Lightfoot, who's been with NDT since 1985, is funny, self-deprecating and so completely dedicated that he sweeps you along on a wave of charm and enthusiasm.

When Sieni Leo'o Olo saw Massive Company perform for the first-time, she returned to drama classes at Aorere College and told her classmates "we're doing it all wrong, guys!"

Heaven is being on a bridge over the River Seine with a bottle of wine, a baguette and some Roquefort, and an eclair. All of which only cost €5.

Prepare yourselves Home and Away fans, Alf Stewart is about to disappear from the show.

Prince left behind "vaults full of music", which could easily be lent to a Broadway musical.

The enduring relevance of Greek tragedy is persuasively demonstrated in Euripides' Medea.

Rawiri Paratene reckons he could be the most well-travelled New Zealander in the world - and even if he's not, his travels have still made history.

This entertaining production - Indian Ink's seventh - offers buffoonery, clever theatrics and yards of ramshackle plot.

ATC's reboot brings a blast of anarchic energy to the remarkable story of how New Zealand beat the world in granting women the right to vote.

Call it a case of life imitating art. Copies of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird have become hot property at Auckland libraries.

Actor, writer, director and coach -- is there no end to Rachel House's talents, asks Dionne Christian.

A few words with director, choreographer and artist Sara Brodie

Rehearsals of the theatre production Love n Stuff.

In a brazen one-man performance, Potato Stamp Megalomaniac depicts a real life roller coaster breakdown.

J.K. Rowling says those objecting to a black Hermione in the new Harry Potter play are a "bunch of racists".

As with Indian Ink's other productions, he co-wrote the story with Lewis, who also directs.

Esther Stephens brings NZ suffragette Kate Sheppard back in a bloody-minded punk rock opera, writes Dionne Christian.

Lord, but it's good to see Annie Whittle ham the hell out of a bombastic role.

A Kiwi theatre company has just weeks to raise $100,000 to take its pop-rock cabaret to one of Scotland's most prestigious venues.

With America's heartland falling under the spell of an unlikely saviour, a local revival of Evita couldn't be better timed.

At just 21 years old, Zac Johns plays a pivotal role in the latest production of Evita. You won't see Johns on stage, though.

Heather Wilcock and Russell Dixon are "glamming up" to play one of the most sophisticated power couples of the 20th century.

A few words with dancer Loughlan Prior.

This is more of an illustrated lecture than a play; our presenters are purportedly two members of the first successful Everest expedition, but we don't really get to know them properly.

Stanley is one of six boys from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Westport who will star in the production at the new ASB Waterfront Theatre in October.

Frances Moore and Alex Taylor's daringly dished up Dido and Aeneas: Recomposed has come into town from the west with its original gusto intact.