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Theatre reviewer Janet McAllister has a mixed night out at the fringe festival.

Reviewer Dione Joseph leaves Pop-up Globe's Henry V with a new favourite play.

Andrew Gunn's first play was an award-winner; expectations are high for his next.

Dramatic battles recall the 'original immersive theatre'.

How a simple grain defines us.

William Dart finds the NZSO's collaboration with the Modern Maori Quartet has mixed results.

A night on the Floating Theatre makes for an enchanted evening, writes Janet McAllister.

Musician and theatre director Robin Kelly from the Last Tapes Theatre Co, talks about his show 'Valerie'.

Can a performance make us genuinely care about the dying? Dione Joseph thinks so.

Dance show Castles shows maybe life's mosaic of experiences are difficult to fathom.

Theatre review: Paul Simei-Barton takes a look at the Pop-up Globe's latest production.

Who says you need to be on land to see a show in the Auckland Fringe Festival?

William Dart reviews the APO's latest concert.

Can't understand Te Reo? Hakarongo Mai will help you out. This year, the live translation service for Te Matatini launched an app to help non-Te Reo speakers keep up with performances. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Forget the musical Cats, here's a genuine cat show where the feline stars are centre stage if they want

Disappointment with one CD turns to delight for William Dart who is alerted to a composer most of us should get to hear.

Auckland Arts Festival is producing five community-based projects where participation is the focus

APO TO give first performance of composer Christopher Rouse's 2005 Oboe Concerto outside the United States.

Ray Chan is the APO's first conducting fellow, one of the orchestra's many initiatives to bring music to more Aucklanders

A play at the Fringe Festival questions the pardons being given to gay men

From comedy to science fiction, there are few topics acclaimed New Zealand playwright Stephen Sinclair hasn't brought to the stage.

Not only are performers putting their best feet forward for Te Matatini 2017 - but several are using it as a chance to progress their education by earning NCEA credits and even tertiary. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

National kapa haka festival Te Matatini has started in Hastings today with an emotionally charged opening performance from Auckland

A Te Matatini life member who was one of the stars of the national kapa haka festival the last time it was held in Hawke's Bay is

This is a dance show worth rushing to be part of, writes Raewyn Whyte.

Theatre reviewer Janet McAllister takes a theatrical trip to the supermarket.

Students at Otaki's Te Kura-ā-Iwi O Whakatupuranga Rua Mano, study NCEA, and tertiary papers at the same time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Fringe Festival director Lydia Zanetti on how she pulled together a festival without much funding.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra launched its main New Zealand Herald Premier series with John Rimmer's Vulcan, a fanfare it commissioned 18 years ago.