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What's on in Whanganui this week? November 7-13

Your guide to what's happening in the Whanganui region this week.

NZ actor Stephen Papps: Maybe I should manufacture a good healthy dose of greed because I sure could do with the money

NZ actor Stephen Papps on getting older - and what it means for future roles.

On Skid Row - the Kiwis at the heart of the 'worst manmade disaster in the US'

LA's Skid Row is not a place you want to visit so why are kiwi theatre-goers going there?

Curtain up! Auckland Theatre Company reveals what's on stage in 2020

Auckland Theatre Company lifts the curtain on its 2020 season of plays.

Local Focus: Showtime for Tauranga Arts Festival

Ten-day arts extravaganza gets under way. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Seen and heard - new voices deliver moving story

One of Auckland's first Tuvaluan plays highlights moving story.

Janet Frame's modern make-over is a fitting tribute

Response to Janet Frame's remarkable book electrifies.

Theatre review: Cast shines in latest collaboration with Walking Dead star

Half of the Sky delivers a full, heart-warming evening of life-affirming theatre.

Local lives given the glitz of musical theatre

A home-grown musical packs an emotional punch as local lives go under the spotlight.

The NZ-bound musical 'making American Idiot great again'

One of the greatest concept albums of our time is coming to the New Zealand stage

Why 'we can't pat ourselves on the back' over inclusion summit

A new summit on inclusion is coming to NZ and its speakers are ready to fight.

Join in the buzz of Bee Aware Month

An interactive storytelling theatre piece around bees is coming to Rotorua.

Sailing away: Promoter of NZ's biggest theatrical flop pursued for $1.7m debt

Promoter of theatrical disaster cashes up artworks as he dodges creditors and liquidators.

Playwright brings home new perspectives on Pacific lives

A decade away, Samoan playwright returns home to show us what she's learned.

Theatre review: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead flips the script on Shakespeare's Hamlet

Comic moments and sordid decadence collide in show-stealing performances.

Mary Poppins the musical to land in Auckland next year

Mary Poppins The Musical returns to Auckland in April next year.

Rima Te Wiata's surprise admission: "I find it easier to write than to speak"

Rima Te Wiata on lust, letters and longing for a scone.

Top groups scoop awards for making arts fairer

A theatre group started to help the homeless wins top arts award.