Auckland Arts Festival

Tai Whetuki and Fale Ula reviewed by Janet McAllister, Close Encounters: PAH by Raewyn Whyte. Audio

I AM reviewed by Raewyn Whyte, Limbo reviewed by Ruth Spencer and Phox reviewed by Nick Atkinson. Audio

Peter reviews the performance by Canadian early-music ensemble Tafelmusik at the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

Jonathon reviews the first weekend's theatre action from the Auckland Festival, including Lemi Ponifasio's 'I AM'. Audio

Sophie Roberts returns to the Silo Theatre to direct 'The Book of Everything' for the Auckland Festival. Audio

Director of South African performance company Third World Bunfight, whose latest production is a radical take on Verdi's opera Macbeth, set in modern-day Congo, and playing at the Auckland Arts… Audio

Invisible Energy reviewed by Janet McAllister; The Mooncake and the Kumara reviewed by Paul Bushnell; and Skin of Fire reviewed by Ruth Spencer. Audio

The 2015 Auckland Arts Festival is two days old and last night, French pyrotechnics masters Groupe F premiered their new show at Auckland Domain. Audio

Neneh Cherry with RocketNumberNine reviewed by Nick Atkinson; Water and Light reviewed by David Kelly; and Hikoi reviewed by Paul Bushnell. Audio

The 2015 Auckland Arts Festival starts today with a very big act performing in a quite small venue. Audio

Plant a tree and a bird will come, says artist Niki Hastings-McFall. But will they still turn up if you wrap the tree in thousands of artificial lei? Niki is doing just that in her new work, Fale Ula… Audio

Actor and director Nancy Brunning bases her first play, Hikoi, on her own family story and sets it in the 1970s and 80s - the years of Bastion Point and Springbok Tour protests, predictions of the… Audio

Star of the show 'Fela!' which is being presented at the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

Director of the Auckland Arts Festival previews this year's offerings. [topic] Arts [location] Auckland Audio

When multidisciplinary artist Lisa Reihana was named an Arts Foundation laureate this year, she was praised for her "culturally rich meditations on Ma-ori in modern times". But for her next work… Audio