Price: $38-$88

Following a meteoric rise to become one of the hottest properties in modern dance, Hofesh Shechter brought his unmistakable style to New Zealand for the first time. Read on

Price: $53-$65

The circus got a titillating twist as Cantina’s creatures of the night came out to play. Read on

Price: $43-$50

Playwright Gary Henderson takes a touching, bittersweet look at life in the 1960s in this beautifully crafted play, directed by Jane Waddell. Read on

Price: $38-$78

Festival audiences were invited to step inside the vintage big top on Wellington’s waterfront and enter a world of enchantment and intrigue with Circus Ronaldo. Read on

Price: $48-$63

Evil kids ran riot and creatures of darkness ruled in this gloriously grim and wickedly funny world created through astonishing animated projections. Read on

Price: $15-$25

With characters named Cotton and Wrinkle you’d have expected Andy Manley’s White to be the kind of show that would have charmed your kids’ socks off – and you’d have been right. Read on

Price: $38-$48

Celebrated actor Michael Hurst joined forces with two of New Zealand’s freshest young writers in this innovative new solo work, set in the Shakespearean afterlife. Read on

Price: FREE

In an exceptionally well-received performance, audiences saw this very special Te Reo Māori version of Shakespeare’s tragedy before it travelled to play at London’s Globe. Read on

Price: $15-$36

Be there to see this riveting adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s award-winning book when it plays in Lower Hutt and Greytown. Read on

Price: FREE

In conversation with Hofesh Shechter – one of the most important voices in contemporary dance. Read on

Price: $38-$78

Struggle, power and sensational music came to the Town Hall, as five proud black women combined their talents in the spirited Walk a Mile in My Shoes. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Distinguished British biographer Selina Hastings discussed digging into the life of fiercely private author Somerset Maugham. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Ron Rash's stories are set in the moody isolation of America's Appalachian mountains and have earned him comparisons with John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy. Join him in conversation with Paul Diamond Read on

Price: $10-$18

Three Christchurch writers joined Kate De Goldi to discuss living, working and writing in the aftermath of the devastating Christchurch earthquakes. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Described as 'Tartan Noir', Denise Mina's writing is inextricably linked with the mean streets of Glasgow where she was born and where each of her nine novels are set. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Three of New Zealand’s most exciting new writers shared the Embassy stage as they discussed their writing journeys with Harry Ricketts. Read on

Price: $10-$18

With more than two million copies of his novels sold in Norway alone and his work translated into over 40 languages, Jo Nesbø is leading the most recent wave of Scandinavian crime writing. Read on

Price: FREE

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Price: $58-$65

With a distinct, boundary-crossing sound and an album nominated for no less than eight New Zealand Music Awards, The Phoenix Foundation are one of the country's most respected acts. Read on