Students at Otaki's Te Kura-ā-Iwi O Whakatupuranga Rua Mano, study NCEA, and tertiary papers at the same time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Fringe Festival director Lydia Zanetti on how she pulled together a festival without much funding.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra launched its main New Zealand Herald Premier series with John Rimmer's Vulcan, a fanfare it commissioned 18 years ago.

Provocative play prompts us to think before we speak.

Violinist Chloe Hanslip will play Mozart her own way on her beloved 1737 Guarneri del Gesu instrument.

It's a dance show where the audience gets to move, too.

The stage show fans of horror films must see.

Summer Shakespeare As You Like It is a good time, but a long one.

Silo Theatre's latest play takes the words out of our mouths and considers how powerful they really are.

Eli Kent has put his spin on Ibsen's Peer Gynt.

NZ Opera's The Mikado sounds sweet, writes William Dart.

Opera singer Natasha Wilson is performing in the world premiere production of NZ Opera's Candide at the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2018.

Auckland Arts Festival director Jonathan Bielski discusses his personal highlights of the festival.

William Dart reviews the APO's first concert of 2017.

William Dart finds a "dark, bleak history" unfolding in a superb new classical CD.

Chinese, English and Maori opera tells a striking story.

The musicality of the dancing, the lyricism of the music, and the clarity of the underlying narrative are unified and the ending is satisfying.

Auckland Airport is giving $120,000 to 12 charities as part of its annual 12 days of Christmas. The Herald is profiling each initiative.

Tim Finn has created an engaging score for a hit Aussie musical.

Auckland's acting community recognises outstanding achievements at annual awards.

The beauty and mystique of Māori musical instruments were almost lost to the world. But Napier man Layton Robertson is playing his part to help revive them. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Veteran actor Rawiri Paratene will join the cast for Pop-up Globe's 2017 season.

"Essentially you breathe life into something that is dead material" Puppeteer Norbert Hausberg exhibits his lifelong passion. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Briefs is perfect pre-Christmas cabaret for grown-ups.

Smelly problem forces theatre show to move.

A live version of hit TV show Fawlty Towers has canned its New Zealand tour, citing last week's Kaikoura earthquake among the reasons.

Following their dreams sees two ballerinas on a global dance.

Values and self belief will strengthen Ria Hall's theatre debut.

NZ composer Jenny McLeod celebrates her 75th birthday with her biggest achievement to date.

The University of Auckland's Maidment Theatre is to close for good, as the price-tag to fix it soared to more than $16 million.