The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) opened its premiere season with a double-bill programme consisting of two strikingly different

Already enjoying success as one of three dancers in the leading role of Albrecht in Giselle, there's further kudos for Royal New Zealand

John Reynolds is tackling one of the big mysteries of New Zealand art. What happened when Colin McCahon disappeared from the Sydney

The New Zealand Dance Company's double bill, The Absurdity of Humanity, brings together two works that offer two alternate visions

What: Resident by James Cousins Where and when: Gow Langsford Gallery, 26 Lorne St, to August 27 TJ says: Luminous, near abstract

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

"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

Stephen Layton knows his Bach. The English conductor, together with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, delivered a memorable Mass

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

A wooden carving commissioned as part of a regional public art programme has been vandalised.

Tonight's second instalment of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Degenerate, Denounced, Outrageous series was always going to be the

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

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

Deutsche Grammophon has taken Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich's 75th birthday very seriously. New releases include a Bueno Aires

Comedy dance goes boogie, writes Dionne Christian.

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

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

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

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