Theatre Guide

Reel Dance screen feast at Tapac.

Tempo dance festival
There are all sorts of events going on around town as the festival enters the second of its three-week cycle. There's the Reel Dance screen feast at Tapac, the Rialto and Galatos from tomorrow until Oct 14; Funk It Up 06 with the Triple8 Funk Dance Company, at the Mercury on Sat; the Rapa Dance Collective at Tapac, today and tomorrow; World Dance Showcase, at Tapac on Sat, and so much more. Tempo

Bad Jelly The Witch
Venue: The Wintergarden, Civic Theatre
Season ends: Oct 8
Spike Milligan's classic children's story about the quest by Tim and Rose to find their missing cow. Before meeting the nastiest witch in the land, they get help from a host of characters, including a worm, a mouse, and a tree goblin.

The Ocean Star
Venue: Maidment Theatre
Season ends: Oct 21
Shortland Street's Michael Galvin has been polishing this dark comedy for years and at last the ATC is getting in behind one of the funniest New Zealand scripts we've read in ages. Directed by Roy Ward, and starring Greg Johnson as the agoraphobic father of Dean O'Gorman and Adam Gardiner. A must-see.

Cymbeline
Venue: Silo Theatre, Lower Greys Ave
Season ends: Oct 21

Others and upcoming

Tiny Dynamite; Dr Faustus Light the Lights
Drama Studio, Level 3, Arts Building, 14 Symonds St, Auckland University, to Oct 7, ph 373 7699 ext 84226

One Act Play Festival
Waitemata Theatre, Corban Estate, Henderson, to Oct 14, ph 827 8561

The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, to Oct 7, ph 489 8360

Titus Andronicus
Maidment Studio, 8 Alfred St, Oct 11-21, ph 308 2383

500 Letters
Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, Oct 12-13, tickets from ticketek.co.nz

Les Miserables
Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre, 15 Glendale Rd, Glen Eden, to Oct 14, tickets from iticket.co.nz

Dance Like A Man
SkyCity Theatre, Hobson St, Oct 13-14, tickets from ticketek.co.nz

A Madman Sings to the Moon
Dolphin Theatre, 12 Spring St, Onehunga, to Oct 14, ph 636 7322

The Fifteenth Minute
Maidment Studio, 8 Alfred St, Oct 24-26, ph 308 2383

Halloween Mayhem & Malarky
Essex Reserve Park, Mt Eden Village, Oct 28, 12.30pm-2pm

Alex Ellis in Biscuit & Coffee
Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, Oct 31-Nov 11, tickets from ticketek.co.nz