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As the summer evenings settle, enjoy traditional presentations of two of Shakespeare's finest plays performed outdoors in The PumpHouse Amphitheatre.

Broadway Dreams Founder and President, Annette Tanner has returned to her native New Zealand for the third consecutive year to provide the organization's unique brand of performing arts training to students of all ages.

The wild child of the performing arts, Auckland Live Fringe Town returns to take over the magnificent Auckland Town Hall from 25 February to 1 March with an explosive line-up of unconventional experiences.

Offering a roller-coaster of emotion with all the light and dark of human experience, Over My Dead Body: LITTLE BLACK BITCH returns to the stage in 2020 in its fully realised form.

Company, is a bold, seminal musical that premiered on Broadway in 1970.

Opening night of the second play of the Pop-Up Globe's Summer Season of Love - and it's a playful, laughter-filled, exuberant, Polynesian-tinged romp.

The opening night audience was enthralled from the first notes of the band to the last at Auckland Performing Arts Academy's 'The Addams Family'.

Is there anything better than family and the anticipation of Christmas as December's end draws closer? That is the question we were delighted to answer at the opening night of 'A Christmas Story the Musical'.

First Date is a romantic, musical comedy with book by Austin Winsberg of Gossip Girl fame and music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner based on personal experiences with blind dates.

Former Principal of Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, and Royal Danish Ballet, Martin James has today become Patron of bbodance Australasia, the main international presence of bbodance, which celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2020.

The Court Theatre today announces that long term Artistic Director Ross Gumbley will have a change of focus for the next few years a?" accepting the newly created role of Artistic Adviser/Lead Director.

Across five nights this December, 19 young performers will be explaining the science of growing up when they take the stage to perform ground-breaking play, Brainstorm.

Ngā Taonga appoints new Tumu Whakarae - Chief Executive   The Board of Trustees of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has appointed Honiana Love as the archive's new Tumu Whakarae - Chief Executive.

Want to see a heart-warming, unexpectedly clever spoof? Commissioned and developed by Silo Theatre with funding assistance of Creative New Zealand and Silo Theatre's Patron Donors, the 'Bollywood' spaghetti western is a superb mix of light and breezy, with an undercurrent of serious political and me

Self-appointed Captain Mainwaring, the pompous bank manager, is created with true authenticity by Bradley Pope in his first major role, and it is testament to his outstanding commitment that he cut off his thick head of hair to become Mainwaring's double.

Back by popular demand, join The Court Jesters this Christmas as they ambitiously recreate Charles Dickens' classic Yuletide tale with just two performers, one pianist and, of course, a little help from you in the audience in A Christmas Carol.

What a concept - who does not remember the naked ambition, the competition, the betrayal, bribery and jealously in the Primary School classroom to secure a plumb role in the annual Christmas Nativity play! We can instantly relate and regress several, if not many decades.

For fans of Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes and period comedic farce, this play will entirely engage, delight, and entertain.

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision releases a new five year Strategic Plan   Audiovisual archive Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has released a refresh of its 2016a?"2024 Strategic Plan.

I Love You, You're Perfect.

Visually this show is spectacular thanks to super talented costume designers Helen Chessum.

Top Quality Singing Series Hits Auckland for Pre Christmas Celebrations Consisting of four professional performers, Renee Maurice - New Zealand's Got Talent winner 2013; Emma Bishop - Producer, Artistic Director StageAntics Performing Arts, Junior Theatre NZ National Coordinator; Chantel Wilson - v

Fuelled by the desire to assist three talented South Auckland teenagers to get to The Junior Theatre Festival in America in January 2020, Emma Bishop has come together with 3 equally talented performer friends to create 'Queen_St' - and audiences are loving what they do.

Top Quality Singing Series Hits Auckland for Pre Christmas Celebrations Consisting of four professional performers, Renee Maurice - New Zealand's Got Talent winner 2013; Emma Bishop - Producer, Artistic Director StageAntics Performing Arts, Junior Theatre NZ National Coordinator; Chantel Wilson - v