagna. @AucklandLive .
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Popular kiwi actress Laura Hill is about to star in the New Zealand Premiere of the play A Doll’s House, Part 2. This stand-alone drama imagines what happens when Nora Helmer…
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#theoffice comes #downunder on #primevideo this week - check out my interview with castmates @felicityward and @EdithPoor .
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The hit TV series The Office now has an antipodean version that premieres on Amazon Prime Video October 18th 2024. In this incarnation, Hannah Howard is the Managing Director of packaging company…
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Tempo Dance Festival had a triumphant opening night last night with the @nzballet and BalletCollective Aotearoa’s TWO at @QTheatre . Here are my thoughts on the evening:.
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The 2024 Tempo Dance Festival had a remarkable opening night this year with a one-hour programme of five dance pieces collectively billed as ‘TWO’. It was a collaboration between the Royal New...
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#TheApprentice is a film explores #DonaldTrump career as a real estate developer in the 1970s and 80s and his relationship with lawyer #RoyCohn. check out my #moviereview.
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The film explores Donald Trump’s career as a real estate developer in the 1970s and 80s and his relationship with lawyer Roy Cohn. Press play to watch my review: 🚨 Quick Pause – Click here to sign...
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Courtney Dawson is a kiwi comedian and TV star. In this interview with me she talks about her comedic origins, working with her dad, and her favourite comfort food.
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Kiwi actor @Deanogormano talks to me about his short film Morning Hate and what he learned from #PeterJackson.
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Dean O’Gorman is a New Zealand actor known for a variety of TV and film roles including playing the dwarf Fili in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. His other interests include Karate and photography.
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Girls and Boys is an astounding piece of theatre that you have to go and see. Beatriz Romilly is remarkable. @AkldTheatreCo .here is my review.
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There is something deeply intimate about a play with a single actor and Auckland Theatre Company’s Girls and Boys by David Kelly is about as intimate as it gets. It’s the self-told story of an...
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#Speaknoevil is a thriller starring James McAvoy that opens in NZ cinemas today. Any good? check out my review.
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In this thriller, an American family meets a British couple and their son on vacation in Italy and they all seem to get on really well. The Brits invite the yanks to visit their farm for a weekend…
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Dynamotion’s new show The Children of Sacred Valley is and absolute riot @QTheatre - here’s my review:.
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If you have never seen a Dynamotion show you are missing out on a quite remarkable experience. The troupe was formed a few years ago by Tom Sainsbury and Lara Fischel-Chisholm and combines comedy…
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In Other Words is a wonderfully written and deftly performed play starring @JWardLealandNow and @MichaelHurstNow @qtheatre - Check out my review:.
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In Other Words is a play about Jane (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) and Arthur (Michael Hurst) a long married couple who come face to face with their mortality when Arthur is diagnosed with dementia.
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