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.

La Cucina dell’Arte beckons us to peep through a keyhole into the world’s worst restaurant and open the doors to a topsy-turvy, pizza-flipped joint where servants become masters, candles and crockery take on lives of their own and spoons play a tarantella on wine bottles.

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

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.

Ahead of the 2016 International Buskers Festival, Dionne Christian profiles the best in the business.

Acclaimed Kiwi soprano Dame Malvina Major has performed all around the world, in front of royalty and in terror-ravaged countries.

This spectacular cirque cabaret, starring the stylish acrobats of The Dust Palace, imagines The Odyssey as Star Trek.

Get your leotards, leg-warmers and sweatbands ready, because Flashdance is making a comeback, this time in stage musical form.

The Southside Arts Festival has morphed into Urbanesia, and offers more than 70 events, concerts, workshops and family days, many of them free, at a range of venues.

Pasifika beats, arts, culture and talent will be seen and heard around Auckland over the next two weeks during the Urbanesia festival, which starts today.

The lineup for next year's Auckland Arts Festival keeps growing with the announcement last night of more shows joining the March 2-20 programme.

One of our finest acting and directing talents turns his attention to the classic musical Guys and Dolls. By Dionne Christian