The new director of the Auckland Arts Festival is surprisingly relaxed.

Choreographer Michael Parmenter charts new course with first full length work in a decade

TimeOut and Arts team pick where they want to go and what they want to see this weekend

Iconic NZ film The Piano inspired a ballet which has now led to a documentary film.

The Auckland Pride Festival continues to offer sophisticated cabaret and smart theatre.

We look at The Fringe festival's strangest shows.

Pop-up Globe's Macbeth is enjoyable but it lacks the wow factor, says Janet McAllister.

Auckland Fringe's edge-of-your-seat events are sure to be offbeat, risky and inventive.

Pop-Up Globe displays dripping blood projected onto the building to promote Macbeth. / Video supplied by Pop-Up Globe

The star turns at the opening night of the festival preview were not previews at all.

As the annual Pride Festival begins, Auckland's ready to party and celebrate its diversity

Girl power as arts festivals give young NZ performers a chance to shine in iconic roles.

The City of Sails will be awash with colour as the Auckland Pride Festival returns Feb 2.

The TimeOut and Arts team pick their weekend highlights.

Crew take tips from adventurer Peter Hillary before trip to freezing continent.

Playwright Sam Brooks wants to tell new stories of love and belonging in the gay community

Promo for New Zealand Festival. Supplied by New Zealand Festival

Waka star in two festivals, but the voyaging canoes are going well beyond entertainment.

Leki Jackson-Bourke is one of those writing a new chapter in New Zealand Pasifika stories.

The two pre-teens are fundraising to get to Hollywood.

Cousins Tee and Zee are fundraising to get themselves to Hollywood. Video supplied.

Pop-up Globe director, Miles Gregory, talks about the backlash they have had for using Te Reo in Midsummer Night's Dream. / Dean Purcell

A drama teacher has created a petition to try to save the Stage Challenge Foundation.

Pop up Globe brings robust treatment to one of Shakespeare's most controversial works.

Spin doctors, skulduggery and main character killed early: Recommended.

Illusionist Paul Cosentino shows Newstalk ZB's Andrew Dickens a telekinesis trick.

Circus performer Edward Clendon performs an amazing routine on the silks as part of the show presented around New Zealand by Cirque Grande.

Four dancers have filed personal grievances and about 16 expected to leave by end of year.

Promise of family Christmas brings soprano Madeleine Pierard home to perform with the APO.

Bach Musica NZ ends a successful 2017 with concert of pleasing delights, says William Dart