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 takes you through his picks of the week in music, movies and television.

UK actor Sir Donald Sinden has threatened to lie down in the path of bulldozers to save the St James Theatre.

Russell Baillie on the real star of some shows - the St James Theatre.

When the Queen visited Auckland in 1981, Doug Harley spent a week sleeping in the St James Theatre before the Royal Variety Performance.

Auckland's St James Theatre is part of one of five convention centre bids being considered.

TimeOut sent Jacqueline Smith to join the chorus line of classic musical 42nd Street and she lived to tell the story...

The Tempo Festival focuses its spotlight on males, writes Bernadette Rae.

For those who haven't seen this play, it would be easy to think: actors, eh, gawd what a narcissistic bunch, touring a performance autobiography.

Opera NZ's staging of Macbeth revamps Shakespeare's tragedy about a deranged couple dragging each other to destruction, director Tim Albery tells William Dart.

Seven days in the life of the actress.

North America's diverse indigenous culture is explored and celebrated at this massive pow wow and festival.

Brace yourselves for US playwright Tracy Lett's August: Osage County, which won the Pulitzer Prize

The Going West Books & Writers Festival kicks off its programme with an absolute gem

This new rendition, full of hard-hitting and hilarious performances, has changed my mind