‘salt’ Written & directed by Melissa Fergusson Produced by Amanda Turner for Charlatan Clinic Staged at The Williamson, 1 Williamson Avenue, Ponsonby 13 to 16 November, 2013 at 8.00pm Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz #projectsalt We’re a weird mob. So pontificated Australian author John O’Grady through pseudonym and mouthpiece Nino Culotta, the primary persona in his iconic […]
Category: Arts Reviews
Theatre, dance and music reviews and observations.
Voix de Ville ~ a theatre review
Voix de Ville Presented by Lilly Loca’s Vaudeville Cabaret TAPAC Theatre, Motions Road, Auckland 6-16 November (no shows Sunday to Tuesday) Performances at 8.00pm R18+ Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz ‘Ladies and Gentlemen … what happens when a glamorous show girl and eccentric drag queen are brought together by fate … ?’ That’s what the teaser for […]
Sky Dancer ~ a theatre review
Sky Dancer Produced by Stephen Blackburn for Capital E National Theatre for Children Music: NZ Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Grant Cooper) Director: Sara Brodie Composer: Gareth Farr Inspired by the novel Sky Dancer by Witi Ihimaera Set and Costumes: Penny Fitt Projections: Johann Nortje Auckland Town Hall 09 November, 2013 at 1pm Published at: http://www.theatreview.org.nz Witi […]
My Life, My Story, My South Auckland ~ a theatre review
My Life, My Story, My South Auckland Produced by South Auckland Theatre Collective Devised and directed by Chris Molloy At Fresh Gallery From 23 to 26 October, 2013 The drive from my home to Otara usually takes about 15 minutes. I’d left myself plenty of time – 40 minutes – to get to the Otara […]
Gala Opening of the InterACT Disability Festival 2013 ~ a theatre review
Gala Opening of the InterACT Disability Festival 2013 Produced and directed by Penny Crimmins Performance starts at 7pm Thursday 24th October 2013 Corban Estate Arts Centre, 426 Great North Road, Henderson Director Paula Crimmens who founded the InterACT festival in 2011 tells us that the festival offers ‘an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of disabled […]
Mrs Wishy-Washy ~ a theatre review
Mrs Wishy-Washy By Joy Cowley Produced by Tim Bray Productions Adapted for the stage and directed by Tim Bray Songs by Christine White Set Design by Jessika Verryt Costumes designed and constructed by Chantelle Gerrard Lighting by Micheal Craven Make up by Natasha Yusoff Choreography by Linda McFetridge At the Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna. 28 September, […]
Boston Lethal – Parodying a Nation Already Drowning In Self-Parody
I wrote this in 2009 also – mid second term of George W Bush.Not that I’d ever had any doubt, but it was gratifying to see others catch on to the fact that the Dixie Chicks had been right all along. When does a comedy-drama become a satire-driven reality parody? Answer: when it’s Boston Legal. […]
An End To Indifference ~ Zurich See
Sometimes it’s just good luck! From Berlin I was to travel to Rome via, I was to discover later, the Czech Republic. Fortunately, as apparently happens often, the trains were on strike. I say fortunately because I hadn’t realized that the train I was booked on detoured into Czechoslovakia and I had none of the […]
Rosemary ~ That’s For Remembrance
A reflection on Shakespeare’s old home town … The harshest European winter for over one hundred years and there I was in a short-sleeved blouse in Warwickshire. Stratford to be totally accurate, and staying at the Greensleeves Guest House just over the bridge to the north of the town. In the afternoon of the first […]
The Comedy of Errors ~ a theatre review
The Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare UNITEC School of Performing and Screen Arts Shakespeare Season 2013 Directed by Jacque Drew Set by Natasha Pearl Costume design by Kelli Prince Lighting design by Tim Williams Sound design by Steven Youhana UNITEC Theatre Reviewed on 08 June, 2012 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Not to beat about the […]
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