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.

King Kong thunders into Melbourne this June. Rachel Grunwell meets the lead.

Cast members of the internationally acclaimed musical Wicked touched down in style in Auckland yesterday.

The festival offering from playwright Mitch Tawhi Thomas is a taut study of family dysfunction that finds plenty of life and laughter in the explosive quarrelling of estranged brothers.

Around 100,000 people are expected at Western Springs Lakeside Park in Auckland today for the annual Pasifika festival.

With 11 days of fabulous events taking place during a celebration of all things fashionable, there's no excuse not to be involved in the Fashion in the Big Little City festival.

Actor Richard Briers, known for his enduring role in TV sitcom The Good Life, has died at the age of 79.

Does the Russian meteor make the backyard blue-cheese "asteroid" in A Night to Dismember easier to swallow?

If you wish Paul Henry were hosting Seven Sharp, and you like watching 7 Days and Two and a Half Men, then this might be the play for you.