Suyeon Kang, the first Australian to take top honours in the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, has undertaken her winner's recital tour and concerto performance.

You can ask Scribe about his new play, but veer off topic and you could be in trouble.

Town Hall to host Michael Hill International Violin Competition star.

Creative New Zealand spent $650,000 to ensure the country is well-represented.

Ballet dancer Lilly Maskery wins place in prestigious ballet competition in New York.

This week marks 400 years since the death of our national poet. And yet his characters, the worlds he created, the thoughts he expressed are for all people and all time.

Taking dance to provinces and to the young is company focus.

Leading arts organisations are warning of job losses, higher ticket prices and fewer performances as they face budget cuts.

The stage musical of the 1983 dance film takes itself too seriously.

This third annual season of New Original Dance, showcases the choreographies of four nascent dance makers on a cast of five dancers.

Big things are set to roar in to the spotlight on stage at the Bruce Mason Centre, writes Dionne Christian.

On April 23, Auckland will be the first city in the world to mark 400 years since the death of playwright William Shakespeare.

Christophe Rousset, one of the world's top harpsichordists, visits New Zealand next week.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra launches its Degenerate, Denounced, Outraged mid-year series. 's adven

Today, NZ Opera turns up the roller door at its Onehunga Technical Centre for an open day everyone is invited to.

360 ALLSTARS is a mind-blowing physical performance exploring all forms of rotation. Boasting a stellar cast, including world champion athletes, world class dancers and world renowned musicians, the production connects the street with the elite to deliver a radical urban circus!

It's refreshing to see the 360 ALLSTARS crew bringing traditional circus skills into a wildly energetic celebration of street culture.

Funny, sexy and feminist all at the same time, Australian cabaret star Meow Meow (Melissa Madden Gray) delivers wonderful frivolity.

The makers of this show have given themselves a challenge: they've attempted to adapt what is primarily adult literature for 4-8-year-olds.

The National Theatre of Scotland offers both history lessons and captivating drama in its trilogy of plays about the country's early kings being staged at the Auckland Arts Festival.

France's Compagnie Carabosse has transformed an under-utilised part of the domain - aptly incorporating the Three Witches statue - into an otherworldly fire garden.

A post-postmodern diva is about to take over the Auckland Arts Festival's Spiegeltent with her take on a Hans Christian Andersen folk tale.

Encounter the sacred beauty of the forests of Fiji, the Solomons, Samoa and Aotearoa at Marama.

You couldn't get further away from an artist's studio or concert auditorium than the Laboratory for Animate Technologies at the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute.

Are we in danger of kicking creativity out of the classroom? Dionne Christian looks at what the arts can teach our children.

In part 3 of our Arts in Auckland coverage, Dionne Christian looks at how you try to include everyone.

With high-profile regional facilities in central Auckland - not to mention the lion's share of festivals - is there arts and cultural life in the 'burbs?

Is Auckland now the city of arts? Dionne Christian investigates in a five part series that starts today by looking at arts & the economy.