Billy Bragg performs at Otago Girls' High School last night in the final act of the 2012 Otago Festival of the Arts. Photo by Craig Baxter. : Stars align to grand effect

Amadeus. Photo by Linda Robertson. : Stars align to grand effect

Asphyxia, with her marionette Martha Brimstone, previews her show Hatched at the Meridian Mall on Friday. Photo by Linda Robertson. : Stars align to grand effect

Bahia of all Colours, at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery last week. Photo by Craig Baxter. : Stars align to grand effect

Brain Turner as he reads from his latest collection, Elemental: Central Otago Poems, as St Paul's Cathedral on Thursday. Photo by Linda Robertson. : Stars align to grand effect

The Vienna Boys Choir. Photo by Craig Baxter. : Stars align to grand effect