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Chinese Moon Festival
Moon Festival Poetry Competition - 15 September - 18 October 2019
Posted: Thursday September 19, 2019
Lighthearted variety in three short plays
Barbara Frame reviews Cold Season, The Poisoners and Noble Endurance
Posted: Wednesday September 18, 2019
'The Getaway' - a short play by young playwright Paul Liedvogel. It will be performed at the UNESCO Play Festival in Dunedin in September 2019 (and a preview in Heidelberg on 31 August)
Below are a series of Vlogs posted by The Getaway - enjoy their journey!
Posted: Monday September 16, 2019
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Robert Burns Poetry Competition: The Far Foreign Land
Posted: Monday September 16, 2019
Rap Like Robbie Poetry Competition
Write a poem inspired by Robert Burns and score yourself $500, sponsored by the Dunedin-Edinburgh Sister City Society!
Posted: Monday September 16, 2019
All the world's a stage
Posted: Friday September 13, 2019
Curtain rising on short play festival
Posted: Thursday September 12, 2019
Writer Returns for 2020 Residency
Posted: Thursday September 12, 2019
A tribute to Dunedin poet: Elizabeth Brooke-Carr (1940 2019)
Posted: Monday September 9, 2019
Guiding a privileged journey
Knowing your family's stories can be profoundly grounding, says publisher Gareth St John Thomas. So he has set out to help you capture yours.
Posted: Monday September 9, 2019
Kezia Field - Art Nesting Shapes Illustrated Book
"My daughter and I are creating an illustrated book in honour of my late husband Hunia, who we recently lost to suicide. The book is based on a letter we found soon after, where Hunia thanks me for my support throughout his ongoing depression.
Posted: Sunday September 8, 2019
British playwright and dramaturg Fiona Graham
28 Plays from around the world are about to be performed in Dunedin, over just three days. There's a Jacobean farce, there's a comic murder mystery, but the marathon also includes plays that cover tough issues like self harm and rising sea levels.
Posted: Sunday September 8, 2019
Challenging the audience
Chicago-based producer and director Tanya Palmer will have some advice for young playwrights when she visits Dunedin for next weeks Unesco Cities of Literature Short Play Festival. She tells Rebecca Fox it is part of making sure theatre remains a vital live art form.
Posted: Sunday September 8, 2019
Foundation laureate awarded to Fearnley
Posted: Friday September 6, 2019
David Howard has just arrived in Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature to take up his residency!
Posted: Wednesday September 4, 2019
Are you the next Director of Blue Oyster?
Blue Oyster Art Project Space exists to enable emerging and experimental arts practitioners to work in an innovative, experimental and non-commercial environment. We aim to broaden the interest and understanding of contemporary arts by providing a forum for discussion and debate.
Posted: Monday September 2, 2019
Students prepare for Short Play Festival
Posted: Monday September 2, 2019
Cheese is not a vegetable
With slightly less than a week until I depart for my Unesco Cities of Literature residency in Krakow, Poland, as a representative of Dunedin Unesco City of Literature - how many emotions can you pack into the start of one sentence?
Posted: Monday August 26, 2019