Comedy Lisitings: 9/11/09 - 13/11/09

Charity Travel: Three Kiwis Skateboard Through The Andes And Atacama Desert

Three young Kiwis have become the first people to ever skateboard through the driest desert in the world... More>>

"Mood Of The Nation": Nation Moody

Although 2011’s mood was above the historical average, it was substantially down on the preceding two years, and would have been down further if it were not for an improvement around the time of the Rugby World Cup. More>>

Werewolf: Nature’s Boy - On Terence Malik

It’s easy to think of Malick films coming in pairs. In the 1970s: Badlands and Days of Heaven. Before those, he grew up in Oklahoma and Texas as the eldest of three brothers, studied philosophy at Harvard and Oxford but quit before finishing his doctorate. Then he studied film-making and got Badlands out just before he was 30. More>>

Werewolf: Classics - Tom’s Midnight Garden (1958)

For anyone trying to write about it, Tom’s Midnight Garden poses a significant problem. The twist ending will be well known to anyone who has read the book, but first time readers would justifiably want to kill anyone who spoils the surprise, which provides one of the most satisfying and moving resolutions in children’s fiction. More>>

ALSO:

• Werewolf issue 28

Get Your Programme Here: Wellington Fringe Festival Begins

"We’ve got three weeks celebrating weird and wonderful expressions of art – around 60 dance, music, comedy, visual arts and theatre performances in 30 sites around the city featuring hundreds of participants…" More>>

At The Weekend:

• The Fringe Lounge Hosted by Adam Page
• Comedy - Battle of WITs 2012
• Theatre (out-links) - Dancing in the Wake - Kitch in Synch - Lovers Walk - You be the Angel I be the Ghost - The Adventure of Wendy the Wonderful...
• Visual Arts - Two new Video Works: Brighter Future and Feature-Less - More visual arts
• Image: NZ Fringe Festival - NZ Fringe Festival 2012 Programme Launched into Wellington!
• Out-Link - Rocking the poets • Hard News • Public Address