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Doc Edge, the annual international documentary festival, is getting bigger and better every year. It screens in two venues, The Capitol on Dominion Road and Takapuna Beachside Cinema.
With films from all around the world, political, environmental, personal, adventurous, emotional and controversial, the variety on offer caters for every taste and interest. The best feature of this film festival is the option of renting each of the carefully selected films from the programme to watch in the comfort of your own home, once the commercial screening is finished. This will be available from Monday July 27 to Monday August 10. Find the full programme and buy tickets, at https://docedge.nz/
CBD Event venue The Button Factory has extended to a whole building and doubled in space. The two floors “living room of our community” hosts a special immersive live music, projection and performance event with acoustic electronic beats by Harry Charles, screening project by Serena Stevenson, and others on Thursday 17, a mini festival Cove in the City with 12 hours of relaxation, connection, and movement including yin yoga, guided meditation, variety of music, Lotus lounge cafe with delicious hot meals and drinks, and markets on July 25; Yoga and Pancakes on Saturday morning offering vinyasa flow with Dani from Yoga Aotearoa followed by cacao and yummy bottomless pancakes on August 1, and many more events that you can explore at https://thebuttonfactory.co.nz/
A fun new initiative at Crave Cafe, Morningside, sees different storytellers go on stage to tell stories from their own life. The initiative is called StoryLab, and is happening about once a month, each time with different writers, actors or artists sharing their unique stories to a theme. www.actorslab.co.nz/storylab
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Winter Season brings a programme of three works honouring legacy and connection and celebrating the heritage of RNZB, including NZ premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, two works by Sarah Foster-Sproull inspired by the rhythmic energy of La Folia, and Andrea Schermoly’s Stand to Reason, a powerful tribute to the fight for equality by NZ women. 23th-25th July, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre. More details at https://rnzb.org.nz/
by Arts Writer Edna Heled
