New ZealandGrants purse increasing to $14mAucklanders' rates have given a $46 million boost to 10 rescue, safety, arts and cultural groups in the past four years and a further $14 million gift is proposed for the 2013-14 year.17 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: The Show Must Go OnJerome Bel's <i>The Show Must Go On</i> is not so much a dance show as a show about dance. Its conventions, constructions, its expected forms, are mostly stripped away.17 Mar 11:32 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: RaptWhen Douglas Wright sets his stage with a big grey wall, it's a wall with an enigmatic, palpable life of its own. 16 Mar 11:08 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Paul Kelly A-Z, Town Hall Concert Chamber Russell Baillie reviews the first night of Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly's Auckland Arts Festival season.16 Mar 08:15 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Spirit of India 2011: Shehnai and fluteRajendra Prasanna comes from generations of Indian master musicians. On Tuesday, thanks to him and his three colleagues, a rapt audience fell under the spell of a music in which time itself seemed almost to stand still.16 Mar 12:39 AM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: The Manganiyar SeductionThe 42 Indian musicians of <i>The Manganiyar Seduction</i> work their wiles in the glare of red and light-bulbs, piled up in a grid inspired by Amsterdam's red-light district.10 Mar 11:27 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Martha WainwrightMartha Wainwright describes her look as "ageless" - she is poised on the stage dressed like a school-girl with hair all wispy like her grandmother's.10 Mar 12:02 AM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: May BMaguy Marin's landmark work, celebrating 30 feted years of continuous performance, begins with the sculptured forms of its ten dancers, posed in dusty alabaster-like desertion.09 Mar 10:41 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Lautten Compagney. TimelessThey may have swept us away with Handel and Purcell last week, but Lautten Compagney's Tuesday cocktail of Merula and Glass was altogether less enticing.09 Mar 12:22 AM
