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Footnote Dance Company farewells core dancers with dramatic dance theatre show.
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Choosing Beethoven over the All Blacks - how beautiful music stylishly performed soothed
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The best of British - a sterling treat for film fans
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Seen and heard - new voices deliver moving story
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Anna Murray: A lament for TV3
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Star duo, Stevens join hall of fame
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Janet Frame's modern make-over is a fitting tribute
Response to Janet Frame's remarkable book electrifies.
Utter enchantment to be found at the orchestra
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Theatre review: Cast shines in latest collaboration with Walking Dead star
Half of the Sky delivers a full, heart-warming evening of life-affirming theatre.
NZ opera stars shine in dark and ghostly tale
The Turn of the Screw is gripping and unsettling, Gothic opera at its best.
Takin' a snoop at a hip new talent show
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Local lives given the glitz of musical theatre
A home-grown musical packs an emotional punch as local lives go under the spotlight.
Anna Murray: The Bachelorette Australia serves up a plot twist
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Tectonic impact? NZTrio shakes down
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Philosopher Symphony outplays monster score
NZ Symphony Orchestra praised for adventurous programming but it fails to truly fire.
High-end surveillance good for the soul
When a UK family agrees to spy on one another, it makes for moving and memorable TV.
Beneath the sequins and confetti of Hustlers, is there one of the best films of the year?
Tom Augustine wraps up the weekend in film with glowing praise for Jennifer Lopez flick.
Does Green Day's American Idiot still stand up?
Is the Award-winning musical a rocking good time or will it leave you feeling punked?
Dance review: sold out crowds show love for indigenous dance
Hungry for more: Tempo Dance Festival continues to draw enthusiastic 2nd week crowds.
Anna Murray: RuPaul's Drag Race UK funny - and filthy
COMMENT: If you're looking for something that's very funny and filthy this is for you.
Whose story? Witi's Wāhine casts familiar tales in provocative new light
World premiere of play based on Witi Ihimaera's wāhine gets triumphant response.
Awesome power on display in Tempo Dance Festival '19
Annual Tempo Festival opens with performances which show strength of local dance scene.
NZ musician shows why she's one of our best
Star performers shine with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
The Politician: don't believe the spin
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Joker is inconsistent, bleakly reductive and ought not to inspire this much talk
Joker is a largely uninspired riff on the clown prince of crime and ideologically empty.
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