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Chorizo and Mushroom Risotto

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Ines Shennan

Risotto is a favourite meal of mine. The simplest ingredients somehow combine to form a delicious, comforting dish that is incredibly easy to prepare. The process involves dry cooking the rice for a few minutes, then adding liquid in parts until the grains are creamy and just soft. Once you’ve Read more...

Lunchtime Theatre Round One!

Posted 5:05pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

Allen Hall Lunchtime Theatre is back with a bang! After a soothing summer break we’re straight back in to it with the newly-named CIA Stand Up Comedy (formerly known as AntiSocial Tap) heading the LTT programme. For those of you who have been living under a rock, Lunchtime Theatre is arguably the Read more...

Be | Longing: A Verbatim Play

Posted 5:04pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

Written by: Theatre Studies, University of Otago Directed by: Hilary Halba and Stuart Young From the makers of Hush comes a new documentary play focusing on stories from people who have migrated to New Zealand, and asking what it means to belong to a country and culture. This unique kind Read more...

The Motor Camp

Posted 5:03pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

Written by: Dave Armstrong, Directed by: Conrad Newport Any comedy with a “Dutch fascist” issuing orders limiting the maximum weight of children allowed on the trampoline is going to be a winner in my book. Add to the mix that this is a quintessentially Kiwi story, put together by a Read more...

Finding the Loophole

Posted 4:59pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Beaurey Chan

Dunedin Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street 15-29 February Rob Piggott’s “Loop Series” works 1999-2012 You can’t help but be impressed by the bold nature of the “Loop Series”, a collection of paintings by Dunedin-based artist Rob Piggott. Large canvases, cut into interesting but Read more...

Karam Kazam!

Posted 4:57pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Josef Alton

Before we start, I have a question for you. Do you want a book review, or an opinion? I find it amazing how often people want a book that affirms their beliefs, rather than a book that challenges them. Joe Karam’s fourth book on the David Bain saga, Trial By Ambush, will no doubt challenge some Read more...

Skyrim

Posted 4:53pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Bryn Jones

Skyrim should come with a warning: do not start playing lest you are willing to sacrifice body, soul, and hundreds of hours to the cause. Skyrim is the fifth installment of a long-standing series in which freedom and scope are as important, if not more so, than gameplay and storytelling. Thus it was Read more...

Second Skin

Posted 4:44pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Lauren Wootton

Dunedin band Knives at Noon sat down with Critic reporter Lauren Wootton to pop her interviewing cherry, and discuss their new EP. Opening for Shihad at Orientation last Friday, Knives at Noon were amping to share the stage with a band they have looked up to since before they were freshers Read more...

The Descendants

Posted 4:40pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Lulu Sandston

Director: Alexander Payne The Descendants opens with Matt King (George Clooney) - the wealthy descendant of Hawaiian royalty - sitting with his comatose wife Elizabeth questioning how he is going to raise his two daughters, having been the “understudy” parent for the last decade. A rocky Read more...

The Artist

Posted 4:38pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Director: Michel Hazanavicius You may think that the silent film genre is basically Fever Club in black and white - the background music increasing in intensity as a stray cougar approaches the object of your desire… It’s not. If you’re interested in film, you should reset those ideas and go Read more...