MacPlanet blogger Mark Webster talks to artist Marcia Lyons about her work.

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.

Photographer Roberta Thornley is a sentimental collector who finds pleasure in everyday objects as well as treasured artworks.

American billionaire Josephine Robertson, a major benefactor to the Auckland Art Gallery, has died.

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

The films include a silent feature by legendary director John Ford, a number of early one-reel Westerns and period drama starring glamorous 1920s screen siren Clara Bow.

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

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.

Predictably, the star of last weekend's visit by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was Dame Malvina Major.