Brynley Stent is a comedian who has recently been seen on TV screens in Celebrity Treasure Island, Taskmaster and Golden Boy, not to mention as a regular on 7 Days and Have You Been Paying Attention. On 30 September she'll be in Wellington, joining some of New Zealand's best-loved comics for the Best Foods Comedy Gala.

Ella Gilbert is the writer/director of Mary Mary, one of this year's six short films made with the support of Outlook for Someday's Someday Stories initiative. Ella tells us about her experiences making the film and telling a deeply personal family story on screen.

Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara (The Māori Language Festival of Wellington) opens in September to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition to Parliament and coincides with Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori celebrations. Mere Boynton, Director Ngā Toi Māori for Tāwhiri (producers of the Festival), tells us more about this exciting new addition to Wellington's festival calendar.

A Slightly Isolated Dog is back with The Trojan War, their latest rambunctious work. We chatted to director Leo Gene Peters about the new work being a wild dress-up party with explosive wit to create an entertaining romp.

Rosetta Allan, author of Purgatory, Crazy Love and The Unreliable People, is a celebrated New Zealand writer of prose with a background in poetry and performing.

In the This Reading Life questionnaire, Rosetta takes us through childhood literary icons such as Pippy Longstocking to poems that still capture her heart and mind today.

Celebrated playwright and director Hone Kouka (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Raukawa) delves into his brand new production ‘Ngā Rorirori’, set to premiere June 18 - 25. What goes into a production that combines three forms that he loves most as an artist: Dance. Theatre. Farce?

Ahead of the Aotearoa tour of Legacy 1 with NZTrio, pianist Somi Kim takes us on an expansive journey through her musical influences, from Saint-Saëns to Bob Dylan to Dua Lipa (and back to Bob Dylan).

Theatre Maker

By Jess Soutar Barron

City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi's newly opened exhibit Hilma af Klint: the Secret Paintings presents for the first time in Aotearoa the groundbreaking works of Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint. Senior Curator (Toi) of City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi Aaron Lister breaks down his top picks from the exhibition, which runs until Sunday 27 March.