The TimeOut and Arts team pick their places to be this weekend.

Auckland's powerhouse arts venue announces its 2018 artist-in-residence.

Much-loved Reg Livermore is in town to perform Bernstein's operetta Candide.

A writer has been given the chance to share Te Arawa stories as comics, but needs help.

No revisiting has been anywhere near as radical as Richter's.

David Fa'auliuli Mamea's one-woman play is a charming chamber production.

This driver's fake licence wasn't fooling anyone.

Northern Advocate chief reporter Mike Dinsdale chats with a bona fide reggae legend.

Writers Festival stars reveal the ones that got away.

The $8.4 million gallery will be open to the public on Saturday morning.

A circus like no other where the contrast between town and country vividly comes alive.

Jack Charles, a drug addict for 40 years and a prisoner for 20 of those, argues his case.

Avant-garde ensemble From Scratch take fans on a trip to savour, writes William Dart.

Royal New Zealand Ballet culture given the all-clear after years of artistic turbulence

World-renowned New York composer's bespoke gift is icing on the cake for NZ string trio.

Battle rap and traditional Samoan oratory go head to head in Auckland Arts Festival show.

Wynyard Quarter Silos are a fascinating place to make music from, says pianist.

A possible miscarriage of justice highlighted by Shakespeare gets second hearing.

Auckland Arts Festival seeks shows to appeal to young audiences; Junk was an absolute gem.

Classiest of boy bands shows how pop anthems become secular anthems, writes William Dart

Putting George Orwell's dystopia onstage is a way to skewer our era of alternative facts.

Scientists reveal new insights into a culture regarded as Polynesians' ancient ancestors.

Published 21 years ago, Barbara Ewing's novel The Actresses is more relevant than ever.

In the open-air Silo Park, people were mostly subdued.

The world's most popular composer wants to put his audience to sleep. Why?

Cleaner Bas van Wel is a star of Auckland Arts Festival because his squeegee never stops.

After 20 years, a Canadian artist is still enchanted by Robert Lepage's space race story

Body language expert Suzanne Masefield uses story-telling to teach kids life lessons.

Bless the Child reminds us we're part of a society with responsibilities to one another.

Janet McAllister continues her literary odyssey in the woman who read Auckland.