By allowing the audience to decide how much they will pay for the show, Free Happiness poses a challenge that doubles as an attractive, if somewhat risky, marketing ploy.

Harry Potter has cast his last spell, his creator JK Rowling said at the gala opening of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London's West End.

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In an office crammed with books and stage memorabilia, theatre-maker and teacher Pedro Ilgenfritz finds space for a battered brown

Comedy dance goes boogie, writes Dionne Christian.

The script book for the stage production 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child', which has received rave reviews, has surpassed order expectations

The story's 15-year-old detective suffers from acute Asperger's syndrome and his weirdly distorted perspective on life proves to be deeply revealing.

Home and Away actor Ray Meagher says he's counting the days until he reprises his role as Bob the mechanic in the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Hawkins Construction will within the next week hand over the new $35 million ASB Waterfront Theatre when the main construction contract is complete.

ATC's celebration of youth theatre has thrown up three plays that coalesce into a wildly energetic, multi-vocal snapchat on what it is like to be young.

Stage fright will no longer stop Siobhan Marshall.

A few words from actor Rima Te Wiata.

Two formerly homeless men have become stars in a fundraising video for the Auckland City Mission.

This beautifully sung song cycle follows the same unusual format as Brel: two guys and two gals singing songs without an overarching

Masks and quick character changes lend vitality and humour to the tragic love story.

A voice-over for vision-impaired kids puts the fun back in 'Badjelly'.

I don't think there was a clear moment I decided I wanted to be an actor. Certainly there were experiences I had that helped seal

Almost ten years since its premiere Briar Grace-Smith's timeless classic of love, loss and legacies once again takes to the stage

Theatre doesn't get much more real than this. Two brothers and their father stand onstage to give an unfiltered account of their lives

An array of artefacts have been found beneath the floorboards of the historic St James theatre as it undergoes a transformation.

Lightfoot, who's been with NDT since 1985, is funny, self-deprecating and so completely dedicated that he sweeps you along on a wave of charm and enthusiasm.

When Sieni Leo'o Olo saw Massive Company perform for the first-time, she returned to drama classes at Aorere College and told her classmates "we're doing it all wrong, guys!"

Heaven is being on a bridge over the River Seine with a bottle of wine, a baguette and some Roquefort, and an eclair. All of which only cost €5.

Prepare yourselves Home and Away fans, Alf Stewart is about to disappear from the show.

Prince left behind "vaults full of music", which could easily be lent to a Broadway musical.

The enduring relevance of Greek tragedy is persuasively demonstrated in Euripides' Medea.

Rawiri Paratene reckons he could be the most well-travelled New Zealander in the world - and even if he's not, his travels have still made history.

This entertaining production - Indian Ink's seventh - offers buffoonery, clever theatrics and yards of ramshackle plot.

Todd Emerson goes back to 1980s NZ in three of his current roles in TV3 series Westside, the popular play Hudson and Halls and Kiwi rock musical Daffodils.