Sweeney Todd, once described by its composer, Stephen Sondheim, as a movie for the stage, had a dream venue in The Civic.

Vivat's latest project is ambitious: 10 CDs spanning 100 years of song from 1810 to 1910, decade by decade.

A Judy Millar retrospective shows the visceral strength of the artist's works.

Not many television series would cast an actor the calibre of Sam Neill only to kill him off less than half way through - but such

The Rodger Fox Big Band and NZTO's Swing into Spring concert sets the party mood in a raucous fun way.

Gruesome Playground Injuries is a slightly perplexing, but absorbing play.

Boys Will Be Boys delivers a searing indictment of how workplace culture can enable and support sexual violence.

I don't how to break this news to you, but I think Tom Hanks might be cursed when it comes to air travel. We've seen him survive a

Victor Herbert is mostly remembered for his operettas, now a new collection of his orchestral music reminds us this man had a very different life before he succumbed to the lure of Broadway.

Basically Sausage Party is a sniggering, dirty spin on the typical Pixar film, with the one big joke being its cartoons dropping f-bombs.

Blood Father heads towards an anaemic finish, but it offers plenty of pulp excitement along the way.

Tom Hanks sure suits the rank of captain. He was one in Saving Private Ryan and high-seas thriller Captain Phillips.

A cautionary tale about a high school teenager working out who she is and the dangers of being hardwired to the internet.

Bad Moms follows a group of frazzled moms in suburban Chicago who decide to throw away "having it all" in exchange for having fun and making time for themselves.

Well, it could have been worse. Like Absolutely Fabulous the movie bad or Mrs Browns Boys D' Movie bad.

Works selected for the Walters Prize, now on show at Auckland Art Gallery and to be announced later this month, are three video works and a billboard display representing each artist's body of work.

You're not too likely to encounter the music of Auber in today's opera houses and concert halls. Well, not in this country, although

This surprising show - by new writer/director Ash Jones - is bonkers in the most wonderful way.

As a movie, 'Chasing Great' reminds us that Richie McCaw is one impressive bloke, but also that over-achievers are tricky doco subjects.

Bach Musica NZ marketed this early evening concert as a Mozart Feast and a generous repast it was.

Geoff Allen's snippets-of-life drama is prettily presented by director Amanda Rees and holds attention with some lovely moving moments

Long live the art of painting

Bad Moms is essentially your average frat-house party flick, starring hot Hollywood mums in place of Zac Efron - or at least it's trying to be.

There have been three previous Ben-Hur movies, as well as an animated version, a mini-series and a famous homage - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - that ripped off its chariot race.

During the past few years, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has presented annual Choral Masterpieces evenings, focusing on one particular

The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) opened its premiere season with a double-bill programme consisting of two strikingly different

COMMENT: The nuance and power of the the piece was indisputable, a monument to bravery and what television can still achieve if it aspires to.

The Real Housewives of Auckland might be appallingly timed but it is the most entertaining television of the year, writes Duncan Greive.

If the Legionnaire hat comes roaring back into fashion in New Zealand this summer, we won't need to look far to find the reason why.

If the title Venus in Fur sounds vaguely familiar you could be thinking of Velvet Underground circa 1967 or the 19th century erotic novel.