Arty parties: The directors of our major arts’ festivals put their stamp on 2024 programmes
Creative directors on why they chose the shows they did - and life after Covid.
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Get with the programme: What's coming to our biggest arts’ festivals in 2024
A taster of the shows you don't want to miss at 2024's biggest NZ arts' festivals.
Rossini, Verdi and … Jane Austen? NZ Opera’s 2024 line-up revealed
An adaptation of the beloved novelist’s “Mansfield Park” ranks among the shows.
“Big Fat Brown Bitch”: Poet Tusiata Avia on rage and racism, death threats and bodyguards and what matters in life
Tusiata Avia's new work responds to the furore her award-winning poetry belatedly ignited.
Famous NZ playwright’s tell-all diaries released
Robert Lord's plays were performed by the likes of Meryl Streep and David Bowie.
Violin superstar Anne-Sophie Mutter on her overture to Star Wars maestro John Williams
Two years in the planning, classical superstar Anne-Sophie Mutter is set to arrive in NZ.
There are good reasons to give vinyl collecting a spin
Half the fun of getting into records is that they can be a group activity.
Spin doctors: Why Kiwis are joining the vinyl revival
Music is available at the touch of a button, but records are still on the rise.
Sir Jon Trimmer: Classic interview from the archives
Why the NZ ballet pioneer was born to dance.
A battle to save a mosaic highlights the lack of protection for artworks in public places
"With so many works at risk and disappearing at speed, we knew there was a need for this."
Auckland Theatre Company’s 2024 season: West End hits, brass bands and Peter Pan
The company’s eight plays in 2024 are a trip around the world – and through time.
New York designer Eddie Opara loves to blow people’s minds with his designs
‘I do the big stuff.’
Royal NZ Ballet announces Swan Lake in next year’s line-up
Other major fan favourites are also back on tour for the 2024 season.
Fasitua Amosa: From Angry Samoan to Pasifika theatre
‘Young Rock’ sitcom star and Shakespearean actor turns to directing.
More and more New Zealanders are discovering the joys – and health benefits – of social Latin dancing
Does a form of foreign street dance offer a different paradigm for how we socialise?
Hona Black’s first book tackled metaphors; his second tackles humour
"For me, speaking and teaching te reo Māori is the strongest form of activism."
Behind the scenes of World of Wearable Art: How it’s put together
Garment wranglers, riggers, models and designers about putting it all together.
Kiwi artist’s illustrations highlight cultural history of plants from Qur’ān
“It doesn’t matter what creed or religion you are, botanical art crosses all boundaries.”
Briar Prastiti brings Greek chorus to Classical on Cuba
Whether composing or performing, Briar Prastiti has tapped her Greek heritage.
Carl Bland’s new play brings testing lab guinea pig to life
The show sees a guinea pig humanised by the venerable Jennifer Ludlam.
Confronting Middlemore medical memoir set to take the stage
Playwright Gary Henderson explains the lengths he went to get his adaption to the stage.
How job cuts at NZ School of Music will be felt beyond the capital
32 staff losing their jobs an evisceration that would irretrievably damage its future.
Boom to busk: The crisis in tertiary music education
Art suffers as most prestigious music school is facing cutbacks and another has closed.
New show celebrates 70th anniversary of our national ballet company
Our grande dame of dance is flexing her muscles, ready to leap into future challenges.
APO’s Opera in Concert brings two underappreciated artists together
Die Tote Stadt is set to be performed for the first time in Auckland.
Emily Perkins opens up on changing careers and her personal life
Emily Perkins talks about why she moved on from acting and opens up on her father's death.
Patrick Mulligan: Remembering American literary titan Cormac McCarthy
US author was a seer who foretold the destruction of our natural world in his novels.
The 16m Shakespeare treasure sitting in a NZ library
Experts delve into why an Auckland library owns a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
Meet the new NZ Opera head Brad Cohen
The incoming general director of New Zealand Opera is keen to share the power of music.
Indian Ink’s new comedy ‘Dirty Work’ shows the life of faceless office workers
The acclaimed theatre company sets the scene in an international corporation office.
Is the Bachelor of Arts dying?
Pressure on students to qualify for careers has seen the BA degree take a battering.
Play has much to say about sexual assault and legal system
Director is struck by the relevance of the Mama Hooch case to his play Prima Facie.
The man who helped turn NZ Opera’s fortunes
Thomas de Mallet Burgess on how he learnt to direct opera and cope with harsh reviews.