Elizabeth Kerr

1 week ago | fivelines.nz | Elizabeth Kerr

Brown grew up in Invercargill, and his early musical experiences didn’t obviously point to a professional orchestral career. His father took him, with his sister, to recorder classes at the local Saturday morning music classes and joined them in the lessons. “Sitting there with my dad, both of us trying to figure out how to play BAG, that’s where it all started”, Brown remembers.

1 week ago | fivelines.nz | Elizabeth Kerr

La Bohème, he explains, is a lodestone for any opera company. “It’s pretty much a perfect opera, in terms of the music, the shape of the libretto and the audience experience. It has all the elements. It’s short, it has a touching story of love and loss, it has great singing, great writing and a very satisfying dramatic arc.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Elizabeth Kerr

A female singer faces a lawsuit for having a boyfriend in this underpowered Cannes Premiere Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir: Koji Fukada. Japan. 2025. 124mins When it’s discovered that a young Japanese singer has a boyfriend, thus breaking the ‘no love’ clause in her contract, she winds up facing a lawsuit in this not-terribly-urgent dissection of identity, online validation, idol culture and misogyny in Japan’s massive J-pop industry.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Elizabeth Kerr

Story of two friends attempting to escape their marginalised roots could be an Un Certain Regard breakout Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir/scr: Neeraj Ghaywan. India. 2025. 117mins. Does being homebound indicate remaining where one is, or does it suggest travelling back to one’s roots? The word holds several meanings for two friends living on India’s fringes and seeking to defy their marginalisation by heading to the city to sit for police department exams.

2 weeks ago | meetings-conventions-asia.com | Elizabeth Kerr

Hong Kong Tourism Board’s push for mega-events, combined wit new measures from the Central Government, looks to be paying off. As of early 2025, the city has confirmed 140 major MICE events for 2025 including Hong Kong’s first crypto event, Consensus Hong Kong 2025, aviation-focused Routes World 2025, and Informa Markets’ Connect Marketplace.