School holiday theatre shows are all over town, writes Dionne Christian.

Two favourites and one new work are on show in the Young and Hungry line-up, writes Dionne Christian.

This one-man show engages the audience with an intimate conversational tone.

A homage to the Maori showbands of the 1960s, the Titanics have all the harmonies, musicality, glamour and humour of their heroes.

A Narnia extra gives audiences a peek into the world of a big-budget movie, says Dionne Christian.

The inaugural Maori Playwright's Festival has made an inspired choice by opening with a beautifully crafted revival of Briar Grace Smith's Purapurawhetu.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Douglas Hodge and Sir Alan Ayckbourn were among the winners at Sunday night's Tony Awards.

Shifting from his hard rock group to a play about the good old days of the Maori showband wasn't that much of a leap for Francis Kora.

The Maori New Year festival Matariki gets bigger every year. This year Taonga Whakaari: The Inaugural Maori Playwrights Festival has been added to the calendar of events in Auckland and Papakura.

Seizing the dark heart of the show Ross Girven captures the haunted nature of Sweeney Todd's psychosis.

Solo performer Gareth Williams takes us on a delightfully whimsical journey inside his head.

NBR New Zealand Opera's The Marriage of Figaro is as engrossing a night of theatre as one could wish for.

Michele Hine is revelling in a trio of rich maternal roles _ from Go Girls' downtrodden parent, to fading theatrical star, to hell-bent control freak in the Auckland production of The House Of Bernada Alba.

Dame Pat Evison, a much-loved stalwart of New Zealand radio, television and theatre who died at the weekend, will long be remembered for her colourful contribution, colleagues say.

One of New Zealand's best known actresses, Dame Pat Evison, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.

The razor gang behind a new stage production of Sweeney Todd talk to Dionne Christian about bringing the mythical murderer to musical life.

The director has agreed to become the first patron of Opotiki's De Luxe Theatre, in the eastern Bay of Plenty.

This debut work by local drama teacher Andy Saker shows an easy familiarity with the North Shore's casual backyard culture.

The SkyCity Theatre looks set to become a cabaret space or sports theatre, leaving a gaping hole in venues for the city's performing arts.

Opening with the eternal question - 'what do you do with a BA in English?' - Avenue Q dispenses a bright and breezy antidote to the pressures of life in the big city.