HEALR is an intriguing exploration of the concept of wellbeing in 2016. Created and performed by leading dance independents, Rose

NZME's Head of Entertainment Joanna Hunkin and NZH Focus's very own sweetie darling Laura McGoldrick, delve into the new Ab Fab movie in style.

COMMENT: Seven years on the popular British show Time Team obviously left Gallagher with a strong sense for what audiences will find interesting.

The evening almost stole upon us. First up, clarinettist Julian Bliss gave us Debussy with pianist Sarah Watkins and, with shivery

It was cheering that the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra opened its latest concert with an indisputable Strauss masterpiece.

Melodrama falls a little flat on debut but theatre company shows potential.

Plopping the beloved characters from the riotous 90s British sitcom in 2016, drizzling them in Champagne and celebrity cameos, and seeing what comes out the other side.

COMMENT: I've loved the Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling for over 10 years, but now, for the first time, I feel disappointed with her - and it hurts.

COMMENT: The fact "reality TV isn't real" still gets regular play as a Big Reveal is one of the best running jokes in our media.

REVIEW: Never have I sat in a movie theatre and felt more of a sense of pride than when I saw this film.

It's been slammed by critics everywhere, but surely there must be some ray of light in this big budget Hollywood Blockbuster? Laura McGoldrick took Chris Campbell along to see if they could fill in the cracks.

This small and absorbing Icelandic film is much more affecting than its modest ambitions may seem to promise.

By allowing the audience to decide how much they will pay for the show, Free Happiness poses a challenge that doubles as an attractive, if somewhat risky, marketing ploy.

COMMENT: The sisters' honesty and openness helps set Kitchen Diplomacy apart from the countless other travel and cooking shows on television.

Audiences have become accustomed to the seemingly inevitable triumph of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's annual Opera in Concert.

Netflix's new show Stranger Things might just be the best series of 2016.

Deutsche Grammophon has taken Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich's 75th birthday very seriously. New releases include a Bueno Aires

Nicky Spence's impassioned performance of Andre Caplet's 1917 song-cycle, Les Prieres inevitably takes on new resonances, after an

Wednesday night's installment of A Woman's Place, presented a particularly rose-tinted view of life inside Gloriavale.

Review: This latest one takes what made the original Bournetrilogy special and squanders it with a hackneyed story of revenge and cyber surveillance.

Join Sarah Gandy and Laura McGoldrick in wrapping up this weeks music news.

For what should be a simple exercise in soundtrack cash-ins, the Ghostbusters OST sure makes a mess of things.

Aaradhna's been through a lot and on Brown Girl she's intent on telling you all about it.

COMMENT: I was surprised at the news of the renewal of Filthy Rich, as I was far from the only critic to find the show a dated, horny mess.

A Time To Die (Hachette) Tom Wood $34.99 Englishman Wood says he got into the book business "to pen thrillers with the boring bits

The final of the Lexus Song Quest celebrated the competition's 60 years in style.

Sinfonia Domestica of Richard Strauss offered 44 minutes of uber-romantic immersion in the second half of the NZSO's Mozart & Strauss concert.

The story's 15-year-old detective suffers from acute Asperger's syndrome and his weirdly distorted perspective on life proves to be deeply revealing.

Australian producer Flume captivated a sellout crowd in Auckland, with dazzling visuals and beats that more than lived up to the hype.

Mostly we see a terrified young man, staring down the barrel of an uncertain future. And six more hours spent transfixed on the couch.