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Long-running Wellington theatre to close doors

Theatre review: Kiss the Fish, Q Theatre

The magic of Indian Ink returns after a period of international touring with a new work that has the shrewdness of fable combined with the sweetness of a pop song.

Theatre review: Gwen in Purgatory, Tapac

This 2010 Australian comedy-drama continues the year's mini-trend of realist, real-time shows, writes Janet McAllister.

Something Wicked

New show a grandiose spectacle, says Barney McDonald.

Janet McAllister: Pacific theatre picks up the pace

Wicked: Not easy being green

Theatre review: Abigail's Party, Basement Theatre

Theatre preview: Gwen in Purgatory, Tapac

Katherine McRae finally gets to work with her mother Elizabeth on stage - and it's in a role well suited to both.

A gentleman who lived on his wits

Andrew Lloyd Webber hospitalised

British theatre mogul Andrew Lloyd Webber has been hospitalised in the UK, where he received his "12th general anaesthetic in 8 months".

Theatre review: Motel

Playwright April Phillips has created a finely crafted script that serves up four vignettes.

Language of marriage and murder

Theatre review: Sydney Bridge Upside Down

Taki Rua presents a boldly experimental piece of theatre that is as intriguing and idiosyncratic as the title.

Stage debut for dark tale of youth

Writer Stephen Ballantyne admits he didn't pay much attention when his late father David Ballantyne's novel Sydney Bridge Upside Down was published in 1968.

Convicted killer lends son a hand

Convicted double murderer David Wayne Tamihere has been lending a hand in a local production of hit Broadway musical Chicago.

Theatre review: Like There's No Tomorrow

The interactive theatre experience is given a thorough workout in a wildly energetic production that drops us right into the throbbing heart of an illicit high school after-ball.