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Inaugural scriptwriter awards handed out
Established names have lost out to new blood in some categories at the first ever New Zealand Scriptwriters Awards.
<i>Preview</i>: Cabaret at Salon Perdu Spiegeltent
The Auckland Theatre Company marks the end of the year in a tent, with decadence, desperation and Hitler's thugs waiting in the wings.
Melbourne: Oz indigenous history set with Hairspray
The message from Melbourne is racial tolerance, writes Megan Anderson.
Special FX creature scoops top prize at Body Art Awards
There was no shortage of fantastical creatures on show at last night's NZ Body Art Awards.
Death becomes her
By day, Morag McDowell investigates death. And by night, well, she sings about it. The full-time Auckland coroner and part-time opera singer talks to Rebecca Barry.
Scott Kara's week of it
Scott Kara takes you through his picks of the week in music, movies and television.
Bulldoze theatre over my dead body, says UK star
UK actor Sir Donald Sinden has threatened to lie down in the path of bulldozers to save the St James Theatre.
St James Theatre rocked like no other
Russell Baillie on the real star of some shows - the St James Theatre.
Venue fit for a visiting Queen
When the Queen visited Auckland in 1981, Doug Harley spent a week sleeping in the St James Theatre before the Royal Variety Performance.