26th March, Monday

I've just arrived back in London from singing two world premieres at the New Zealand international arts festival. Read on

17th March, Saturday

IAN MCKELLEN - Favourite shows: Of the Festival plays that were new to me, Tu was perhaps my favourite, strongly performed and imaginatively staged, with a Kiwi story that disturbs and fascinates.. Read on

16th March, Friday

Arts festival tickets are already 12,000 more than 2010 as the final weekend of shows gets underway. Read on

13th March, Tuesday

Sometimes, civil war in Africa can even bring suffering to the well-heeled patrons of the International Festival of the Arts in Wellington. Read on

6th March, Tuesday

Israeli-born, British-based Shechter brings his intense work Political Mother to the International Festival from tomorrow. Read on

4th March, Sunday

East Coast girl opens soul at Arts Festival Read on

3rd March, Saturday

A shared search for identity and love of Japanese manga lie behind the music of TeZukA, which opens at St James Theatre tonight. Read on

3rd March, Saturday

After an exhausting 28-hour flight from Finland to Wellington Kimmo Pohjonen found himself in Wellington surrounded by his accordion and all manner of technical wizardry. Read on

29th February, Wednesday

JO Randerson has had an eight year love affair, and it’s not over yet. Read on

29th February, Wednesday

WELLINGTON’S indie rock fans are in for a treat with the long-awaited performance by American band Death Cab for Cutie. Read on

29th February, Wednesday

INTERNATIONAL opera star Jonathan Lemalu joins the New Zealand String Quartet in a programme of four works, one of the highlights of the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts this week. Read on

25th February, Saturday

Jools and Lynda Topp are award-winning authors and songwriters, stars of both stage and screen, political campaigners and recipients of a Queen's Medal for services to entertainment. Read on

24th February, Friday

These days it all seems to be about sisters doing it for themselves, what with UK trio The Staves and now Sweden’s First Aid Kit. While the Stavely siblings channel a prim but charming range of classic UK and US folk performers (from Joni Mitchell an Read on

24th February, Friday

On Sunday, March 4th three vocally energised poets will take to the stage to entertain, promote, educate and inspire creativity in people and encourage them to look closer at poetry, music, and all its different forms. Read on

24th February, Friday

Paris, son of King Priam of Troy has stolen Helen - wife of King Menelaus of Greece provoking a war which has dragged on for 7 years. Read on

24th February, Friday

New Zealand's biggest arts festival has opened in Wellington, bringing together artists and performers from this country and around the globe. Read on

23rd February, Thursday

More than 30 years ago, when Brazil's most successful dance company was founded, it was just 11 people in the southern city of Belo Horizonte, well away from the country's big cultural centres. Read on

23rd February, Thursday

Streams of black ink drip down scroll-like screens, dancers mimic the strokes of a paintbrush and Shaolin monks play-fight. Read on

22nd February, Wednesday

AN EMERALD CITY aren’t quite like anything heard before. Read on

22nd February, Wednesday

The 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival opens this Friday with 900 artists from around the world filling the theatres, galleries and streets of Wellington for New Zealand’s largest multi-arts festival. Read on

20th February, Monday

Hobart, Maori-speaking Thomas volunteered to translate for the newly arrived prisoners, unaware that his former friend was among them. Read on

12th January, Thursday

The '70s stoner classic Tubular Bells was born out of the depths of artistic angst, writes Bruce Elder. Read on

8th January, Sunday

Israeli-born Hofesh Shechter is dance's most explosive choreographer, his fiery work the product of his warring homeland and the pain of being left by his mother as a child. Read on

8th January, Sunday

Six powerful voices, three cultures, one stage - the Barefoot Divas are set to stun at the Sydney Festival. Read on

20th December, Tuesday

In the first instalment of his new Guardian diary, actor Nick Asbury reunites with his pals: all-male Shakespearean troupe Propeller, taking Henry V on a world tour Read on

13th December, Tuesday

DC Comics signs Glaswegian crime writer Denise Mina to adapt Girl with the Dragon Tattoo novels for comic format Read on

1st December, Thursday

Wisconsin singer/songwriter's four major Grammy nominations had some music fans saying, 'Who?' Read on

28th November, Monday

The West End hit calls on Paul Kieve's powers: so does Scorsese's new film Hugo. Maddy Costa meets the master illusionist Read on

24th November, Thursday

Gavin Quinn on Hamlet and Playing The Dane Read on

24th November, Thursday

NEW Zealand-born Nina Nawalowalo has added another notch to her belt to create what the international media have called a "truly magical new play". Read on

23rd November, Wednesday

The power of a well-spun tale never fades – instead it weaves you into a weird and wacky world of its, and your own, making Read on

17th November, Thursday

Toi Whakaari student Alex Tarrant is feeling as light as a feather after winning the 2011 Museum Hotel Scholarship. Read on

14th November, Monday

Ultra talented Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit are returning to New Zealand next year, performing as part of the New Zealand International Arts Festival in Wellington. Read more: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/more/NID/4386/First-Aid-Kit-To-Play- Read on

7th November, Monday

Ed Hall has been nominated as Best Director in the Evening Standard Theatre awards for Propeller’s Richard III and Comedy of Errors Read on