This domestic executive has had more excitement than she normally does in the last twelve hours. A nail biting finish in the England V France rugby match this morning followed the New Zealand Opera Turandot performance last night in town.
Connections between opera and sport were made when Nessun Dorma as chosen by the BBC for [...]
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Sheer drama
Posted in English Pride, Kiwi entertainment on October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Becks is coming to town
Posted in Kiwi entertainment on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s nothing the kiwis love more is an event. It doesn’t matter too much what the event is and whether they are truly interested in it but if it’s an event, then a ticket must be bought and a social extravaganza organised around it (usually involving getting dressed up in strange clothes and having your [...]
Lounge cinemas
Posted in Kiwi entertainment on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t be sure but as well as having the highest number of cafes proportionate to the population Wellington must have the largest number of cinemas. There are all shapes and sizes and a film festival running in one cinema or another all the time.
Trips to the movies were regular things when we first moved [...]
