EntertainmentToni Potter: Reality bitesShe's probably best known for playing a floozy, boozy nurse on <i>Shortland Street</i>. But since quitting the soap two years ago, Toni Potter has returned to being one of Auckland's best theatre actresses.12 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentUnleashing the darknessModern parable on dangers of technology explores the father-son dynamic, writes Stephen Jewell. 26 Mar 02:20 AM
EntertainmentWorld Cinema Showcase: Films of faith and warNew Zealand Film Festival offshoot, the World Cinema Showcase, returns. TimeOut critic Peter Calder casts an eye over the programme and talks to the writer of one of the French highlights, Of Gods and Men.25 Mar 06:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre Review: Poor Boy, Maidment TheatreLink between the plot and Tim Finn's songs is tenuous, but it's a striking piece of theatre.20 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentStage is set for the Finns<i>Poor Boy</i>, the play inspired and soundtracked by Tim Finn's songs, has arrived in Auckland after seasons in Melbourne and Sydney. Dionne Christian goes behind the scenes.16 Mar 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMy Big Week: Ben BarringtonBen Barrington plays Olaf in The Almighty Johnsons, Mondays, 9.30pm, TV3.16 Mar 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Conor LovettConor Lovett is a virtuoso actor and widely acclaimed as the best living interpreter of Samuel Becket's work.13 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: StandstillSome marvellous images are being created at the Basement this Fringe, writes Janet McAllister10 Mar 06:59 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: The Hermitude of Angus, EcstaticAt first, this late-night one-man show from Australia looks like just a vehicle for a <i>Mr Bean</i> impersonator in younger, more alternative clothing.08 Mar 10:13 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: The Interminable Suicide of Gregory ChurchIf you are looking for a show that is funny and uplifting, it is unlikely that you would settle on something that has interminable and suicide in its title.08 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: The Turn of the ScrewWhen the Basement theatre is packed out at 10pm on a Monday night for a local production based on a 19th century novella by Henry James, I think it is safe to say the Auckland Fringe Festival and the Auckland Arts Festival are going off.07 Mar 10:02 PM
Entertainment<i>Deborah Hill Cone:</i> Bitching as an olympic sportThink Fame plus Benny Hill and you get the gist of hit reality show Pineapple Dance Studios, writes Deborah Hill Cone.07 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentMatt Whelan: Tall orderGo Girls' sidekick Matt Whelan gets his chance to shine on the big screen as a sorely tested suitor in the Kiwi romantic comedy My Wedding And Other Secrets.07 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: Drowning in Veronica LakeBoldly and cleverly, this Flaxworks solo show is built upon one solitary, striking symbol of celebrity. 06 Mar 11:16 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: SilkPaul Simei-Barton reviews <i>Silk</i>, on at the Basement Theatre as past of the Auckland Fringe Festival06 Mar 10:29 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Paper Sky - A Love StoryAfter creating a sensation at the previous Auckland Arts Festival, the creators of <i>The Arrival</i> have returned with an exquisitely crafted rhapsody of image and movement-based theatre.06 Mar 04:30 PM
