Month: May 2011

The Brothers Size By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Shane Bosher Produced by Silo Theatre Herald Theatre at The Edge Published on Theatreview. If you engage with no other theatre experience this year then you must see The Brothers Size. Everything about the production is superb. I could leave it at that but what would […]

‘Works with Words’ Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with Auckland Writers and Readers Festival ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Wednesday 11 May, 2011. The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra planned this event as ‘an exciting new partnership’ between six local composers, musicians and authors undertaking a two-year programme with APO Composer-in-Residence John Psathas to interpret key pieces of […]

Hot Pink Teeth ‘n’ Tits Penny Ashton The Limelight Lounge, Aotea Centre, The EDGE Tuesday 10 May, 2011 Penny Ashton is a winner, but she wasn’t always. Although this show is unashamedly all about Penny ~ she says so a number of times ~ like all good theatre it wheedles its way into the psyche […]

‘Gavin Puts Things Straight’ By Andy Saker Devonport Theatre Company Reviewed for Theatreview  Since this is a play about the North Shore and exposing the truth, best I should start the same way: I lived on the North Shore for a few months. I didn’t care for it much. It felt like the 1950’s (it […]