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Stardome Observatory and Planetarium presents Jeff Wayne's musical version of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, A Live Planetarium Experience (Under License), November 9 through to 16 December at the Stardome, Auckland.

The name Agatha Christie is in itself a guarantee of excellence in the murder/mystery genre. Ten people have been invited to a house party on isolated Smugglers Island off the coast of Devon. A curious assortment of strangers cut off from civilization and cut off from everything but each other and the shadows of their own past lives…

Playhouse Theatre Inc. presents CAROUSEL playing now through to the 21st at Playhouse Theatre, Auckland.

Oliver, Philip and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, shifts from 1958 to the present and back again in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion.

The world's most magical musical arrives at The Civic, Auckland this October. Based on the beloved books by P.L. Travers and the 1964 Walt Disney film, the multi-award winning musical MARY POPPINS will play The Civic, Auckland for a strictly limited season.

Having swept the 2010 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and won universal acclaim touring the Pacific Rim, one of New Zealand theatre's most stunning and innovative works returns to Auckland for three shows only!

Backyard Theatre presents IMMACULATE by Oliver Lansley, directed by Melanie Camp.

New York. 1880's. The dawning of the electrical age. In a seemingly perfect Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating hysteria in women - 'the vibrator' - with which he has achieved remarkable results.

When Lia and Nick's son disappears at the time of the Bali bombings in 1992, all they have is an email that he was thinking of going to Jakarta, leaving them with their own grief and uncertainty. And just when they think they have exhausted all channels in trying to discover his whereabouts - the phone rings and it seems Adam has been found. Or has he?

One of the most controversial pieces of modern theatre becomes one of Silo's fundraising one-offs.

Everyone in the remote township of Omoana is proud of Matt Paku, who left the East Coast to train as a doctor and now has a successful practice in Auckland. Proudest of all is his old, blind father Werihe, who basks in this success via his son's letters which are read to him by Emma Gilhooly, the no-nonsense local postmistress. Every New Year's Eve, Matt comes home and the whole community celebrates. But things are different this year: Gilhooly has devastating news; news that she must keep from old Werihe at all costs if he's to hold onto his belief in his son.

Ellerslie Theatrical Society, Auckland presents William Shakespeare's THE WINTER'S TALE, running now through June 16 at the Stables Theatre Ellerslie.

Written and directed by Miria George, SUNSET ROAD opens at Circa Theatre, Wellington this June 20 through to July 7, 2012.

The York Shakespeare Company presents Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST, directed by Seth Duerr. True West plays a three-week limited engagement at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor). Opening Night is tonight, June 9 (8pm). $18 tickets are available at www.smarttix.com.

The York Shakespeare Company is pleased to present Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST, directed by Seth Duerr. True West will play a three-week limited engagement at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor). Performances begin tonight, June 8 and continue through Saturday, June 23. Opening Night is Saturday, June 9 (8 p.m.). $18 tickets are available at www.smarttix.com.

Silver Spring Stage presents The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, directed and produced by Seth Ghitelman. Set in the Irish countryside, a lonely woman in her forties has her first and possibly last chance at love until her manipulative mother sets in motion a train of events that leads to a terrifying conclusion.The Beauty Queen of Leenane will perform weekends tonight, May 18 to June 9.

For strictly one week from May 21 to 26 Michael Hurst stars A BARD DAY'S NIGHT at The Basement Theatre, Auckland.

Howick Little Theatre is to present William Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT, performances commenced May 12 and continue through to June 2, 2012.

Tickets for North Shore Music Theatre's June season of 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' are now on sale with performances starting June 9 through to 23, 2012.

The National Youth Theatre Company presents Andrew Lloyd Webber's JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT from June 22 to June 23, 2012 at the ASB Theatre, Auckland.