• News

    Silo Theatre's 2016 Programme Announced

    A celebration of the anarchic, the wild and the beautiful fight in us all to survive in a troubling world.

  • News

    Brilliant Things To Do in Auckland This December

    A Christmas musical satire, a dose of Fryish delight, the Auckland Fair, some pampering options and some high quality musical offerings.

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    Win a Double Pass to Ithaca

    This competition has expired.

  • News

    Auckland Arts Festival Announces Diverse 2016 Lineup

    A creative feast of theatre, dance, music, circus and cabaret that won't fail to satisfy.

Latest Guides
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    The Five Best Events in Auckland This Halloween

    Five excuses to dress like a weirdo and drink punch till the sun comes up.

  • News

    Brilliant Things to Do in Auckland This November

    The country’s largest culinary festival, the latest offering from Cirque du Soleil, a music prize recognising up-and-coming Kiwi artists, a multi-genre film festival showcasing work from here and across the Pacific, and one of the greatest bands of all time.

  • News

    McLaren Falls Festival Moves To Auckland, Changes its Name and Drops Second Lineup

    Goodbye lakeside camping, waterfall and glow-worm forest. Hello Jamie XX, Mac DeMarco and Elliphant.

  • News

    New Zealand Festival is Bringing Us Sufjan Stevens And Many More Magical Acts

    Including a reinterpretation of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Miranda July, Calexico and a Salvador Dali-inspired theatre piece.

  • News

    The Royal New Zealand Ballet Unveil Their 2016 Programme

    The debut season under the guidance of Italian choreographer and Artistic Director Francesco Ventriglia.

  • News

    Win Tickets to the Preview of Le Noir: The Dark Side of Cirque

    The world's most daring and seductive circus is back in town.

Latest Places
  • Restaurant

    This That

    57 Lorne St , Auckland City

    A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.

  • Bar

    Scarlett Slimms & Lucky

    476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland

    Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.

  • Bar

    Cassette Nine

    Vulcan Lane, Auckland

    Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.

  • Restaurant

    Miss Clawdy

    12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland

    There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.

  • News

    Win a Double Pass to National Geographic Live Presents: Ocean Wild with Brian Skerry

    The accidental conservation photographer who's spent 10,000 hours photographing animals underwater.

  • News

    The Finalists For The 2016 Billy T James Award Have Been Unveiled

    The brightest talent in local comedy and their quest for the prestigious Yellow Towel.

  • News

    Brilliant Things to do in Auckland This October

    Brilliant activities to distract you from the imminent presence of all things Christmas.

  • News

    Brilliant Things to Do in Auckland this September

    A pop-up inflatable alien-like structure, one of the longest running feline musicals in history, a street-wide homegrown alternative music festival, a celebration of the country’s most enthusiastic do-gooders, a marriage of food and fashion and a Shakespearian classic.

Latest Events
  • Event

    The Fall Guy

    Wednesday, April 24 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Ryan Gosling is at his most charming — including while batting around screwball banter with Emily Blunt — in this dynamic action/rom-com ode to stunt performers.

  • Event

    Food Truck Round Up at MOTAT

    Thursday, May 2 - Saturday, May 4, 2024

    MOTAT, Western Springs

    Three nights of delicious eats, live entertainment and top-notch vibes at the beloved transport museum.

  • Event

    Abigail

    Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    The directors of 'Ready or Not' turn their attention to monster movies in this deliciously entertaining heist-meets-vampire flick.

  • Event

    Challengers

    Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    For 'Call Me By Your Name' director Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in a smash of a tennis- and love triangle-fuelled drama.

  • Event

    Back to Black

    Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.

  • Event

    Civil War

    Thursday, April 11 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Author-turned-filmmaker Alex Garland adds another unforgettable movie to his directorial resume, diving into a divided America with Kirsten Dunst playing a war photojournalist.

  • Event

    Late Night with the Devil

    Thursday, April 11 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Led by a hypnotic David Dastmalchian as a talk-show host, this found-footage standout set in the 70s is an Aussie horror delight.

  • Event

    Robot Dreams

    Thursday, April 25 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    This Oscar-nominated animated gem explores love, loneliness, finding a connection and facing fate's chaos through the friendship of a dog and a robot.

  • Event

    Origin

    Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    'Selma' and 'A Wrinkle in Time; filmmaker Ava DuVernay returns with a sensitive, sincere and supremely smart biopic that's also an exploration of caste systems.

  • Event

    Lovers and Castaways

    Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024

    The Pah Homestead, Auckland

    This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.

  • News

    Brilliant Things to do in Auckland This August

    Everything from an environmental singles event on an island, a talk about intense animal encounters, sardonic observation comedy, and some ballet from across the ditch.

  • News

    Win a Double Pass to National Geographic Presents My Nine Lives

    Photographer Steve Winter takes you on a behind-the-scenes of tour of getting photos worthy of the National Geographic.

  • News

    Understanding the Work of Marina Abramovic in Five Phases

    How the performance artist got from bodily extremes to quiet introspection — and with it, superstardom.

  • News

    Brilliant Things to Do in Auckland this July

    A photo exhibition that encapsulates 2014, the best local tour of the year, unprofessional professional EDM artists and a live music and film crossbreed are just some of the things that make July a brilliant time to explore this fine city of ours.

  • News

    The Winner of the 2015 Billy T Award Has Been Named

    Props, costume changes and audience participation = maximum lols.

  • News

    Theatre Director Oliver Driver Makes Cinema Come Alive in New 4D Play

    The man driving the crazy theatre-film hybrid show.

  • News

    Rupert Murdoch Has Left the Headlines and Has Gone on Stage

    Unbridled ambition, phone hackings and miles of headlines later.

  • News

    Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Set to Pop Up in Auckland

    Next April, it will be 400 years since one of the greatest playwrights and poets known to man passed away.

  • News

    Pizzas and Laughs are on the Menu at the Montecristo and Bacco Room

    Italian eatery Toto’s will also be serving up their famous metre-long pizza and three bars will be in operation.

  • Guide

    Ten Must See Acts of the NZ International Comedy Festival 2015

    How do you make concrete laugh? You tickle it's crack.

  • News

    Win a Double Pass to See iTMOi

    A modern reinterpretation of Stravinsky's ballet which caused a near riot when it was first performed.

  • News

    Win Tickets to See Cedar Lake and a Night at Rendezvous Hotel Auckland

    Fiery contemporary ballet and a night at a four-and-a-half star hotel.

  • News

    Brilliant Things To Do in Auckland This March

    The world's biggest waterslide, a surf film festival and sunrise yoga are just a few things to look forward to.

  • News

    Your Guide to the 2015 Auckland Fringe Festival

    An intensified period of weird and wonderful arty experiences.

  • News

    Auckland's New State-of-the-Art Theatre Gets The Go-Ahead

    Construction of the ASB Waterfront Theatre is about to get under way and it can't come soon enough for Auckland Theatre Company's Artistic Director Colin McColl.

  • News

    Noel Fielding Announces Australia and New Zealand 2015 Tour

    Spend an evening with The Mighty Boosh co-lead's most beloved and baffling characters.

  • News

    September’s Plays of the Month in Auckland

    Opening this month are a bunch of genre-bending shows that are bound to pique your interest.

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