Known for her jaw-dropping work with the World of WearableArt show, Malia Johnston is the Creative Director of BELLE - a performance of air. Ahead of the show's 2022 Festival season, Malia stops by ARTicle to talk redefining the female circus artist and failing at quadruple pirouettes.

The Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts Directors take you through the highlights of the 2022 Programme.

Kip Chapman and Brad Knewstubb are the creators of the wildly successful interactive exhibit Apollo 13: Mission Control, which toured the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. They are returning to the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts with a brand new experience, Destination Mars, which sees audience members take on the challenge of being in the control room when a solar flare threatens the red planet. They talk to ARTicle about blending theatre with technology.

Ahead of her turn as a mother newly liberated from an abusive marriage and intent on upending the patriarchy in Circa Theatre's HIR, Perry Piercy takes our This Theatrical Life questionnaire. She talks comfortable shoes and why her Gran Rose was always right.

In this week's Window into Te Ao Māori, Tama Ale Samoa explores the power of iconic Māori weapon, the Taiaha.

Lisa Reihana (Ngāpuhi - Ngāti Hine, Ngāi Tū-Te Auru) is a visual artist whose practice includes film, sculpture, costume and body adornment and photography. Lisa is the 2022 Artist in Focus and is bringing a free series of her most celebrated pieces alongside new works to the Wellington region over the festival period.

Comedian, actor, writer, director and snapchat impressionista Tom Sainsbury's zany intergalactic music odyssey Gays in Space is playing at BATS theatre until August 18, featuring Chris Parker, Zak Enayat, Daryl Wrightson & Blaise Clotworthy. In between the pink face paint and quest for scarves, Tom took our This Theatrical Life questionnaire.

In this week’s ARTicle we take one final look at the Māori genesis story and uncover the origins of Kawa Marae.

Returning for its third outing, Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is all set fill Gisborne with dance, music, kapa haka and visual art over ten creative and colourful days and nights from Friday 8 to Sunday 17 October 2021. Featuring more than 200 artists and performers, here's just a glimpse at some of the extraordinary kōrero, taonga and talent on offer across the programme.