LifestyleArts Festival review: Meow Meow's Little Mermaid, SpeigeltentFunny, sexy and feminist all at the same time, Australian cabaret star Meow Meow (Melissa Madden Gray) delivers wonderful frivolity.09 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Duck, Death and the TulipThe makers of this show have given themselves a challenge: they've attempted to adapt what is primarily adult literature for 4-8-year-olds.07 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: The James PlaysThe National Theatre of Scotland offers both history lessons and captivating drama in its trilogy of plays about the country's early kings being staged at the Auckland Arts Festival.06 Mar 08:02 PM
EntertainmentAuckland Arts Festival: Carabosse Fire GardenFrance's Compagnie Carabosse has transformed an under-utilised part of the domain - aptly incorporating the Three Witches statue - into an otherworldly fire garden.04 Mar 10:47 PM
LifestyleThe cat's meow meowA post-postmodern diva is about to take over the Auckland Arts Festival's Spiegeltent with her take on a Hans Christian Andersen folk tale.04 Mar 07:30 PM
EntertainmentWatch: Auckland Arts Festival - MaramaEncounter the sacred beauty of the forests of Fiji, the Solomons, Samoa and Aotearoa at Marama.Watch02 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTechnology bridges gulf between science and artsYou couldn't get further away from an artist's studio or concert auditorium than the Laboratory for Animate Technologies at the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute.25 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentCreative subjects battling for manaAre we in danger of kicking creativity out of the classroom? Dionne Christian looks at what the arts can teach our children.24 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMaori culture our 'standout feature'In part 3 of our Arts in Auckland coverage, Dionne Christian looks at how you try to include everyone.23 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentCreativity thriving on city's edgeWith high-profile regional facilities in central Auckland - not to mention the lion's share of festivals - is there arts and cultural life in the 'burbs?22 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentDaring plan to make Auckland a city of artIs Auckland now the city of arts? Dionne Christian investigates in a five part series that starts today by looking at arts & the economy.21 Feb 04:00 PM
LifestyleGrowing up gay - then and nowAhead of a new exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Act, David Herkt reveals what it was like to grow up gay in the 1970s, while Sam Brooks explains what it's like today.18 Feb 06:00 PM
EntertainmentInternational Buskers Festival: Out on the streetsAhead of the 2016 International Buskers Festival, Dionne Christian profiles the best in the business.29 Jan 08:00 PM
New ZealandSoprano reveals battle with stage frightAcclaimed Kiwi soprano Dame Malvina Major has performed all around the world, in front of royalty and in terror-ravaged countries.04 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: IthacaThis spectacular cirque cabaret, starring the stylish acrobats of The Dust Palace, imagines The Odyssey as Star Trek.26 Nov 08:00 PM
EntertainmentFlashdance musical heading to NZGet your leotards, leg-warmers and sweatbands ready, because Flashdance is making a comeback, this time in stage musical form.18 Nov 05:00 PM
EntertainmentUrbanesia: Pacific pleasuresThe Southside Arts Festival has morphed into Urbanesia, and offers more than 70 events, concerts, workshops and family days, many of them free, at a range of venues.14 Nov 02:21 AM
New ZealandUrbanesia showcases city culturePasifika beats, arts, culture and talent will be seen and heard around Auckland over the next two weeks during the Urbanesia festival, which starts today.12 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival lineup getting even biggerThe lineup for next year's Auckland Arts Festival keeps growing with the announcement last night of more shows joining the March 2-20 programme.05 Nov 05:30 AM
New ZealandStage masterOne of our finest acting and directing talents turns his attention to the classic musical Guys and Dolls. By Dionne Christian11 Oct 09:44 PM
EntertainmentAll the danger of the circusThe wheel of death rolls out for the latest spectacular, writes Dionne Christian.11 Oct 12:00 AM
EntertainmentKate Tempest set to storm NZKate Tempest is a woman of many talents, with a background as a poet, playwright and a novelist. When she's here in January, she'll be showcasing her skills as a rapper.07 Oct 05:00 PM
EntertainmentDance review: Mitimiti, Tempo Dance FestivalMitimiti has its beginnings in choreographer Jack Gray's personal journey in search of a closer connection with his Te Rarawa heritage and marae in the Hokianga.30 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: Manifesto 2083, The BasementAt the start of this intellectually confronting and complex one-man play, Olaf Hojgaard (Edwin Wright) tells us he was watching the 2011 Tour de France telecast when he first heard about Anders Behring Breivik's politically-motivated murder.29 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Perri ExeterPerri Exeter is a choreographer and dance teacher at Rutherford College where her students got the best scholarship results in New Zealand.28 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentPlay filled with unexpected twistsPlaywright Aroha Awarau has created a sensitive and engaging drama out of something that is almost unimaginably tragic - the random death of a young man cut down in his prime as an innocent bystander at a police shooting.22 Sep 10:55 PM
EntertainmentShakespeare's classic comedy spellbindingIf you are going to do fairies there can be no holding back, so wunderkind English choreographer Liam Scarlett unashamedly mixes.03 Sep 03:20 AM
EntertainmentReview: Welcome homecoming for trioThere was a sense of celebration, marred only by the thudding beats of revivalist worship downstairs. A well-filled Town Hall Concert Chamber hosted an audience keen to welcome home some distinguished young Auckland musicians.31 Aug 08:00 PM
