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Arts Festival Review: The Manganiyar Seduction
The 42 Indian musicians of The Manganiyar Seduction work their wiles in the glare of red and light-bulbs, piled up in a grid inspired by Amsterdam's red-light district.

Fringe Festival Review: Standstill
Some marvellous images are being created at the Basement this Fringe, writes Janet McAllister

Arts Festival Review: May B
Maguy 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.

Album Review: Teddy Thompson, Bella
This 35-year-old son of famed British folk-rockers Richard and Linda follows his own path.

Album Review: Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
Liam, the first Gallagher brother out of the gates since Oasis split, delivers this sound debut with a "new" band, which is especially promising given Noel was the songwriter/prime-mover behind Oasis.

Album Review: Barnaby Weir, Tarot Card Rock
Barnaby Weir has built such a strong brand for himself fronting his big bands Black Seeds and Fly My Pretties, that he had the confidence to drop the dub, the back-up and the moniker for his latest solo venture.

Album Review: Tiki Taane, In The World Of Light
It's a dark and punishing trio of tracks at the centre of Tiki Taane's second solo album where he is at his fearsome best, writes Scott Kara

Movie Review: Certified Copy
Enigmatic, engrossing and finally enchanting, the first film shot outside his native Iran by the acclaimed Kiarostami is a Rubik's cube of a movie, constantly changing appearance according to the angle of view.

Movie Review: Blue Valentine
First things first: this small, intense drama, a sort of anti-Valentine to love turned sour, is driven by two of the most authentic and passionate screen performances you'll see this year.

Movie Review: Rango
There is nothing trendy or conventional about this latest venture from Pirates of the Caribbean collaborators Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinksi.

Book Review: <i>Wulf</i>
The genesis of this startling first novel is already en route to becoming a New Zealand literary legend.

Fringe Festival Review: The Hermitude of Angus, Ecstatic
At first, this late-night one-man show from Australia looks like just a vehicle for a Mr Bean impersonator in younger, more alternative clothing.

Arts Festival Review: Beautiful Me
The stage is dark with just the faint gleam of drum kit, sita, cello, violin and four seated musicians.

Fringe Festival Review: The Turn of the Screw
When 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.

Poetry Reviews: Fossicking in the past
Paula Green reviews three new volumes of poetry from New Zealand writers.

Fringe Festival Review: Drowning in Veronica Lake
Boldly and cleverly, this Flaxworks solo show is built upon one solitary, striking symbol of celebrity.

Fringe Festival Review: Silk
Paul Simei-Barton reviews Silk, on at the Basement Theatre as past of the Auckland Fringe Festival

Arts Festival Review: Paper Sky - A Love Story
After creating a sensation at the previous Auckland Arts Festival, the creators of The Arrival have returned with an exquisitely crafted rhapsody of image and movement-based theatre.