Musician Robin Kelly talks about the family links to his new cabaret show.

Cabaret festival performers try to pin down what their art is all about.

The little show that grew into something massive promises more innovation.

Do you have the imagination to design for another world?

Auckland's new $36 million ASB Waterfront Theatre was declared open this morning.

Herald arts editor tells of theatre genesis.

Show is loosely-woven without any particular punchline, a look inside the mind of a curious character.

After more than a decade of planning, the new $36 million ASB Waterfront Theatre is officially opened on Thursday.

Tristram takes a walk through the brand new ASB Theatre in Auckland, due to open tomorrow. The stunning new purpose built building will bring new life to the Auckland arts scene.

Sweeney Todd, once described by its composer, Stephen Sondheim, as a movie for the stage, had a dream venue in The Civic.

New Orleans is a hot seething magical land of fried chicken, beignets (puff pastry and sugar) and Oyster Happy Hour.

Auckland's new Waterfront Theatre opens this week. Dionne Christian takes a look at what we can expect to see there in the coming year.

Joel Granger is experiencing the kind of success young perfomers hope for, but are warned is unlikely to happen.

Two of NZ theatre's fiercest female voices, Hayley Sproull and Jo Randerson, to be heard in Auckland.

Past principal performers from the West End's Les Miserables will sing at 21 New Zealand venues from Kerikeri to Invercargill.

It's been described as looking like a glass jewel box and it's about to become a jewel in the crown of the Auckland arts scene: it's

Boys Will Be Boys delivers a searing indictment of how workplace culture can enable and support sexual violence.

Tickets go on sale on Friday for Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and West Side Story, two of the world's most popular musicals.

Teddy Tahu Rhodes is one of our most successful opera singers; now he's coming home to play the lead in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

The University of Waikato, home to the Conservatorium of Music, has added a unique new course - the only one of its kind in the country training New Zealand opera stars of the future.

Actor Rob Mokaraka's one-person play, which tells the story of his depression-driven police standoff, to open in Auckland.

The diversity of theatre offered at the Basement is amply demonstrated in an intriguing work by a contemporary Lithuanian playwright.

Rehearsals are under way at Auckland Theatre Company for the female sidekicks of aspiring ballet dancer Billy Elliot.

As I child, I remember having terrible stage fright. I was terrified of drama class and anything that required me to speak in front

A few words with Elizabeth Whiting, lawyer-turned-costume designer.

This surprising show - by new writer/director Ash Jones - is bonkers in the most wonderful way.

History is written large at five year old Q Theatre.

James Wilson, chief executive of Q, talks about signatures stars have left at the theatre backstage.

Geoff Allen's snippets-of-life drama is prettily presented by director Amanda Rees and holds attention with some lovely moving moments

When the internationally-renowned Cirque du Soleil blows into town, there's a group of local circus performers they're keen to see. Based