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Supplied Artist Linda Trubridge and her elder son Sam in front of Linda’s Wall of Wings sculpture for Havelock North, in 2004. Ahead of many successful Kiwis, there’s often a mother who showed them the way. Sarah Catherall hears how these women inspired their kids then, and now. Linda, William and Sam Trubridge Linda Trubridge is an artist and yoga teacher, who is married to lighting designer David Trubridge. Her book, Passages, is about her family’s adventures at sea. Their sons are Sam, an artistic director who founded Wellington’s Performance Arcade, and William, a world-renowne...

Summary of New Zealand Fringe Dance Performances 2021, by Lyne Pringle Over the past three weeks Wellingtonians have been treated to a multitude of dance events in surprising places throughout the city. Some of New Zealand’s most accomplished dance artists have been part of the What if the City was a Theatre festival. From the zany energy of Flamingo Scooter Ballet zipping around the waterfront in outlandish unisex pink tutus and royal blue unitards by Holly Newsome; to rolling out the problems of the world on the Te Papa slope with Mark Harvey and one on one somatically detailed encoun...

Press Release – Wellington Sculpture Trust Car Parks on Cuba Street will be that in name only on Friday – for one day they will be transformed into something quite other Every year over an 8-hour period 20-30 car parks in Cuba Street are taken over by the Wellington Sculpture Trust for PARK(ing) Day. The event is an opportunity for Wellingtonians to enjoy a huge variety of activities and creative installations placed on spaces usually reserved for cars. Over the seven years it has been running, hundreds of individuals and organisations have taken up the challenge to provide a temporary pu...

Friday, 5 March 2021, 7:37 am Car Parks on Cuba Street will be that in name only on Friday – for one day they will be transformed into something quite other Every year over an 8-hour period 20-30 car parks in Cuba Street are taken over by the Wellington Sculpture Trust for PARK(ing) Day. The event is an opportunity for Wellingtonians to enjoy a huge variety of activities and creative installations placed on spaces usually reserved for cars. Over the seven years it has been running, hundreds of individuals and organisations have taken up the challenge to provide a temporary public space on...

Caio Bruno Hugo Grrrl's Crosswalk Theatre brings theatre to street crossings in What if the City was a Theatre?, on until March 28. Mark Amery suggests some answers need addressing in the Wellington performance scene. The question is on billboards all over Wellington: what if the city was a theatre? Answers out there I've seen include the Eastbourne ferry serenaded by musicians; dancers on the cable car and, like bright flocks of birds on e-scooters; taniwha dancing in the Carter Fountain; theatre on pedestrian crossings and drag queens running a compliments booth in Midland Park. Commuters ...