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Theatre review: Les Miserables is la victoire

Auckland Music Theatre celebrates 100 years with stylish Les Miserables.

Promising talent makes the most of difficult script

Stars of the future shine despite doubling up on roles.

'Which pub are we going to?' — Suits star's class act after theatre ceiling collapse

Actor Wendell Pierce is being hailed for his speech following the theatre evacuation.

What's on in Whanganui this week? November 7-13

Your guide to what's happening in the Whanganui region this week.

NZ actor Stephen Papps: Maybe I should manufacture a good healthy dose of greed because I sure could do with the money

NZ actor Stephen Papps on getting older - and what it means for future roles.

On Skid Row - the Kiwis at the heart of the 'worst manmade disaster in the US'

LA's Skid Row is not a place you want to visit so why are kiwi theatre-goers going there?

Curtain up! Auckland Theatre Company reveals what's on stage in 2020

Auckland Theatre Company lifts the curtain on its 2020 season of plays.

Local Focus: Showtime for Tauranga Arts Festival

Ten-day arts extravaganza gets under way. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Whose story? Witi's Wāhine casts familiar tales in provocative new light

World premiere of play based on Witi Ihimaera's wāhine gets triumphant response.

Playing with a classic - Janet Frame's Owls Do Cry swoops onto the stage

Janet Frame's literary masterpiece Owls Do Cry now a world-first stage production.

Youth at risk charity gets major boost

Charity that helps youth at risk gets major boost from event organisers extraordinaire.

The NZ-bound musical 'making American Idiot great again'

One of the greatest concept albums of our time is coming to the New Zealand stage

Why 'we can't pat ourselves on the back' over inclusion summit

A new summit on inclusion is coming to NZ and its speakers are ready to fight.

Join in the buzz of Bee Aware Month

An interactive storytelling theatre piece around bees is coming to Rotorua.

Sailing away: Promoter of NZ's biggest theatrical flop pursued for $1.7m debt

Promoter of theatrical disaster cashes up artworks as he dodges creditors and liquidators.

Playwright brings home new perspectives on Pacific lives

A decade away, Samoan playwright returns home to show us what she's learned.