Virginia Frankovich has secured funding which has enabled her to offer her Creative Wellbeing Studio groups sessions at a nominal rate. Likewise, Jamie Irvine has a new term of Actors Scene Study workshops lined up.

The indefatigable Tom Knowles is about to hit the road once again, taking four shows to Taranaki's Reimagine Festival, one to the Nelson Arts Festival and three to the Tauranga Arts Festival.

Franco-American-Kiwi duo Sonia & Nigel are taking to the road in October and November with a show entitled When I See Paris Again. Other events include our regular Writers Anonymous and Poetry for Pensioners sessions.

On Tuesday 7 October, acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Ben Fernandez, in collaboration with the powerhouse Auckland Jazz Orchestra (AJO), will be bringing Bollywood Meets Jazz to the Town Hall.

Grab a ticket to Writers Write: Actors Read at the Nix and settle in for an entertaining hour listening to talented actors reading short stories by top writers. This month it's the turn of Claire Chitham and Millen Baird.

It's hard for us to resist an event featuring no fewer than three of our Ockham Collective people. Amy Mansfield and her merry crew have been working on the sequel to H.R. The Musical (coming soon to Q Theatre).

The Comedy Collective is returning to the Nix on 12 September for a second instalment of Friday Night Laughs. Once again it will be hosted by the very funny (and very pregnant) Melissa Lawlor.

After a hit debut at the NZ Fringe Festival and a wildly successful tour, the Ockham Collective's Tom Knowles is finally brining his Roadkill Karaoke Van to Auckland with a season at Basement Theatre.

Two of our favourite semiregular musical events are returning to the Nix this month on consecutive Saturday afternoons: Pop Up Folk Club on Saturday 16 August followed the next week by the Classical Chill-out Session.

On Friday 8 August the Nix's is hosting its first-ever comedy night, courtesy of the Comedy Collective. It promises to be Tāmaki Makaurau's hottest new comedy night.

In honour of the extraordinary Auckland author Maurice Gee, who passed away in June, the Ockham Collective's Bridget van der Zijpp has arranged a special tribute as part of her popular Writers Write: Actors Read series.

We’re delighted to welcome back to the Nix on Saturday 23 August the Classical Chill-out Session, this time showcasing the considerable talents of Catrin Johnsson and Rachel Fuller.

If you're looking for a special treat for the kids this school holidays, check out Talia Pua in Taniwha at the Auckland’s Herald Theatre and Tom Knowles in All The Things I Wish I Could Be at Wellington’s Circa Theatre.

Another welcome return comes in the form of Virginia Frankovich's Creative Wellbeing Studio. Virginia is a registered creative arts therapist and the founder of Evoke Arts Therapy.

After a very successful launch event last month featuring Jamie Irvine and Elisabeth Easther, Bridget van der Zijpp is bringing Writers Write: Actors Read back to the Nix on Thursday 3 July.

We’re preparing to sail towards Matariki with The Tīwhas, a Māori drag troupe performing with a live band including the Ockham Collective's Tom Knowles. They're playing at the Civic’s Wintergarden as part of the Cabaret Festival.

Hosted by the Ockham Collective's Bridget van der Zijpp, Writers Write: Actors Read is an evening when well-known actors read from recently published, homegrown, short stories.

As part of his OC year, Jamie Irivine is bringing a series of six-week Actors Scene Study courses to the Nix. The other regular craft-enhancing programme we host for actors and directors is Sandbox Sessions.

It you enjoyed HR: The Musical, don't miss I Didn't Invite You Here to Lecture Me, a new show by Amy Mansfield which is playing at Q Theatre for three nights as part of the NZ Intl Comedy Festival.

For ten years now, our big sister Ockham Residential has been sponsoring the New Zealand Book Awards and we're proud to bask in the reflected glow. This year's ceremony is taking place on Wednesday 14 May.