Deposited as you are in a kind of Deadwood saloon it's surprising how much sense the futuristic and modern music of Ladi 6 and Shapeshifter make in this setting.

Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Fun but the Focker-Byrne feud might have run its course

Rating: 3.5. Verdict: All in the family.

The virtual band are beamed on to the giant screen and act out Hewlett's intriguing and twisted stories.

Aidan is a thirty-something professional blogger, living a low-rent version of the high-life in post-9/11 New York. His relationship with his journalist girlfriend, Cressida, is strained; he's stuck in a bit of a rut.

Alas, this this is the second-to-last novel from the Portuguese Nobel Prize winner from whom I have gained so much enjoyment and stimulus over the past few years.

Compulsory cringe binge Parks and Recreation's Amy Poehler shows no mercy in her painfully revealing portrayal of a babbling small-time bureaucrat. By Deborah Hill Cone.

The Smoke Fairies are best mates Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies who met in the school choir in rural Sussex.

This second annual Griffith fiction collection focuses on contributors and topics from the Pacific in a generously interpreted sense.

The arguments are over and the votes are in - here's the albums TimeOut reviewers consider the year's best.

Rating: 3.5. Verdict: Dazzling reboot with story blips

Harry emerged in a tutu that blew like a Marilyn Monroe photoshoot every time she stood near the fan at the front.

Rating: 3.5/5. Verdict: King of Pop crown regains lustre, too late.

It was an introduction Uwe Grodd could not resist, before launching Auckland Choral's annual Messiah.

What: The Fall Where and when: Powerstation Reviewed by: Scott Kara