Month: April 2011

The Wrong Side Written and produced by Stephen Lunt Te Karanga Gallery 208 Karangahape Road, Auckland. Friday 4 March, 2011 at 8pm   If the shows I’ve seen this week are examples of what’s on offer at the 2011 Auckland Fringe Festival then Auckland alternative theatre is finally coming of age ~ and it’s not before […]

Au Bon Mort-Vivant: Dead Sexy Cabaret Rose Centre, School Road, Bayswater Thursday 3 March, 2011 8pm ‘Au Bon Mort-Vivant’ features ‘wickedness, curious creatures and things that go bump (and grind) in the night … ‘ or so the press release would have us believe. Potential attendees get in on the act too, being invited to […]

Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ University of Auckland Outdoor Summer Shakespeare Directed by Anya Varezhkina Reviewed for Theatreview Let’s get the boring stuff done first: Richard III is generally acknowledged as one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays. The first known reference to it is in the early 1590’s and it is included in the1597 First Folio where it […]

Oh, Baby Co. Theatre Physical TAPAC Co. Physical Theatre’s stated aim is ‘to create theatre which is extraordinarily physical, hilarious, poignant and intensely visual’. A worthy aim, and one that might well be espoused by all who make live theatre. Co. Physical Theatre unquestionably scores a big tick for each aspiration with, perhaps, a minor […]

Girl with a Movie Camera Choreographed by Jennifer Nikolai Video and stage direction by Andrew Denton Performed by dancers from the AUT Dance Company Walter Kerr, reviewing John Van Druten’s I am a Camera in 1951, summed up his experience in three memorable words: ‘Me no Leica.’ I am a Camera went on to become […]

Boys’ Life Written by Howard Korder Director Sam Shore Producers Ema Barton and Sarah Graham The Outfit Theatre Company Basement Theatre, Auckland Reviewed by Lexie Matheson, 15 Apr 2011 Published on Theatreview Sometimes – just sometimes – a theatre experience requires reflection. The tyranny of the immediate, informed, articulate, witty and cutting response in 200 […]

‘Polly Hood in Mumuland’ by Lauren Jackson Directed for Auckland Theatre Company & PIPA by Goretti Chadwick Musical Director: Tama Waipara Set and Lighting: Sean Coyle Costume Designer: Sophie Ham Choreographer: Amanaki Prescott Saturday 16 April 2011 Reveiwed by Lexie Matheson for Theatreview 4,320. No, 4,320 is not the meaning of life but the number […]