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
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: La OdiseaTeatro de Los Andes, based in Bolivia, offered to stage their "earthquake play" here instead of <i>La Odisea</i>, but were turned down for logistical reasons. 08 Mar 10:28 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: The Interminable Suicide of Gregory ChurchIf you are looking for a show that is funny and uplifting, it is unlikely that you would settle on something that has interminable and suicide in its title.08 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Beautiful MeThe stage is dark with just the faint gleam of drum kit, sita, cello, violin and four seated musicians.07 Mar 10:12 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Jack DeJohnette, Jack Johnson: Soundtrack to a Legend06 Mar 10:05 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Paper Sky - A Love StoryAfter creating a sensation at the previous Auckland Arts Festival, the creators of <i>The Arrival</i> have returned with an exquisitely crafted rhapsody of image and movement-based theatre.06 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Lautten Compagney, Handel With CareProgramme of tasty morsels served with wonderful flair06 Mar 04:30 PM