Rita Reviewed

In which I return to my old stomping ground of Wellington, and review Rita, the city’s hottest new restaurant.  One … More

Where The Wild Things Were

12 September 2014 London This month, Allen Hall Theatre, my university’s resident theatre teaching and performance space, celebrates its centenary. … More

The Unilluminated

28 April 2014 London Eleanor Catton’s Booker Prize winning novel The Luminaries is an impressive achievement. But despite elegant writing … More

The Long Walk to the Altar

30 March 2014 London As same-sex marriage becomes legal in the United Kingdom, is it time for LGBT people to stop thinking … More

Lear, Here and There

13 February 2014 London/Invercargill Two productions of King Lear in three weeks – one at the National Theatre in London and one … More

Suffer the Little Children

20 October 2013 London Two wonderful new films – Daniel Borgman’s The Weight of Elephants and Clio Barnard’s The Selfish … More

Pro Patria Mori

25 April 2013 London ANZAC Day: a celebration of New Zealand’s national identity, or a reminder of a pointless bloody … More

The Neverending Hobbit

3 January 2013 London Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy changed my life. But the first part of … More

I Love My Gay Red Top

20 November 2012 London Prime Minister John Key’s thoughtless “gay red top” gaffe demonstrates the persistence of homophobia in New Zealand’s … More

I Heart Gay Marriage

24 October 2012 London My submission to the New Zealand Parliament, who are currently considering allowing gay and lesbian couples … More