16th March, Friday

Tiki Taane is no one-trick pony. Read on

16th March, Friday

Galileo Galilei was the original Renaissance man. Read on

16th March, Friday

Rol and Aggie Madden are walking advertisements for the global appeal of the New Zealand International Arts Festival. Read on

14th March, Wednesday

When Martin Streeter was convinced to make a trip to New Zealand for the 1996 International Arts Festival, he had no idea it would become a permanent fixture in his calendar. Read on

14th March, Wednesday

In the anxious moments before going on stage, James Thierree wonders why he didn't get a regular job. Read on

14th March, Wednesday

"The ukulele at least sounds good when you pick it up," muses James Hill, as he laments the battle the folksy guitar faces to knock the recorder off the top spot as preferred introductory musical instrument. Read on

14th March, Wednesday

He's played the same solo role in the same play for two years, but British actor Alex Campbell isn’t bored. Read on

13th March, Tuesday

New York, Tehran, Wellington it's been a meteoric path to success for Tobias Wegner since his show, Leo, stormed last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Read on

13th March, Tuesday

It doesn't have the rock 'n' roll aura of the electric guitar or the classical prestige of a grand piano. But for the second time in the International Arts Festival the versatile instrument takes centre stage. Read on

13th March, Tuesday

Workers in Wellington's HSBC Tower were greeted at the elevators as they entered and left the building during a performance art project. Read on

13th March, Tuesday

As time marches closer to his execution, Private Tommo Peaceful looks back on his short life, reminiscing about his carefree childhood days and recounting how he ended up in the trenches of World War I. Read on

12th March, Monday

With opening night looming, Marcus McShane once spent three straight days preparing a theatre, while sleeping in a bed that was part of the set because he didn't have time to venture home. Read on

9th March, Friday

Jo Nesbo lives a lonely life writing about Harry Hole, a cynical alcoholic detective who thwarts depraved and sadistic criminals in the streets of Oslo. Read on

9th March, Friday

Modern rock music isn't something you'd expect to find influencing contemporary dance. Read on

8th March, Thursday

Performing as the King of the Greeks while speaking Maori is a unique challenge, but one that Scotty Morrison is glad to be taking on. Read on

8th March, Thursday

For Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Soderberg, tonight's sold-out performance in the New Zealand International Arts Festival will be a chance for both fans and first-time listeners to come under the spell of their heavenly harmonies. Read on

8th March, Thursday

Nestled between two world wars, the 1920s in Europe was a time of decadence. Read on

6th March, Tuesday

An opera that tells the story of Hohepa Te Umuroa and his friendship with Hutt Valley early settlers Thomas "Quaker" Mason and his wife Jane has its world premiere next week. Read on

3rd March, Saturday

Renee Liang talks to Scott Graham, co-director of UK-based theatre collective Frantic Assembly, about the new work they are bringing to the NZ International Arts Festival, Beautiful Burnout. Read on

2nd March, Friday

Fijian boy meets English girl over a game of chess and begin an unlikely love affair. Read on

1st March, Thursday

As the white lie goes, a New Zealand band followed a meteorite in to outback United States and found a time capsule with the words "An Emerald City" on it. Read on

1st March, Thursday

Deciding where and when to set a Shakespeare play is tricky – the canvas is open; directors have been landing the plays in exotic places for years. Read on

1st March, Thursday

Sparks fly when Finland's "extreme" accordionist steps onstage with his squeeze-box. Read on

1st March, Thursday

The only person who has had more shows in the New Zealand International Arts Festival is "a guy called William Shakespeare", laughs Tu writer and director Hone Kouka. Read on

1st March, Thursday

Sixteen is the magic number for a choir and orchestra ensemble performing at the Wellington Town Hall tonight. Read on

29th February, Wednesday

“It was the winter of 2007. What had started as a joke between a handful of down-and-out Melbourne musos quickly spiralled out of control into this musical juggernaut!” Quips band leader Julian Cue. Read on

29th February, Wednesday

Here's an idea of the mania of being a popular band on tour: "Seventeen planes in 21 days in eight time zones." Read on

29th February, Wednesday

There's a conspiracy when it comes to Shakespeare, says Ed Hall. Read on

29th February, Wednesday

Once a cult classic that kick-started Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Records, Mike Oldfield's post-hippy cult opus Tubular Bells can now be found, dusty and a little scratched, in most secondhand shops. Read on

28th February, Tuesday

Holding the full attention of a live audience is an onerous task at the best of times, but when it is just you on the stage for more than two hours, you must pull off something truly special. Read on

28th February, Tuesday

If you were umming and ahhing over going to see First Aid Kit in the Arts Festival, then get in quick as there is just one ticket left. Read on

28th February, Tuesday

Perhaps it was the aquavit or the long Norwegian nights, but when Wellington thespian Jo Randerson saw the Ronaldo Circus drive off eight years ago she broke down in tears. Read on

28th February, Tuesday

Italy's legendary chamber music ensemble I Musici, who play Wellington tonight in their first tour of New Zealand, owe a debt of gratitude to one of their countrymen. Read on

27th February, Monday

Returning from three years in Berlin, Kiwi-bred six-piece An Emerald City are beginning their final New Zealand tour, playing a one-off show in Wellington on the 1st of March as part of the New Zealand Arts Festival. Read on

25th February, Saturday

They can be found sleeping in alleyways and on park benches, they are regular dumpster divers and spend most of the year glued to each others' sides as they tour festival dates around the world: welcome to the lives of Australian gypsy-punk band The Read on

24th February, Friday

A great dane opens the play The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane by playing with a human skull. Read on

24th February, Friday

NZ playwright Gary Henderson’s classic play Peninsula is having a revival at this year’s NZ International Arts Festival. Read on

24th February, Friday

She walks from the elevator and stands in the foyer of Amora Hotel in Wellington looking a little afraid, a little lost. Read on

23rd February, Thursday

Michel Tuffery's been fascinated by museums since he was a "tiny little fella". Read on

23rd February, Thursday

The British theatre company Kneehigh Theatre has a distinctive, bucolic way of coming up with new plays. Read on

23rd February, Thursday

In 2008 The National Theatre of Scotland brought its international hit Black Watch to the Perth International Arts Festival. Read on

22nd February, Wednesday

With his mowhawk and beard, Kimmo Pohjonen looks like a rock star - but the Finnish artist doesn't play guitar, bass or drums. Read on

21st February, Tuesday

You’re not very likely to witness any sibling rivalry when Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg, a.k.a First Aid Kit, bring their world tour to London on Thursday night. Read on

17th February, Friday

Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is nutty about anime and manga. Speaking to him at a cafe in his native Antwerp, Cherkaoui drops all the right names into his conversation and gets as giddy as an otaku (obsessive) discussing Japanese pop culture. Read on

17th February, Friday

Concrete Playground caught up with one of the creative heads behind An Emerald City, Reuben Bonner, and talk politics, fashion, Chimps, Jack Nicholson and blogging. Read on

13th February, Monday

Up against three other nominees, the Touareg group Tinariwen receives a Best World Music Album Grammy for its Tassili Desert Sessions at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles February 12. Read on

11th February, Saturday

The NZSQ tackle the Everest of the chamber music repertoire for their 25th anniversary. Read on

29th January, Sunday

It isn’t a line you expect to hear in a rehearsal for The Winter’s Tale: “Let’s just run the Donna Summer moment again.” Read on

26th January, Thursday

AT least Nicholas Asbury can finally walk the streets of Sheffield without being lambasted for putting down one of soapland’s best-loved pets. Read on