Almost as inevitable in life as taxes and death are television's food shows, which seem to know no mercy at all, though they do sometimes at least get out of the kitchen.

After last week's rather underpopulated We Remember concert, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra once again faced a half-empty town hall for its annual contemporary showcase.

In what is becoming a specialty for Auckland Theatre Company, Colin McColl has discovered another superb piece of contemporary theatre.

At first they were just haircuts - five Beatles-gone-horribly-wrong bobs that made these Brit-rockers look like real life versions of South Park's Goth Kids.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's We Remember deserved a much larger audience than it received.

Full houses are rare at the University of Auckland's Music Theatre but Wednesday's concert was special, celebrating composer Jack Body's 70th year.

One man, one guitar and one loop peddle is all it took to blow fans away.

Like every Disney movie has its own Lego set, every major sports tournament has its own game.

After the first 20 minutes of this concert you might have concluded that here was one of the most emotionally detached and disengaged shows in many years.

Auckland Choral's War and Peace opened dramatically.

There's nothing particularly cool about John Mayer these days.