Performance

Can fantasy help us to understand things we'd rather not think about at all? That's the question behind new play Defending the J.J. Mac, which opens soon in Auckland. Director Leon Wadham says the… Audio

Pop-up Globe is the world's first full-scale working replica of the second Globe theatre, and eight of Shakespeare's works will be performed in Auckland before it heads to another part of the world.

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Violin player and busker Elisabeth Auchinvole is a Wellington based performer and event organiser who will be taking part in The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in the New Zealand Festival. Audio

Coral Pitcher is a singer/songwriter who along with her mother Emmeline Pitcher has toured throughout New Zealand, and been a busker on many of its streets as well. She's performed at rugby games, on… Audio

What goes on in the burbs…is sometimes the unexpected. Burbs is a new web series filmed in and around Wellington, created by 23-year-old writer and film graduate, Laura Robinson. Quirky situations… Audio, Gallery

Singaporean choreographer Kuik Swee Boon is in the country to work with the students of the New Zealand School of Dance on excerpts from his piece 'As It Fades'. He talks to Eva about his influences… Audio

RAD Talks is the Barbarian Productions contribution to this year's LitCrawl Festival in Wellington. Director Jo Randerson talks about the idea behind it. Audio

Amanda Skoog has been Managing Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet for nine years. She's moving on, and shifting to London. Clarissa asks her what she has planned. Audio

Glen Downie and Stephen Cleland: 'Performance Scores' The Adam Art Gallery are currently exhibiting a collection of work by Bruce Barber, titled 'Performance Scores'. Curator Stephen Cleland… Audio

The 2016 Auckland Arts Festival programme is out now. Artistic director Carla van Zon previews some of the highlights from next year's lineup. Audio

Tutus add to the spectacle of classical ballet and are equally as important as the set design. This August, the New Zealand School of Dance launched an appeal to raise $9,000.00 towards the… Audio, Gallery

Now in its 20th year, Black Grace Dance Company are presenting 'Siva' and '20 for 20' over the next couple of months. Artistic director and choreographer talks about these works, and looks back on the… Audio

The lineup for next year's WOMAD world music festival in Taranaki is out. Artistic director Emere Wano talks through some of the highlights. Audio

The New Zealand Festival celebrates its 30th Birthday in 2016. Artistic director Shelagh Magadza previews next year's lineup. Audio

Claire Mabey has a busy few weeks ahead of her; she's in charge of both the Tauranga Arts Festival and Wellington's LitCrawl writers and readers events. Audio

Drew James is the Senior Producer for the Performing Arts Network of New Zealand's touring agency. He talks about their first year of operation. Audio

Te Pou Theatre's Atawhai Festival is designed to raise mental health awareness, through a series of workshops and performances. Eva speaks to two of the major players in the Atawhai Festival: Borni Te… Audio

Body Festival director Adam Hayward outlines this year's events, in the fourteenth iteration of the dance festival. Audio

Choreographer and teacher Sofia Mavragani has taken her performance workshop 'playforPLACE' to cities like Athens, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, and Reykjavik. This week, she joins actor and director… Audio

Simon looks at some recordings from Miles Davis' 'wilderness years'. Audio