Misfits, murderers, heroes and lovers all troop across the Herald Theatre stage this week in 11 short plays ranging from farce to melodrama.

As part of the BIG little City launch of 453 reasons to love your city via Instagram, Online Entertainment Editor Hugh Sundae shares some of his favourite Auckland venues.

Your latest play Intimacies is about how technology is warping our lives and relationships - how is it affecting you?

Samoan Language Week runs until Samoan Independence Day on June 1, so the season of this bilingual play set about Mau - the non-violent Samoan independence movement - is timed very nicely.

It is never difficult to find contemporary events that point to the relevance of Titus Andronicus, but Shakespeare's reflections on the extremes of human cruelty are given particular poignancy by the recent murder of a young soldier on a London str

Australian actress Maggie Kirkpatrick is looking forward to showing off some of her wicked side to Kiwi audiences.

If you know actress Anna Jullienne only as Shortland Street’s lesbian nurse, Maia, she’s working hard to change that, she tells Greg Dixon.

The director of Ashburton's production of Miss Saigon was seriously injuries when he fell from the stage during a rehearsal days before out from the first show.

The stage show War Horse has scrapped its Auckland season, blaming high costs, a competitive market, sluggish ticket sales and even a long summer.

So, you think your child's funny? Danielle Wright talks to the kids comedy industry to find out how you can encourage your children to make people, other than their mum and dad, laugh.

Over the next few months children, from tots to teens, can immerse themselves in music, comedy and drama as they like it: loud and boisterous, writes Dionne Christian.

Beachside is best in Sydney, finds Jo Bates.

The Auckland Theatre Company is scrambling to find a venue for its new show starring Robyn Malcolm after a fire at the Maidment Theatre, rendering it out of action.