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Review: My Old School is an ethics lesson

Music – some new tunes Yung Gravy, Taylor Swift and others

New Music: Seven Purple Tigers, and Air Traffic Control

Review: ‘Ticket to Paradise’ is a sweet film

Interview: Bringing the psychological thriller ‘The Wasp’ to life on stage

Interview: Alison Bruce talks about artificial intelligence, and starring in ‘The Made’

Interview: Actor Matt Whelan and the controversial play ‘The Writer’

Interview: The real story behind the play ‘Swallow the Fly’

Interview: The play ‘Skin Hunger’ explains how grief can make you horny

Review: ‘Lancaster’ is a frank and emotional story of the wartime bomber

Review: Pacifica the musical is a show we can all be proud of

Interview: Actor Cameron Jones takes on the excesses of the 1980s

Interview: Sabreen Islam’s journey through grief

Interview: The potency of Eugene O’Neill’s drama Long Day’s Journey into Night

Review: ‘Kaha’ is a beautiful piece of dance theatre

Review: Long Day’s Journey into Night is a poetic tragedy

Review: The Wedding Singer is a sassy and fun musical

Interview: Girl From the North Country

Review: The Black Phone is spookily good

Review: Scenes from a Yellow Peril is hilarious, edgy, and deliciously dangerous.

Review: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ is phenomenal

Interview: Meet the cast of Dhaba on Devon Avenue

New Music – Sharon Van Etten, One Republic, The Broods

Read: 2022 Auckland Festival of the Arts – Cancelled

Watch: Belfast is a feel good movie about the Troubles

New Music – Lana Del Ray, The Weeknd, The Linda Lindas

Read: New music – Elton John, A7S, Michael Kiwanuka

Read: New music Reb Fountain, John Mellencamp, One Republic

Read: Dakota of the White Flats is a delightful romp of an adventure

Read: Inflated Rebel is inspired, raw, and searingly beautiful.

Watch: Jennifer Hudson is a knock-out in ‘Respect’

Watch: Stillwater is a believable drama

Read: ‘All the Young Men’ is a testament to courage and tenacity

Read: New music – WILLOW, Imagine Dragons, Clairo, Inhaler, BENEE

Read: New music – Diana Ross, Olivia Rodrigo, Xavier Rudd, Mabel, Willow

Read: New music La Roux, Jonas Brothers, Lana Del Ray

Read: New music Moby, Julia Michaels, Camino

Read: The Haka Party Incident is a play every NZer should see

Read: New music from Demi Lovato, The Kooks, Justin Bieber

Read: The intriguing story of one of NZ’s wartime heroes

Read: New music Phoenix Foundation, ACCACIA, Billie Eilish

Listen: Adam Hattaway explains his love of Van Morrison

Event: Crowded House tour and new album

Read: New music – Guccihighwaters, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana del Ray

Read: New Music from Chris Cornell, The Avalanches, Six60

Listen: Addressed to Greta is a beautiful new novel by Fiona Sussman

Read: New Music from Matt Berninger, Phoenix Foundation, Lana del Ray.

Watch: Mary Poppins opens in Auckland

Read: New music from Marilyn Manson, The Vamps, Sam Smith, Tammy Nielson

Watch: The talent behind the new film Dead

Read: How art saved a kiwi during the pandemic in Spain

Watch: The King of Staten Island will make you fall in love with a loser

Read: The critics have badly misunderstood Netflix’s Hollywood

Read: Some binge-worthy shows that will stave off the boredom of self-isolation

Read: List of entertainment shows and events affected by Covid-19 in New Zealand

Film: Fools & Dreamers

Event: Kitchen Table Sessions

Read: Phill Jupitus is a master of the tall tale

The Mousetrap will keep you guessing

Watch: Blanc de Blanc is naughty and fun

Watch: Hugh Jackman’s tour with a kiwi connection

Watch: Madiba the Musical is an emotional rollercoaster

Watch: Aladdin in Auckland January 2019

Read: City of 100 Lovers

Watch: Shortland Street is immortalised as a musical

Watch: Jennifer Ward-Lealand talks about her new film and roles for older women

Watch: Peter Pan Goes Wrong is the perfect stress release

Read: Bohemian Rhapsody shows the music is bigger than the man

Watch: La Bohème is a must-see opera

Watch: Chicago is deliciously naughty

Watch: Anjelah Johnson is one funny lady

Watch: The Elixir of Love is magical and mischevious

Read: Upgrade is a well made action film

Read: 20th Century Women might leave you confused

Watch: Ballet Revolucion comes to Auckland

Watch: Welcome to the Murder House

Read: Two Hearts is the must see show of the Comedy Festival

Read: James Malcolm’s comedy is laden with sex

Read: A Bard’s Tale isn’t quite Shakespeare

Read: The Bookshop is a beautiful film

Watch: NZ Dance Co has a hit with Lumina

Read: Chappaquiddick and the cynicism of power

Read: The Best Comedy Show on Earth is pretty good

Read: Last Flag Flying is good despite being too long

Read: Andy Zaltzman’s rants are really funny

Read: Parker and Sainsbury are Comedy Festival Gold

Read: The bitter taste in the Sweet Country

Read: A Quiet Place will give you a good old scare

Read: Mamma Mia will get you up and dancing

Read: The Death of Stalin is not really a comedy

Live Out Loud

The sumptuous Atamira

Rawiri Paratene stars in Te Pō

Watch: Colin Cloud – The Mentalist

Watch: Marcia Hines talks about cabaret and grief

Read: Victoria and Abdul

Kátya Kabanová preview

Toruk – The First Flight

Miss Frisky’s Karaoke Experience

Kylie Price is Here with Me

Kaylee Bell talks about her great new single

Why Matilda the Musical is just so good!

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

An Inconvenient Sequel will scare and delight you

Read: Kiwi inspired store making headlines in Beijing

Ranterstantrum – a wicked play about race

Chance to Ignite

Dynamotion’s DISCO is a funny camp ride!

Jekyll and Hide

West Side Story comes to town

Carmen – Bizet’s beautiful yet tragic opera

Churchill the movie shows truth needn’t get in the way of a story

Preview of Sister Act the Musical

The chickens don’t quite come home to roost in Pecking Order

Alien Covenant is just so dull

In Viceroy’s House, Downton Abbey comes to India

It really is the best of the Comedy Festival

Raybon Kan is the satirist this country needs

Video – Zoe Lyons on being bald, gay and funny

Colossal is kinda like Godzilla but not really!

The film Denial is all about fake news

WTF is going on in the movie Get Out?

Why Ghost in the Shell is a flop

It’s probably not Their Finest but it’s not bad

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