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    Is this a lightsaber which I see before me?

    Queen’s High School students Renee Geddes, as Palamon, and Tiana Stout-Roden, as Arcite, perform...

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    Is this a lightsaber which I see before me?

    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, three Sith lords descend on Macbeth on a Dunedin Shakespeare festival’s main stage.

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    Gallery keeps home fires burning

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    Gallery keeps home fires burning

    Never before seen acquisitions mix with pieces that form the foundation of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery collection in a significant new book and related exhibition, "Te Ahikāroa".

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    Invisible by Rod Eales.

    Art seen: March 26

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    Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’

    Playwright Carl Bland as the author in Nightsong’s new work The Burning House. Photos: supplied

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    Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’

    Playwright Carl Bland is putting his "words" where his mouth is by performing his own work in a theatrical reading of theatre company Nightsong’s latest work-in-development, Burning House.

    Showcasing peninsula art

    A view of Otago Harbour, painted by OpenArts Inc president Roger Weston, will be among the works...

    Showcasing peninsula art

    The popular "Almost an Island" exhibition returns this week, showcasing Otago Peninsula and its artists.

    Send-up of a favourite guilty pleasure

    Send-up of a favourite guilty pleasure

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    Rockumentary singalong packs theatre

    Rockumentary singalong packs theatre

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    'Ultimate tough guy' Chuck Norris dies

    Chuck Norris in the film 'Lone Wolf McQuade' in 1983. Photo by Topkick Productions/Getty Images

    'Ultimate tough guy' Chuck Norris dies

    Chuck Norris, the US martial artist and Hollywood tough guy most famous for his role in the Walker, Texas Ranger television series, has died at the age of 86.

    Sublime, intimate, vulnerable performance

    Nicole Maisey has developed a multi-award-winning show as part of the Fringe Festival. Photo:...

    Sublime, intimate, vulnerable performance

    Producer and artist Nicole Maisey has created an arresting work that delves into her recent ADHD diagnosis.

    Story from someone who’s been there

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    Story from someone who’s been there

    After Elsa Couvreur made her video of The Sensemaker temporarily available online, a clip from the show started to turn up in some of the less savoury corners of the internet.

    Obituary: Bob Weir, musician

    Musician Bob Weir in 1976. Photo: Getty Images

    Obituary: Bob Weir, musician

    Bob Weir was a co-founder of the great 1960s counterculture band The Grateful Dead.

    A peak into the past

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    A peak into the past

    Steven Knight’s most famous creation, Tommy Shelby, is back, this time in a feature-length story.

    The revolution will not win an Oscar

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    The revolution will not win an Oscar

    One Battle After Another doesn't get the resistance in Trump's America, writes Gustavo Arellano.

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