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.

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.

Vampire films are meant to be haunting. But this one from American indie master Jim Jarmusch offers a different kind of spooking.

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.