New ZealandA monumental gift of history for Gulf's futureBernard Orsman talks to the people behind a most generous offering to Auckland.11 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: The Manganiyar SeductionThe 42 Indian musicians of <i>The Manganiyar Seduction</i> work their wiles in the glare of red and light-bulbs, piled up in a grid inspired by Amsterdam's red-light district.10 Mar 11:27 PM
New ZealandArtist finds inspiration in birds of gulf islandsWildlife artist Chris Gaskin spends hours drawing the intricate patterns on a bird.10 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Martha WainwrightMartha Wainwright describes her look as "ageless" - she is poised on the stage dressed like a school-girl with hair all wispy like her grandmother's.10 Mar 12:02 AM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: May BMaguy Marin's landmark work, celebrating 30 feted years of continuous performance, begins with the sculptured forms of its ten dancers, posed in dusty alabaster-like desertion.09 Mar 10:41 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: La OdiseaTeatro de Los Andes, based in Bolivia, offered to stage their "earthquake play" here instead of <i>La Odisea</i>, but were turned down for logistical reasons. 08 Mar 10:28 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: The Interminable Suicide of Gregory ChurchIf you are looking for a show that is funny and uplifting, it is unlikely that you would settle on something that has interminable and suicide in its title.08 Mar 04:30 PM
TravelDon't miss: Bonnaroo Music and Arts FestivalNamed by <i>Rolling Stone</i> magazine as one of 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll.08 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Beautiful MeThe stage is dark with just the faint gleam of drum kit, sita, cello, violin and four seated musicians.07 Mar 10:12 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: The Turn of the ScrewWhen the Basement theatre is packed out at 10pm on a Monday night for a local production based on a 19th century novella by Henry James, I think it is safe to say the Auckland Fringe Festival and the Auckland Arts Festival are going off.07 Mar 10:02 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: Drowning in Veronica LakeBoldly and cleverly, this Flaxworks solo show is built upon one solitary, striking symbol of celebrity. 06 Mar 11:16 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Jack DeJohnette, Jack Johnson: Soundtrack to a Legend06 Mar 10:05 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Loin... (Far...)French dancer-choreographer Rachid Ouramdane's multimedia performance reviewed by Raewyn White03 Mar 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAuckland Arts Festival: Moving Wright alongBernadette Rae talks to the man many consider the guru of New Zealand dance, master choreographer Douglas Wright.03 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleJohn Verryt's favourite thingsSet designer John Verryt shows <i>Viva</i> a few of his favourite treasures.03 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: XerxesHeroes don't come much kookier than Xerxes. He may be the King of Persia but he opens Handel's opera by extolling the beauties of a plane tree; a man who, as one character comments, "is aroused by a rough trunk."03 Mar 12:00 AM
EntertainmentArts Festival Review: Havoc in the GardenThe latest piece of youth-oriented theatre from Massive Company adopts the admirably egalitarian but dramatically unsatisfying strategy of giving what amounts to a lead role to each member of the 14 person cast.02 Mar 09:50 PM
EntertainmentJacqueline Smith's week of itJacqueline Smith's week of tv, music and movies.02 Mar 08:30 PM
EntertainmentArts festival: Dance exponentsWhen is a dance work not a dance work? asks Bernadette Rae about an Arts Festival piece which mixes French intellectualism, untrained performers and Lionel Richie.02 Mar 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAuckland Arts Festival: A vocal ambitionRebecca Barry talks to Kiwi opera singer Kristen Darragh about her drive to perform around the world.02 Mar 05:30 PM
