Upbeat

Canadian puppeteer performing his show The Daisy Theatre at the Auckland International Cabaret Season this week, Audio

Music director of the Bay of Plenty Symphonia previews this weekend's Rising Stars performance. Audio

Review of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Cathedral of Sound concert Audio

Director and star of Sister Anzac at Auckland's Te Pou Theatre. Audio

Canadian-born oboist Bede Hanley will be performing Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra this weekend. Audio

New Zealand Festival's Artistic Director Shelagh Magadza talks about plans to honour the great German choreographer Pina Bausch who was lauded by everyone from Alan Rickman to Wim Wenders to Madonna.

Conductor Simone Young talks about her upcoming performance with the NZSO of Bruckner's 8th Symphony. It's a work that's been described by the Guardian as "one of the most existentially thrilling… Read more Audio

Wairua Sinfionetta The director of the newly formed Wairua Sinfonietta Elizabeth Lau and her principal cellist Sarah Spence explain how the ensemble is bringing positive changes to the community… Read more Audio

Mona-Lynn introduces French-speaking Belgian Euro-pop star Stromae and his most recent album in which the artist satirizes contemporary consumer culture. Audio

William Barton talks about playing Peter Sculthorpe's Earth Cry for didgeridoo and orchestra with the Auckland Philharmonia. The work is the Australian composer's howl of rage at environmental… Read more Audio

Katherine Hebley talks about a play called The Toys In Chouchou's Corner on at the Storylines Festival in Auckland. Set to the music of Debussy's Children's Corner Suite the production features a… Read more Audio

Curator Michael Heath and filmmaker David Blyth talk about Horror Unleashed: a retrospective of Blyth's films showing at Nga Taonga, the New Zealand Film Archive. Audio