Shawn McAvinue

A Dunedin mother who says some of her mail has gone missing over the past five months is angry at the response from New Zealand Post.

A severely burnt dog called Demon has been through hell and back but remains upbeat as his owner searches for a way to heal his skin infection.

We are in the thick of Arts Festival Dunedin and the first three nights have had audiences stamping on floors demanding encores and guffawing with uncontrolled laughter.

The moment Belgian singer Micheline Van Hautem walked from the back of Glenroy Auditorium singing, she owned the room.

The past 10 days my wife has referred to herself as the ''arts widow'' but today I return to her after being immersed in the spectrum of creativity known as Arts Festival Dunedin.

Debbie Vercoe (55) holds her Arts Festival Dunedin guide and tickets to Requiem for the Fallen before entering the Dunedin Town Hall yesterday.

A choir of the dead will bring the impossibly unpleasant alive in Requiem for the Fallen in a World War 1 commemoration as part of Arts Festival Dunedin.

One artists (from left) Simon Kaan, Rua McCallum, Nigel Jenkins, Donnine Harrison and Daniel Belton, of Dunedin, in their multi-media installation at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum auditorium, as part of Arts Festival Dunedin.

The Paper Cinema cast members rehearsing Odyssey at Kavanagh Auditorium this week are (from left) movement director Imogen Charleston, artistic director Nicholas Rawlings, musician Hazel Mills, musical director Christopher Reed and musician Katherine Mann, of England.

Actress Harmony Stempel, of New York, tests her tub at the Playhouse Theatre yesterday for her Dunedin premiere of Human Fruit Bowl tonight.

The percussion ensemble Strike will start its show with a ''big bang'' at the Regent Theatre tonight, says sound producer Ollivier Ballester.

Actor Michael Hurst relaxes on the set of his solo show No Holds Bard at the Fortune Theatre yesterday.

Visiting Dunedin Chinese Garden yesterday are guqin player Wu Na (left) and opera singer Dong Fei.

The musical Promise and Promiscuity was written by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton.

Cut-price fuel retailer Gull says it is investigating ways to move into the South Island.

People seeking ''silliness'' should watch Auckland composer and performer Robbie Ellis at St Paul's Cathedral at 1pm today, as part of Arts Festival Dunedin.

A rollercoaster play about a Dunedin hero has come home.

Belgian singer Micheline Van Hautem tests her swing in the Glenroy Auditorium yesterday before her first Arts Festival Dunedin performance.