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Musical titans Dr. Karen Grylls and Te Waka Huia will perform a blend of kapa haka and choral music two nights this week. Sam Brooks talks to Grylls about bringing the two together.

Musician and accidental TikTok star Danica Bryant reflects on posting everyday for two years, losing sight of her intentions, and what having an audience really means.

The Young Critics Programme is “aiming to create a new generation of thoughtful reviewers”.

Artistic director Lyndsey Fineran on reading four books a week, wrangling 220 writers, and keeping the programme responsive to the world.

The award-winning queer choreographer and dancer thinks we should lend his art form the same lens that we give orchestral music and abstract paintings.

Damien Levi looks into the most recent data on publishing, gender, and ethnicity, only to find that the dial is barely shifting on representation.

Almost everything that's happening in the arts across Christchurch in March.

Including the Ockham shortlist, the Taite prize finalists, a new festival, and new residencies.

The actor-creator-theatre-makers share their thoughts on collaborating, leaving in the interval, and making original work rather than restaging classics.

Since she started writing in her teens, her work has shapeshifted from lyrics, to poetry, spoken word, scripts, and videos.

Welcome back to Global Compass, a monthly digest tracking the international movements of Aotearoa artists and sharing opportunities you won’t want to miss.

Matariki Williams shares the challenges of using imperfect archives for a project that aims to contextualise Māori art and correct the canon.

The theatre maker and filmmaker also explains why she loves to watch bad plays.

Within disability-led arts practice, technology is not a prosthesis that compensates for lack, but a collaborator that reshapes how agency circulates.

Digital platforms produce fast, market-driven design. Can slower, obsolete processes restore meaning through labor?

Gabi Lardies dives into this week’s arts news.

The actress has been touring Prima Facie around the motu for almost three years. The impact on her, and on audiences, has been huge.

PROWL Fest brings a litany of events to Auckland Pride. Sam Brooks talks to artistic director Hayley Walters and co-producer Renee Wikitoria about what it takes to bring a “mini-festival” to life.

As well as open calls, new beginnings, and free art history lessons.

The actor and producer shares how she navigates an industry that can be soul-sucking.

The human rights lawyer, educator, and bestselling author explains how she has used a beautiful book to teach people about Te Tiriti.

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Shoreside Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park hits its 30th anniversary this year. Sam Brooks talks to board member and longtime participant James Bell on how the company has lasted so long.