Gobsmacked: Showbiz and Dating ~ a theatre review

Gobsmacked: Showbiz and Dating Music, lyrics and book by Jamie Burgess Additional music and lyrics by Nikki Aitken With musical excerpts from Les Miserables and Dreamgirls In Aotearoa New Zealand a part of Auckland Pride and the New Zealand Fringe Festival Musgrove Studio, Maidment Theatre Saturday 9 February to Sunday 17 February, 2013 at 8.00pm […]

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris ~ a theatre review

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Music by Jacques Brel Directed by Benjamin Henson Musical direction by Grant Winterburn Production Concept/English Lyrics/Additional Material by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman Produced by UNITEC School of Performing and Screen Arts UNITEC Theatre, Carrington Road, Mt Albert, Auckland 9 – 17 November, 2012 at […]

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 Pride ~ a theatre review

The Pride By Alexi Kaye Campbell Produced by The Silo At The Herald Theatre, The Edge Directed by Sophie Roberts Set design by John Verryt Costume design by Elizabeth Whiting Lighting design by Jennifer Lal Sound design and composition by Tama Waipara Reviewed on Friday August 10, 2012 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz There are days when […]

Submission to the Auckland City Council re the ‘Street Prostitution Industry in the Southern Communities of Auckland’ brochure.

Kia ora and good morning, My name is Lexie Matheson and I am a programme leader at AUT University, an academic and a teacher. I am 67 years old, a European New Zealander, a citizen, a parent, a spouse, a martial arts student and the recipient of many awards. I am an executive member of […]

Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet ~ a theatre review

Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet Produced by UNITEC Department of Performing and Screen Arts Directed by Kacie Stetson Featuring 3rd year female acting students Design by 3rd Year Production Design and Management students UNITEC Theatre Friday 01 June, 2012 Published also at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Some things don’t change and I have to say I’m sweet with that. […]

Mika’s Aroha Mardis Gras ~ a performance art revirew

Mika’s Aroha Mardis Gras A Free Celebration of Auckland City Colour and Diversity Conceived and directed by Mika Produced by The Mika Haka Foundation Outdoors in Takutai Square, Britomart Precinct, Auckland Friday 23 September 2011 at 6pm Published on http://www.theatreview.org.nz Mika’s Aroha Mardis Gras is the culmination of the two week 2011 Aroha Festival, a […]

When the Cicadas Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) ~ Regaining Control Through Self-Harm

  I’ve published this before but, today being the 21st of April and To Write Love on her Arms Day (TWLOHA), I thought I’d give it another whirl. I’ve found a great, but not exclusively successful, pseudo-addiction to take the place of self-harming so I am largely recovered. But from time to time … and […]