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Extraordinary creator of theatrical magic

When the wild and unclassifiable genius Warwick Broadhead went to live on Waiheke Island six years ago, he liked saying that he was entering his "contemplative years".

Live review: Empire in the Spielgeltent, Wynyard Quarter

Critics' knives inflict surface wounds

Bank gets theatre in motion

The curtain is rising on the long-awaited Auckland Theatre Company's new Wynyard Quarter complex after ASB Bank upped its contribution.

Theatre review: Romeo and Juliet, Tapac

Shakespeare's tale of teenage love is brought to life with an authentic, very contemporary infusion of teenage vitality from the Young Auckland Shakespeare Company.

Review: Hauraki Horror, The Basement

The Basement's Christmas fundraising tradition is as scruffy and silly as a present wrapped by toddlers using tinsel and a gluestick.

Peter Calder: Stage veteran's Monkey business

Finding Warwick Broadhead's house on Waiheke Island is a bit of a mission. The confusion comes down to the distinction between east and west, which seems faintly ironic, since his current inspiration is of distinctly oriental origin.

Angels in America takes top prize

Director Shane Bosher and the Silo Theatre team behind the staging of Tony Kushner's epic <i>Angels in America</i> last night won top prize at the annual Auckland Theatre Awards.

Hewitson: Elisabeth Easther

Elisabeth Easther, the sometime actress, playwright and part-time journalist, lives in a pretty little house in Pt Chevalier.

Humour in search for love

Having decked out The Basement as a real bar with table seating, a mirror ball and a tinsel-draped karaoke stage, Silo's end-of-year bash kick-starts the festive season with a Shortland Street star and a roster of theatrical A-listers strutting their stuf

NZ Arts Award gives Cliff Curtis a shot of 'creative energy'

Musical review: Jesus Christ Superstar, Q Theatre

In reimagining Jesus and the Apostles as a rock band, director Oliver Driver delivers a hot mess; it's sometimes excellent, writes Janet McAllister.

Actors line up for blind dates

Fools, monsters and cereal boxes

Ten years ago, three artists who met through the Bournemouth music scene piled into a small car and embarked on a micro-tour of London, Newcastle and Edinburgh showcasing their blend of paper....

HeLa's gift to science dramatised

A one-woman show toured under the auspices of the British Council testifies to live theatre's unrivalled ability to enliven storytelling with a palpable sense of a real human presence.

12 Questions: Victor Rodger

Acclaimed writer Victor Rodger is the illegitimate son of a teenage mum and his play Sons, which he wrote 20 years ago, is being performed again in Mangere this week.