Kiwi fans of one of the world's most popular stage shows will get a chance to be cast members for one night only " and they won't even have to audition.

Expat actors gather in Auckland to play in At the Wake.

Time has taken tragically little toll on David Hare's 1995 play. The pungent one-liners amuse, but the real sting is that references to inequality and the erosion of social conscience have become more pointed.

An historical excursion into the salacious underbelly of Auckland's nightlife finds a suitably lascivious venue in the central hall of the White House

This enjoyable, artful jumble, One Day Moko, starts with a fun stand-up comedy set from a lively homeless guy, Moko, who banters with the audience.

In reimagining Jesus and the Apostles as a rock band, director Oliver Driver delivers a hot mess; it's sometimes excellent, writes Janet McAllister.

Ten years ago, three artists who met through the Bournemouth music scene piled into a small car and embarked on a micro-tour of London, Newcastle and Edinburgh showcasing their blend of paper....

A one-woman show toured under the auspices of the British Council testifies to live theatre's unrivalled ability to enliven storytelling with a palpable sense of a real human presence.

Acclaimed writer Victor Rodger is the illegitimate son of a teenage mum and his play Sons, which he wrote 20 years ago, is being performed again in Mangere this week.

This cross-cultural family soap opera is a revival of celebrated playwright Victor Rodger's 1995 play about respect and broken promises, written when he was in his mid-twenties.

There is no complacent sitting back comfortably to watch Alexa Wilson's explosive and challenging choreography The Status of Being, made on the company's very new quintet of five impressive young dancers.

It was difficult not to be swept away by Lucia di Lammermoor, a joint production by the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and Auckland Opera Studio.

In the FRESH showcase at Tempo Dance Festival 2014, the communication of ideas through the dancing body is still the primary focus of this new generation of dance artists, but the ways in which that body dances are divergent.

Lesley Garrett, the English soprano, is in town for The Sound of Music in which she is playing the Mother Abbess, and she was over the moon to be here.

Right now The Sound of Music seems even more in tune with the times than when it premiered in 1959 and anticipated all the major themes of the 60s.

Shirley MacLaine has been a star for nearly 60 years. She's been an author for nearly 45.

Michael Hurst, ONZM — actor, director, stage and screen veteran — is starring in Trees Beneath the Lake at Auckland’s Maidment Theatre.