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 […]

Hamlet ~ a theatre review

Hamlet Experimental variation on themes and text by William Shakespeare UNITEC School of Performing and Screen Arts Shakespeare Season 2013 Directed by Benjamin Henson Set by Natasha Pearl Costume design by Amy Beales Lighting design by Sam Denize Sound design by Steven Youhana UNITEC Theatre Reviewed on 07 June, 2012 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Claude Bernard […]

Fairly Funny ~ a theatre review

Fairtrade ANZ presents Fairly Funny Produced by Fairtrade ANZ Q Theatre Loft 12 noon for lunch and a show Friday 03 May, 2013 Featuring Michele A’Court and Jeremy Elwood Reviewed on Friday 03 March, 2013 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz The NZ Comedy Festival 2013 brochure suggests that we ‘join Fairly Funny for a lunch time of […]

The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk ~ a theatre review

The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk Devised and performed by Andy Manley Directed by Gill Robertson Written by Rob Evans Sound Design by Danny Krass Produced by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company for The Auckland Arts Festival Reviewed at Bruce Mason Centre Upstairs, Cnr Hurstmere Rd & The Promenade, North Shore Saturday 09 March, 11:00am and reviewed […]

The Tragedy of King Lear ~ a theatre review

The Tragedy of King Lear By William Shakespeare Produced by Oliver Rosser for the AUSA Outdoor Shakespeare Trust Executive Producers: Sam Neill, Alan Smythe Directed by Lisa Harrow Outdoors in the Old Arts Quad, behind the University of Auckland ClockTower 2 March, 2013 to 30 March, 2013 at 7.30pm Reviewed on Saturday 2 March, 2013 […]

SGCNZ National Shakespeare Schools Production 2012 ~ a theatre review

SGCNZ National Shakespeare Schools Production 2012 Produced by Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Scenes from:Twelfth Night (Director: Paul Gittins) The Tempest (Director: Laurel Devenie) The Merchant of Venice (Director: Raymond Hawthorne ONZM) Friday 05 October 2012 Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland Girls Grammar School Saturday 06 October, 2012 Elliot Hall, St Kentigern College Reviewed on Friday […]

The Sex Show ~ a theatre review

The Sex Show Produced by Ema Barton & The Outfit Theatre Company Produced in association with STAMP and THE EDGE Directed by Joel Herbert Lighting Design by Brad Gledhill Dramaturg Gary Henderson The Concert Chamber of Auckland Town Hall, 303 Queen Street, Auckland CBD 2 October 2012 – 13 October 2012 Published at http://www.theatreview.com The […]

The Gift ~ a theatre review

The Gift By Joanna Murray-Smith Directed by Colin McColl Set design by Rachael Walker Costume design by Sara Taylor Lighting design by Philip Dexter MSc AV design by Simon Barker Music composition and sound design by Adrian Hollay Produced by Auckland Theatre Company At the Maidment Theatre 13 September to 06 October, 2012 Reviewed on […]

Etiquette Within The Dojo Society

The following is specific to the magnificent Shotokan Karate but has application to most other forms as well. I have taken it from http://www.shotokankarate.ca/etiquettwithinthedojosociety.htm and acknowledge the writer with the deepest respect.   Etiquette Within The Dojo Society Some rules of the road In any karate dojo, one of the most important rules of etiquette […]

Hypothesis One: A Compound Reaction from New Zealand Samoans ~ a theatre review

Hypothesis One: A Compound Reaction from New Zealand Samoans Produced by Polynesian Laboratory (PLab) A work devised by Fasitua Amosa, Max Palamo and Beulah Koale Directed by Amelia Reid-Meredith and Shadon Meredith Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland 11 to 15 September, 2012 at 7.30pm Reviewed on 15 September, 2012 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Ia su’i […]