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: $48-$58

The laws of gravity are made to be broken in this brilliantly mind-boggling piece of theatre. Read on

Price: $15-$26

Maisey Rika brings her eclectic songs and honey-stung vocals to Otaki and Upper Hutt. Read on

Price: $38-$68

Guns, guitars and Gaddafi – the epic story of this North African band was as fascinating as their music. Read on

Price: $15-$36

Ukulele maestro James Hill is joined by cellist and singer Anne Davison for a Porirua performance filled with creativity and unpredictable fun. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Before her landmark book The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer gained a PhD with a thesis on Shakespearean works. In her book Shakespeare's Wife, she examines the little known life of Ann Shakespeare Read on

Price: $10-$18

In this Embassy Session four international guests, led by Oxford University Professor in Modern German Literature Karen Leeder, examined the art of translation. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Chris Bourke is a Wellington-born historian, journalist, editor and radio producer with a passion for music. Read on

Price: $10-$18

In this session Juan Gabriel Vásquez, one of Latin America’s most original writers joined Kim Scott, the first indigenous Australian writer to win the Miles Franklin Award. Read on

Price: $10-$18

In 2012 Bill Manhire, New Zealand’s first Poet Laureate and director of Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters, was on the hunt for new poetic voices. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Kate Grenville and Alan Hollinghurst’s novels are often multi-layered, spanning many years and many generations, with strong recurring themes of time and memory. Read on