Upbeat

Traveling to Anzac Cove for commemorations is almost a pilgrimage for many New Zealanders. It’s a chance to acknowledge those who stood there before us. Playwright Dave Armstrong’s new piece Anzac Eve… Read more Audio

Original works by three emerging choreographers take centre stage for Footnote Dance Company’s The Rebel Pink which opens at Cubadupa next week. The works explore the ups and downs of human… Read more Audio

European early music group L’Arpeggiata give Henry Purcell’s famous songs a genre bending transformation into the 21st century in Music for A While. Familiar songs like Dido’s Lament and Strike the… Read more Audio

Richard O’Brien is the god-parent of combining frocks and rock and roll. The creator of Rocky Horror is celebrating being 75 with a musical extravaganza, with all the money going to the Starship… Read more Audio

Going to the theatre and putting on headphones could seem strange, but that is what performer Richard Katz gets his audience to do for The Encounter, a one-man show which takes you deep into the… Read more Audio

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra is acknowledging the greats for this Saturday’s concert Homage. Great works reimagined will be performed including Anton Webern's interpretation of Bach's Ricercare… Read more Audio

The history of band rotundas takes centre stage today as an exhibition telling the story of rotundas in big towns and small opens at the National Library’s Turnbull Gallery. Co-curators Samantha… Read more Audio

Cloud Gate Dance Company’s RICE has been a much anticipated work at Auckland Arts Festival 2017. But did it live up to expectations? Dione Joseph describes “visionary” choreographer Lin Hwai-Min’s… Read more Audio

Voices New Zealand, the country’s first premier professional choir, has released its first subscription series spanning four different concert programmes in five regions across the country. From Jack… Read more Audio

Stories of wartime told through song are coming to the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington in April. Voices from the Front tells the story of soldiers on the front line at Gallipoli, with the script… Read more Audio

Nude works by Picasso, Cindy Sherman and Matisse are part of The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate on at the Auckland Art Gallery. It’s the first time many of these pieces have been seen in New… Read more Audio

The Wellington Jazz Festival is back in June. Shelagh Magadza is in charge of getting audiences into the swing with local and international bands. Today she announces the first names who are coming… Read more Audio