After decades and decades and billions and billions of dollars it turns out about a million New Zealanders don't have the numeracy and literacy skills to make a living or make a go of life.

Simon Prast is a man on a mission.

"In what other industry would you be expected to take options that cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars?"

Paris' Pere Lachaise Cemetery is a surprisingly charming part of the City of Love, writes Liz Light.

If able soloists did not always lift Charpentier's characters from the page, Rosser's dramatic conception did not err.

School holiday theatre shows are all over town, writes Dionne Christian.

Two favourites and one new work are on show in the Young and Hungry line-up, writes Dionne Christian.

Offerings to suit a range of tastes are on show at Auckland's galleries this week.

You can get away with a lot when your superhero arsenal includes a "lasso of truth" and the ability to fly.