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NZ Festival 2014
Take a look at some of the acts that will be performing at the 2014 NZ Festival.

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.

Janet McAllister: Coronation Hall lends itself to the cutting edge
There's a tantalising connection between Jazz Age performance legend Josephine Baker and the Old Folks Ass.

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
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
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
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
Oliver Driver, Rima Te Wiata and a dozen other actors aren't allowed to read this review.

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
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
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.