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SUPPLIED Escaped Alone is a surreal drama from Hamilton's Carving in Ice Theatre company. Pictured from left are Sarah Young (Sally), Mandy Faulkner (Mrs J), Fiona Sneyd (Vi) and Julianne Boyle (Lena). A myriad of multicultural music performances, raunchy cabaret, classical jazz, suburban drama and even exotic nude dancing are all on offer for arts lovers in the Hamilton Gardens this weekend. The schedule first few days of the long-awaited Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival is so jam-packed with events, many punters may be faced with making some very difficult choices about what shows to see. T...

Composer Claire Cowan’s Hansel and Gretel soundtrack is an immersive, world-building, and character-filled listen Composer Claire Cowan wrote the score to the Royal NZ Ballet’s 2019 production of Hansel and Gretel to great acclaim, now she’s recorded and released it with the NZSO. Long after the pointe shoes have been taken off tired feet, stage makeup has been scraped off faces, and tutus have been hung on the racks, the music of the ballet lingers. Some of the most well-loved pieces of classical music come from ballet: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies, Bolero, The Dying Swan and ...