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Classical review: Viva Voce choir brings out the best in Handel's Solomon
Handel would have been heartened by Viva Voce's Solomon on Sunday, one of the finest of his oratorios, cannily written to appeal to the tastes of his (and all) time.
Classical review: Secrets and strokes of genius
Bach's D minor Double Violin Concerto is a score of peerless beauty, its many contrapuntal threads woven with inevitability and rightness.
Carrots stick it to VAT rise
A theatre in Catalonia has started selling carrots in lieu of tickets in protest against a 13 per cent rise in VAT on cultural activities in Spain.
Classical Review: Voices raised in rejoicing
There was festivity in the air at Holy Trinity Cathedral for Auckland Choral's Magnificat concert.
Southside Arts Fest
The Southside Arts Festival premiere event Southside Gig is taking place at the TelstraClear Events Centre today. Hip-hop, B-boy breakdance and graffiti-art competitions are being held throughout the 12-hour event, which concludes at 9pm tonight.
The importance of being modest
He may be one of New Zealand’s best-known and honoured actors on stage and screen but Alan Perrott discovers George Henare is also one of the most modest.
Ballet meets Valentino
On the same plaza where models had strutted the runways just days earlier, it seemed like New York Fashion Week had been a mere prelude to NYCB's glittery fall gala. The evening's star was legendary designer Valentino, and the focus was on clothes, onstage and off.
Theatre review: The Gift
Engaging but puzzling drama explores morality and the consequences as opposites attract.
Private Lives: Degrees of separation
Silo Theatre's staging of Noel Coward's Private Lives brings the withering satire of love, marriage and divorce into the modern age. Dionne Christian reports.