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.

Phone bidders from around the world are expected to take part in an auction of rare Napoleonic memorabilia in Auckland tonight.

Auckland rallied in force to farewell the New Zealand Youth Choir on the eve of a tour that will take it to Shanghai's World Expo.

This one-man show engages the audience with an intimate conversational tone.

Artistic director Karen Grylls should be justifiably proud of the diversity and range of music that her 46-strong choir will be singing.

This year the Montana NZ Book Awards have become the NZ Post Book Awards, with fewer categories and smaller shortlists.