EntertainmentBlack Hermione fine with JKJ.K. Rowling has said she "loves" the fact that Hermione Granger will be played by a black actress in the highly anticipated new Harry Potter play.22 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentCast revealed for Harry Potter spin-offHarry Potter and The Cursed Child has cast its lead actors.21 Dec 02:00 AM
EntertainmentChef play dines out at theatre awardsThe steaks were high, but Silo theatre's home-grown comedy Hudson and Halls Live! has turned out to be anything but a turkey.07 Dec 09:00 AM
EntertainmentTheatre review: IthacaThis spectacular cirque cabaret, starring the stylish acrobats of The Dust Palace, imagines The Odyssey as Star Trek.26 Nov 08:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre: Jesus Christ Part II'Tis the season for The Basement to gift us its Christmas production.21 Nov 01:30 AM
EntertainmentFlashdance musical heading to NZGet your leotards, leg-warmers and sweatbands ready, because Flashdance is making a comeback, this time in stage musical form.18 Nov 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPep missing in cheeky classicThis production, like a couple of other traditional-style Auckland Theatre Company shows this year, falls rather flat - and it's not just the off-key singing.01 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionCaptivating circus Le Noir a crowdpleaserSoaring, skillful, seductive, sensory, spectacle. There are many words to describe Le Noir, but just one to sum it up: sensational.29 Oct 08:35 PM
EntertainmentRocky Horror creator: 'Why I went mad'I lived in my head mostly. Being this transgendered person, I kept the shutters down so I wasn't terribly happy.26 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBlue Man Group to stain NZ for the first timeAfter 25 years of performing together and touring the world, the Blue Man Group is finally heading to New Zealand for the first time.19 Oct 08:45 PM
EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Grace TaylorI was born and raised in South Auckland. My parents both migrated - mum came from Samoa for better job opportunities and dad came from England on his travels.19 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: My Own DarlingPerformance poet Grace Taylor has created a boldly experimental fusion of theatre and verse that offers a fresh perspective on the sprawling contrasts of Auckland City.18 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandStage masterOne of our finest acting and directing talents turns his attention to the classic musical Guys and Dolls. By Dionne Christian11 Oct 09:44 PM
EntertainmentHeartbreaking and uplifting portrayal of slumdog dwellers shinesThe exuberant vitality of community theatre is abundantly demonstrated as Prayas Theatre launch a wildly ambitious production that condenses the vast sweep of Rohinton Mistry's much-loved novel into....11 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentAll the danger of the circusThe wheel of death rolls out for the latest spectacular, writes Dionne Christian.11 Oct 12:00 AM
LifestyleHow Hello Kitty rules the worldAs the Japanese logo is brought to life for a global touring show, Julia Llewellyn Smith discovers the amazingly far-ranging appeal of the squeaky clean "cat".07 Oct 09:20 PM
BusinessShakespeare's Globe Theatre coming to AucklandA full-scale temporary replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is being built in downtown Auckland.06 Oct 09:15 AM
EntertainmentRecycling Breivik's body count on stageWhat Olaf Hojgaard finds - and what he becomes - is wide open to interpretation: are all the views misleading or odious or only some?30 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: Manifesto 2083, The BasementAt the start of this intellectually confronting and complex one-man play, Olaf Hojgaard (Edwin Wright) tells us he was watching the 2011 Tour de France telecast when he first heard about Anders Behring Breivik's politically-motivated murder.29 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentManifesto 2083: Inspired by a killerThe play Manifesto 2083 examines the narcissistic world of a Norwegian mass killer.26 Sep 01:42 AM
BusinessSt James Theatre back in limelightA new documentary about the initial restoration of Auckland's historic St James Theatre will premiere next month.24 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPlay filled with unexpected twistsPlaywright Aroha Awarau has created a sensitive and engaging drama out of something that is almost unimaginably tragic - the random death of a young man cut down in his prime as an innocent bystander at a police shooting.22 Sep 10:55 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: Tosca, Aotea CentreNew Zealand Opera's Tosca is more than extraordinarily gripping theatre, marking the huge advances made since the company last presented the opera in 2003.20 Sep 01:40 AM
Entertainment80s classic 'dated and stale'The 1980s musical smash Cats returned to Auckland last night. But it hasn't aged gracefully, writes Tess Nichol.16 Sep 04:00 AM
EntertainmentSass and tease on show at festivalFrom high-school teacher to a professional in the art of burlesque dancing - Natalie Hugill, left, has done it all.12 Sep 05:00 PM
