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Theatre review: Magnificence of La Traviata not to be missed

Theatre review: Seed, The Basement

Playwright Elizabeth Easther won the 2014 Adam Play Award with this sophisticated, witty and very contemporary meditation on the timeless processes of procreation.

Cirque du Soleil: Lord of the ring

Theatre review: Once on Chunuk Bair, Maidment Theatre

In this superb Auckland Theatre Company production of the Gallipoli play, twelve angry men fill the stage with presence and charisma, increasing the under-fire excitement of a battlefield tragedy.

The gregarious Su Pollard

Oh, go on, you know what you really want to know about the English comic actress, Su Pollard, is what she was wearing. I know I did.

Wiggles colour up young patients' day

When The Wiggles visited the Starship hospital, 4-year-old Jaxon Seilala was one of the few children treated to a special high-five.

And now for their next trick: The Illusionists return

Tour news: Turning Bach upside down

Movie review: King Lear

Kevin Spacey snaps at phone call during performance

Theatre Review: The Mother... with the Hat, The Basement

This highly entertaining, funny dramedy more than lives up to its actual title which is deemed too rude to print in full: this "mofo" show delivers fruity words with relish.

Theatre review: Shadowland, The Civic

There is absolutely no doubt that the artists of American dance theatre company Pilobulus are supreme masters of the ancient art of shadow play.

Henare back on Broadway

Actor George Henare will be the patron of one of Auckland's newest professional theatre companies, Newmarket Stage Company.

Sydney: Hear that Kiwi roar

Mangere's Nick Afoa is wowing Sydney audiences with his Simba the Lion King.

Six of the best kids' theatre groups

National Youth Theatre Company: Wiz kids

Danielle Wright visits the National Youth Theatre Company at rehearsal.

Shape-shifters

Spy news: Going into bat for Chris Cairns