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![Review: APO jives to Haydn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Review: APO jives to Haydn
The Mozart Requiem may have made for an almost full house on Thursday night as Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2013 Choral Masterpiece, but the concert's inclusion of two Haydn works was very much appreciated.
![Ballet review: Soaring Swan Lake one to flock to](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ballet review: Soaring Swan Lake one to flock to
You could just be mesmerised by the sheer physical beauty of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Swan Lake. It is the stunning production's fourth season, its best ever and a perfect celebration of the company's 60th anniversary year.
![We could make movies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
We could make movies
Dionne Christian previews a school holiday course of film-making fun for youngsters with ambitions.
![Theatre review: Clowning classic feels a little tired](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Theatre review: Clowning classic feels a little tired
I first saw this clowning classic several years ago, and remembered it fondly enough to want to take the resident 8-year-old this time around.
![Is it good? Yes Prime Minister](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is it good? Yes Prime Minister
Sir Humphrey Appleby, the consummate civil servant with a patrician disdain for the delusions of democratic government, is an almost perfect comic creation.
![Las Vegas: The one and only... Jackson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Las Vegas: The one and only... Jackson
Cirque du Soleil is bringing a version of its Michael Jackson show to NZ; at another there's a Kiwi at the helm, finds Leena Tailor.
![Theatre review: Intriguing show pulled anew from actors' hats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Theatre review: Intriguing show pulled anew from actors' hats
Oliver Driver, Rima Te Wiata and a dozen other actors aren't allowed to read this review.
![Theatre review: The Odyssey, Tapac](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Theatre review: The Odyssey, Tapac
What an inspired idea, devising a staging of The Odyssey with teenagers and children.
![Theatre review: Short+Sweet Festival Week 2](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Theatre review: Short+Sweet Festival Week 2
Everything from slice-of-life realism through to surrealistic flights of fancy are on display in the second week of the Short+Sweet Festival.
![Theatre review: Titus, Q Theatre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Theatre review: Titus, Q Theatre
It is never difficult to find contemporary events that point to the relevance of Titus Andronicus, but Shakespeare's reflections on the extremes of human cruelty are given particular poignancy by the recent murder of a young soldier on a London str
![Wicked part for veteran villain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Wicked part for veteran villain
Australian actress Maggie Kirkpatrick is looking forward to showing off some of her wicked side to Kiwi audiences.
![Theatre review: Blunt assessment of child abuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Theatre review: Blunt assessment of child abuse
Patua means "to hit, kill, subdue, ill-treat", and writer-director Renae Maihi bravely takes on the subject of child abuse in the 75 nicely paced minutes of this, her second play.
![History lessons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
History lessons
Michal Dworzynski will launch the Auckland Philharmonia's Splendour Series.
![Auckland through the eyes of artists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland through the eyes of artists
Cars slowed and heads turned as almost 200 brightly coloured mood sticks were carried through central Auckland by people with white gloves.
![Sparkling on ice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sparkling on ice
Break open the dress-up box and polish the tiaras because the Disney princesses and heroes are poised to glide back into the country in a new show. Dionne Christian previews the ice spectacular in Jakarta, Indonesia.
![Going on a crash course](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Going on a crash course
If there's one thing George Henare can't do to prepare for his latest role - as chauffeur Hoke Colburn in the play Driving Miss Daisy - it is draw upon his own driving experiences.