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'Ultimate tough guy' Chuck Norris dies

Chuck Norris in the film 'Lone Wolf McQuade' in 1983. Photo by Topkick Productions/Getty Images

'Ultimate tough guy' Chuck Norris dies

Chuck Norris, the US martial artist and Hollywood tough guy most famous for his role in the Walker, Texas Ranger television series, has died at the age of 86.

Sublime, intimate, vulnerable performance

Nicole Maisey has developed a multi-award-winning show as part of the Fringe Festival. Photo:...

Sublime, intimate, vulnerable performance

Producer and artist Nicole Maisey has created an arresting work that delves into her recent ADHD diagnosis.

Story from someone who’s been there

Embarrassed Naked Female by Elsa Couvreur. Photo: Aline Zandona

Story from someone who’s been there

After Elsa Couvreur made her video of The Sensemaker temporarily available online, a clip from the show started to turn up in some of the less savoury corners of the internet.

Obituary: Bob Weir, musician

Musician Bob Weir in 1976. Photo: Getty Images

Obituary: Bob Weir, musician

Bob Weir was a co-founder of the great 1960s counterculture band The Grateful Dead.

A peak into the past

Steven Knight in Birmingham, the city of his childhood and where he has recalled a more distant...

A peak into the past

Steven Knight’s most famous creation, Tommy Shelby, is back, this time in a feature-length story.

The revolution will not win an Oscar

Director Paul Thomas Anderson and producer Sara Murphy with the One Battle after Another Oscars....

The revolution will not win an Oscar

One Battle After Another doesn't get the resistance in Trump's America, writes Gustavo Arellano.

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Circus show inspired by ADHD diagnosis

Award-winning aerial acrobat Nicole Maisey rehearses before last night’s Dunedin Fringe Festival...

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Circus show inspired by ADHD diagnosis

If it was not for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Nicole Maisey would not be an award-winning aerial acrobat, swinging from the roof by her hair.

Feeling ambition not met

Pas de TroisAllen Hall TheatreThursday, March 19Set in 1860s Paris, Pas de Trois depicts three ballerinas — Aurelie, Sylvie and Colette — at loggerheads over who will be selected as their...

Horror that’s all too familiar

Horror that’s all too familiar

CasketcaseGlobe TheatreWednesday, March 18The Globe Theatre was packed for Casketcase; A Podcast Style Horror, written, produced and directed by Chelsea McRae with Mario Sadra-De Jong ...

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