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Thoroughbreds go head to head

Given actor/writer Tim Balme's workload, it's amazing he answers interview questions so coherently and affably.

<i>Michele Hewitson Interview</i>: John Leigh

John Leigh talks about acting as though it still isn't really his idea, as if he has no idea how he ended up being an actor and that it has, just this minute, occurred to him that he is one.

New York, New York

Adventurous actress Morgana O'Reilly takes theatre around the world and to your place.

<i>Review:</i> <i>Rent</i> at the Civic Theatre

It was when the drag queen in the Santa coat started banging her drumsticks on the scaffolding, singing about sending a barking annoyance to "doggie hell" that <i>Rent</i> came to life.

Famous names join fight to restore historic theatre

English theatre luminaries Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench are on a heavyweight list of artists and historians calling for the reopening of Auckland's St James Theatre.

Gropin' Sesame

<i>Peter Huck</i>: Telling tales, at home and abroad

Bohemian rhapsody

Political animals

<i>Review:</i> The Importance of being Earnest

NZ Arts Festival: <i>Mark Twain & Me in Maoriland</i> review

Coming of age for doomed lovers

Tantrums, talent and tulle

The myth of dancers being drama kings and queens couldn’t be further from the truth.

Dead chickens and clean lines

Multi-tasker follows her own way in life

Passionate tribute to Russian composers

In the world of chamber music the Borodin Quartet reigns supreme. The Russian ensemble can boast a lifespan of 65 years, with the late Valentin Berlinsky, who died in 2008, spending 62 of them as cellist.

A face with an oedipal glow

NZ Arts Festival: Thrill of a premiere shouldn't be underestimated

The risk is part of the itching in the oyster shell that makes the pearl. It's an essential part of what makes the performing arts so exciting.