Festival news
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12.03.2010 FESTIVAL FEVER Get $20 tickets* to four Club shows! FESTIVAL FEVER Get $20 tickets* to four Club shows! read on 
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02.02.2010 The prayers of Peter Brook Will theatre's great experimenter ever stop? As he nears 85, Peter Brook reveals why his new play, about a brutal religious war, was 50 years in the making read on 
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03.02.2010 St. Vincent covers The National, teams up with Byrne in NYC (1/29) Annie Clark has come a long way from her days as a member of The Polyphonic Spree's touring band, with her fanbase and critical acclaim steadily increasing with each release and tour as St. Vincent. Marry Me, St. Vincent's 2007 debut, introduced the read on 
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01.02.2010 Nine Good Reasons To Be Cheerful THE pursuit of happiness is a strong thread running through this year's Sydney Festival and beyond. In Theatre of Image's production of The Book of Everything at Belvoir St Theatre (not part of the festival), Thomas Klopper, "nine, nearly 10", is ask read on 
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29.01.2010 Overseas Interest in New Zealand literature set to grow Six New Zealand writers have been invited to attend prestigious Australian, Asian and American literary festivals as a result of Creative New Zealand's Te Manu Ka Tau (Flying Friends) programme. read on -
26.01.2010 Whales, Time Travel and Coming of Age: All Part of New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week Three celebrated international authors are now joining award-winning New Zealand writers in an already glittering line-up at the 2010 New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week from 9-14 March. read on 
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21.01.2010 Man In Black: The Johnny Cash Story at the Pacific Blue Festival Club The Man in Black: The Johnny Cash Story starring Tex Perkins and the Tennessee Four read on 
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12.01.2010 Join Jenny Pattrick for a sumptuous Afternoon Tea Celebrated novelist Jenny Pattrick will host a sumptuous high tea as part of New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week during the New Zealand International Arts Festival 2010. read on 
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11.01.2010 Finegan Kruckemeyer- Creator of The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy wins in 2009 Finegan Kruckemeyer (28) has had 35 of his commissioned plays performed around Australia, North America, Asia and Europe, with 19 new works set to have (inter)national seasons to 2011. read on 
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23.12.2009 Cultural treats across the Tasman While Australia’s major arts festivals each program a broad array of events from around the world for the entertainment of their audiences, none have to satisfy the tastes of the entire nation. That’s the challenge which faces Lissa Twomey, Artistic read on 
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21.12.2009 Midival Punditz get Amazon recognition In their 12-year long career, India's truly international electronica artiste-duo Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj, together known as the Midival Punditz read on 
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15.12.2009 Children's books 2009: It's all good! says Jon Scieszka As our first national ambassador of young people's literature, I am pleased to report that the world of children's books is rocking. read on 
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11.12.2009 Beyond the limits of language First published in 2006, Australian writer/illustrator Shaun Tan's spectacular picture book The Arrival is a wordless exploration of the migrant experience told over 128 pages of sepia-toned, photo-realistic drawings. read on 
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03.12.2009 Sound of Silence The Sound of Silence is a whimsical theatre piece which suggests that a peaceful anarchy was wrought behind the Iron Curtain by the songs of Simon and Garfunkel – listened to surreptitiously behind closed doors. read on 
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24.11.2009 Alvis Hermanis named Rigan of the Year New Riga Theater Artistic Director Alvis Hermanis has been recognized as the "Rigan of the Year" in 2009. read on 
