It's been described as looking like a glass jewel box and it's about to become a jewel in the crown of the Auckland arts scene: it's

Super-soldier trilogy's final story has hope, but don't hold out for a happy ending, writes David Larsen

Joel Granger is experiencing the kind of success young perfomers hope for, but are warned is unlikely to happen.

An expatriate Kiwi writer who has lived in half a dozen countries says New Zealand culture is uniquely hostile towards women. Katherine

Greg Fleming rounds up the latest in crime fiction.

Tickets go on sale on Friday for Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and West Side Story, two of the world's most popular musicals.

Gruesome Playground Injuries is a slightly perplexing, but absorbing play.

TJ McNamara's weekly round-up of the latest art gallery shows.

Teddy Tahu Rhodes is one of our most successful opera singers; now he's coming home to play the lead in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Victor Herbert is mostly remembered for his operettas, now a new collection of his orchestral music reminds us this man had a very different life before he succumbed to the lure of Broadway.

Viva Voce is possibly the country's liveliest chamber choir; next weekend, itsHeavenly Bodies concert is inspired by The Bard's image of the orbs of heaven.

All eyes may have been on the full frontal nude depiction of Andrew Little, but painter André Hemer was the big winner at the Wallace Art Awards this week.

Whanganui artist Mark Rayner says he is pleased to learn that opposition leader Andrew Little is amused by the artist's naked impression

Proponents of eminent Maori architect John Scott have made a last-ditch effort to save one of his revered works on the shores of Lake

Tim and Sherrah Francis amassed the greatest names in New Zealand art for more than 50 years. Kim Knight talks to their son about the sale of his parents' unique collection.

When it comes to Kiwi Big Band jazz, Rodger Fox is the man who set the template; now he's touring the country with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

As I child, I remember having terrible stage fright. I was terrified of drama class and anything that required me to speak in front

A few words with Elizabeth Whiting, lawyer-turned-costume designer.

Every job has its challenges and there's many an adman (and, increasingly, woman) looking to escape; now 10 creatives are showing off what they do when they spring free.

You're not too likely to encounter the music of Auber in today's opera houses and concert halls. Well, not in this country, although

They're the ideas men behind some of our most iconic advertising campaigns and images, working in an industry regarded as one of the

This surprising show - by new writer/director Ash Jones - is bonkers in the most wonderful way.

History is written large at five year old Q Theatre.

It is easy to see why the Royal NZ Ballet's signature work Giselle has earned popular and critical acclaim at home in New Zealand and around the world: it is simply superb in every way.

His Map of the Human Heart took him to the Arctic Circle. His New Zealand films In Spring One Plants Alone, Vigil, The Navigator

Geoff Allen's snippets-of-life drama is prettily presented by director Amanda Rees and holds attention with some lovely moving moments

When the internationally-renowned Cirque du Soleil blows into town, there's a group of local circus performers they're keen to see. Based

Twelve weeks, two season extensions, 128 mostly sold-out performances attended by 100,000 (including 20,000 school students) and 10

Luca Manghi is in rehearsal week for tonight's Flautissimo concert, one of the regular chamber music evenings sponsored by Auckland's

During the past few years, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has presented annual Choral Masterpieces evenings, focusing on one particular