Arts
Refurbishments to close Aotea Centre for six months
Auckland's biggest theatre the Aotea Centre is to close for six months for its first major refurbishment in 28 years.
Fashion designer Givenchy dies at 91
The French fashion designer who dressed Audrey Hepburn in that "little black dress" in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's, Hubert de Givenchy, has died. He was 91 years old. Paris correspondent Elena… Audio
Review: OrphEus
Michael Parmenter’s new opera ballet OrphEus opened at the Auckland Arts Festival on Friday. It traces the love story Orpheus and Eurydice through the music of many composers, with a cast of 58… Audio
Upbeat for Monday 12 March
What was Michael Parmenter’s new opera ballet OrphEus like? How well did the King’s Singers & Voices New Zealand blend? We have reviewers from both events. Then, a glimpse back into composers banned…
Freddie Highmore: from Psycho to Savant
Freddie Highmore talks to Kathryn Ryan about playing Dr Shawn Murphy, of the massively popular TV drama The Good Doctor, screening on Lightbox. Here he plays a young surgeon with autism and savant… Audio
A Life Like This
A Life Like This: Critically acclaimed, Cambodian Filmmaker Isiah Tour's animation about his father surviving the Khmer Rouge, extraordinarily, will go back to Cambodia. Video, Audio, Gallery
A Life Like This
A Life Like This: Critically acclaimed, Cambodian Filmmaker Isiah Tour's animation about his father surviving the Khmer Rouge, extraordinarily, will go back to Cambodia.
Video, AudioNew take on Swan Lake as NZ Festival enters final week
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, one of the greatest ballets in history, is taken in a whole new direction in one of the last big international shows at the New Zealand Festival this week. Michael… Audio
A Fringe Festival challenge: create an album in 12 hours
How to Write an Album in 12 Hours is a New Zealand Fringe Festival show, and Play Shop's musicians, improvisers and writers start work at midday on Sunday in front of a live audience. Producer Sam… Audio
Poet Vincent O'Sullivan's new novel All This By Chance
Writer and editor Vincent O'Sullivan published his first novel Let the River Stand in 1993, his second Believers to the Bright Coast in 1998. He's kept us waiting for another two decades for his third… Audio
The digital magic of Ed Hawkins
Visual effects man Ed Hawkins has his name attached to around 50 movies, his name might be new to you. Ed was a digital compositor on The BFG, and he's worked on digital effects for Harry Potter, The… Audio
An art gallery in Gisborne is going great guns
Nine years ago Matthew Nache established a small dealer gallery in the heart of Gisborne. From the start the art lover had an eye on the national and international markets for artists with a point of… Audio
The life and fashion of Bruce Papas
Lynn Freeman spoke to the Fashion Museum's director Doris De Pont and to Jane Groufsky who's Collection Manager, Human History at Auckland War Memorial Museum about Bruce Papas and his 50 years in the… Audio
Reviving Stage Challenge
A new performing arts competition called Art In Motion is rising from the ashes, created by two Whangarei teenagers. Jayden Rudolph and Teale Vint are both 19, work in Northland as dance instructors… Audio
Australian living legend Reg Livermore is back on the boards
Candide stars one of Australia's real living legends, Reg Livermore. A star there for more than 60 years, is best known as one of the first Frank N Furters in The Rocky Horror Show. Audio
Australian living legend Reg Livermore is back on the boards
Candide stars one of Australia's real living legends, Reg Livermore. A star there for more than 60 years, is best known as one of the first Frank N Furters in The Rocky Horror Show. Audio
Casey Zilbert - a woman to watch
Simon Morris caught up with the very busy Casey taking an hour off from post-production on her first film as a director. Audio
Casey Zilbert - a woman to watch
Simon Morris caught up with the very busy Casey taking an hour off from post-production on her first film as a director. Audio
Armando Iannucci: The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci is the brains behind some of the most potent and funny political satire on TV, film and radio. He created acclaimed political satire The Thick of It, and his latest film is about the… Video, Audio
Alex Fegan - Older Than Ireland
Alex Fegan is a documentary filmmaker who has made two features with wide release - Older Than Ireland (2015) and The Irish Pub (2013). Older Than Ireland won Best Documentary at the Galway Film… Audio
