Upbeat

Tonia Looker has more than 17,000 followers on Instagram and has a made a name for herself not just as a ballerina for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, but from posting how-to videos on social media that… Read more Video, Audio

Rachael Beesley is the director and concertmaster of Australia’s brightest and shiniest new orchestra, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra. She’s here to conduct NZ Barok on a journey… Read more Audio

Smaller regions of New Zealand don’t often get the chance to see professional musical theatre shows and musical theatre actors in New Zealand don’t often get the opportunity to perform in a touring… Read more Audio

Peter Mechen reviews the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.24 in C Minor & Elgar’s Symphony No.1 in A-flat conducted by Edo de Waart and featuring pianist… Read more Audio

Contemporary Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei hopes gallery-goers won't shy away from getting involved in his exhibition with The Art of Participation at Auckland Art Gallery. Read more Audio

Self-confessed musical adventurers Craig Denham and John Sanders – both members of the pioneering New Zealand world folk jazz group Beyondsemble -  are back with their duo group Alpaca Social Club… Read more Audio

Life is never dull for Eve de Castro-Robinson. In the past few months she’s created new works while a resident in the UK and New York; worked on a piece for the Aotea Flute Quartet; had a piece… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra violist Brian Shillito got his first taste of orchestra life in 1974, but it wasn’t until 1981 than he returned. He spent the next 35 years playing and travelling with… Read more Audio

A whole lot of buskers will take to the streets across the country to raise funds for StarJam, a charity that helps empower young people with disabilities through music and performance. CEO Mary… Read more Audio

In November, the question “How many cellos can you fit in a room?” will be answered when the 6^th annual Cellophonia International Festival gets underway in Wellington. Directed by Inbal Megiddo &amp… Read more Audio

Leo Gene Peters, the director of Don Juan, knows the art of seduction – the seduction of the audience that is, with his show now having toured for more than two years. The play’s longevity is down to… Read more Audio

UK playwright Duncan Macmillan’s highly acclaimed dark comedy Lungs addresses love in unstable times as a couple in their 30s decides what shape their future will take. Arthur Meek stars alongside… Read more Audio