
Theatre review: Between the Sheets, The Basement
There's an immediate frisson of friction between the two characters - a teacher and a mother - in this hour-long, real-time conversation.
There's an immediate frisson of friction between the two characters - a teacher and a mother - in this hour-long, real-time conversation.
While young Yayoi Matches won't be among the thousands of students sitting NCEA exams this month, she'll be under a very real pressure of her own.
We profile stars of Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson show about to open in NZ. Today: Leeco Kosmidis.
The first in a series profiling stars of the Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson show about to open in Auckland.
Does he like peeling onions? Michael Hurst looks bemused by the question - he is eating a home-made salad of piquant appearance - so he pauses, fork in mid-air, and tilts his head.
Take a look at some of the acts that will be performing at the 2014 NZ Festival.
The Mozart Requiem may have made for an almost full house on Thursday night as Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2013 Choral Masterpiece, but the concert's inclusion of two Haydn works was very much appreciated.
You could just be mesmerised by the sheer physical beauty of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Swan Lake. It is the stunning production's fourth season, its best ever and a perfect celebration of the company's 60th anniversary year.
There's a tantalising connection between Jazz Age performance legend Josephine Baker and the Old Folks Ass.
Dionne Christian previews a school holiday course of film-making fun for youngsters with ambitions.
I first saw this clowning classic several years ago, and remembered it fondly enough to want to take the resident 8-year-old this time around.
Sir Humphrey Appleby, the consummate civil servant with a patrician disdain for the delusions of democratic government, is an almost perfect comic creation.
Cirque du Soleil is bringing a version of its Michael Jackson show to NZ; at another there's a Kiwi at the helm, finds Leena Tailor.
Oliver Driver, Rima Te Wiata and a dozen other actors aren't allowed to read this review.
What an inspired idea, devising a staging of The Odyssey with teenagers and children.
Everything from slice-of-life realism through to surrealistic flights of fancy are on display in the second week of the Short+Sweet Festival.