"What does it mean to be somebody else's muse, and do you feel like you're being harvested and used?" Author Jessie Burton is pondering

As the centenary commemorations of World War I loomed, theatre-maker Geoff Allen wanted to write a play about New Zealand's contribution

Chemistry is vital on stage, when we want the performers in front of us to transport us out of the everyday. Does it make a difference

The New Zealand String Quartet has a distinguished track record on disc, balancing homegrown with international repertoire. Its latest

Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage has always seemed a poor cousin to his more popular Hebrides Overture, despite its literary

They say there's a first-time for everything; for Oliver Page and Benjamin Henson that time is now. Already established in their

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra take on the music of Ross Harris with excellent results.

TJ McNamara checks out new exhibitions from Elliot Collins and Daniel Crooks

I catch Javier Perianes by phone at his Hobart hotel and the Spanish pianist quickly assures me that, no, he's not watching the Olympics

The Powerco Wanganui Trust has pledged $600,000 to the Sarjeant Gallery's redevelopment project. The money is to be uplifted in

Modernist painting by Lois White undergoing restoration.

HEALR is an intriguing exploration of the concept of wellbeing in 2016. Created and performed by leading dance independents, Rose

When the dinner conversation turns to crocodiles, you know this is no ordinary music festival. Crocodiles are a regular part of life

Jordi Savall's latest project explores five centuries of shifting cultures in southern Spain, focusing on the city of Granada from

The classical music world is nothing if not cosmopolitan. German soprano Christiane Libor makes her debut with the New Zealand Symphony

At 27, Julian Bliss knows what it's like to be a wunderkind. The British clarinetist won his first major concerto competition at 12

The Thai community in Auckland are planning several celebrations in honour of their king, but remain anxious about his health.

In an office crammed with books and stage memorabilia, theatre-maker and teacher Pedro Ilgenfritz finds space for a battered brown

The race is on for the one of New Zealand's premier music competitions, the Lexus Song Quest. After five days working with Head Judge

Four days after winning the country's most prestigious song contest, Benson Wilson was at his Onehunga home helping to put away groceries

The fine city of Toulouse, on the river Garonne, has an air of Italy about it. It is immensely proud of its Capitole, the long neo-classical

Finals night looms for the cream of young chamber musicians.

Sir Andrew Davis, who conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Illuminations concert, roars with laughter when I tell him how

In August 1901, a Hugh McLeod, writing in The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine on the occasion of yet another performance of Il Trovatore

Schwartz had much to celebrate.

The world of author and illustrator Dr Seuss is one in which nothing and everything makes sense.

Award-winning director Sara Brodie drew on her experience of brain injury to depict the inner world of an autistic teenager in her new play.

COMMENT: Terry Teo is not just the best kids' show made in New Zealand in the last 10 years, it's the best TV show full stop. So why is TVNZ mucking around with it?

The comic universe's original Superman, killed off by DC Comics a few years ago, is zooming back to life. But now he has a son ... and is faced with a pretender claiming to be Clark Kent.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra seems happy that Music Director Giordano Bellincampi is back in town, and one sensed it in the first