Chicago greeted with rapturous applause by a captivated audience, writes Ethan Sills.

The TimeOut and Arts teams choose their picks for an entertaining weekend.

Bali not all sun, sand and Bintangs for family wedding party.

Footnote Dance Company performs with verve and commitment in latest dance works.

Uncomfortable truths revealed as choreographer and playwright unite over "crying men".

Auckland Arts Festival announces it first 2019 show, an opera with appeal for film fans.

Story of star-crossed lovers told with emotional urgency and exquisite singing.

Manga convention brings Japanese fantasy world to Auckland. / Jason Oxenham

Twelve-year picked for prestigious music school wants to be doctor.

The Walters Prize Exhibition opens at Auckland Art Gallery.

Irish novelist John Boyne creates truly monstrous leading man in latest brilliant book.

Creatures of the deep will come out at the 10th NZ Body Arts Award Showcase.

Ashton Wylie Book Award winner Murray Rae talks about the books which have inspired him.

Is Zac Langdon-Pole the luckiest artist on earth with a prize that sees him take flight?

Indian Ink play Mrs Krishnan's Party offers timely reminder of theatre's power to connect.

The TimeOut and Arts team choose their picks for an entertaining weekend.

Pacific art and culture features in the UK's first ever major exhibition of Oceanic art.

Star-crossed lovers play Romeo and Juliet in rare operatic take on tragic love story.

When it comes to NZ crime fiction, Greg Fleming says the boys' club is long gone.

Tj McNamara's Art of the Week

Some of New Zealand's most powerful people will be questioned by top Queen's Counsel.

David Hill recommends a short book which could change the way you look at your world.

Siobhan Harvey reviews the latest New Zealand poetry books.

Street poet David Merritt's works may be the most performed of all on National Poetry Day.

Aucklanders head to Chicago this month as the world's most performed musical arrives.

Bring on the weekend - there's theatre, music and art that we can't wait to see.

"It's an opportunity to create a memory" - parent Keryn Grogan.

Musical world of composer John Elmsly revealed by Auckland Chamber Orchestra.

Were female performers illegal in Shakespeare's day? A visiting professor thinks not.

Pianist Henry Wong Doe soars with Rachmaninov's popular Second Piano Concerto.