This is so true, not just in healthcare but in damn near everything. It’s like coming out. The heteronormative understanding is that you come out and that it, done and dusted. The reality is most of us have to come out every bloody day, sometimes multiple times a day. It’s exhausting, frustrating, and debilitating, but […]
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For 10486 Pte John Walker Matheson
UPDATE (SEE BELOW) None of this has changed except my guilt at not being good enough for my son. There’s no surprise my two older kids have no real place for me in their lives. I don’t deserve a place because, in retrospect, when I was younger, I made bad decisions that impacted them, decisions […]
Sugung-ga: The Other Side of the World ~ a theatre review
Sugung-ga: The Other Side of the World Produced by Theatre Moksung Directed by Moon Suho Puppeteer Noh Eunsil Cellist Jan Pech ‘Among Korea’s oral traditions, Pansori is a genre of musical storytelling that dates back to the 17th century and is highlighted by narrative singing of epic stories and folklore drama.’ Sugung-ga is one of the […]
The Chosen Haram ~ a theatre review
The Chosen Haram Produced by Turtle Key Arts Assistant Producer Vee Smith Lead Artist and Performer Sadiq Ali Performer Hauk Pattison Circus Movement Consultant Conor Neill Some productions defy description, and The Chosen Haram is one such show. It sits at the cusp of circus, clown, conventional theatre, and ritual and oscillates knowingly between realism. […]
Hemo is Home ~ a theatre review
Hemo is Home Written by Tainui Tukiwaho and his whānau Directed by Tainui Tukiwaho Produced by Te Pou Theatre Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me he maunga teitei. Last evening, I had the privilege of attending the opening of a new theatre with a new piece of work that was really quite […]
Protections? What Protections?
Nineteen fifty-three was something of a watershed year in Aotearoa New Zealand. Princess, Elizabeth had assumed the throne, Sir Ed had knocked the bastard off, and I discovered Christine Jorgensen It was the latter experience that was to have the most profound effect on me. I was eight, living my young life in Otautahi Christchurch, […]
Four Flat Whites in Italy By Roger Hall Produced by Reginald Ord for Crummer Entertainment Directed by Regan Crummer At The Pumphouse From 18 June, 2016 to 25 June, 2016 At 7.30pm Shakespeare has Hamlet say ‘I’ll have grounds more relative than this – the play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the […]
The Presentation of Findings from My Scientific Survey of the First 7500 Days of My Life ~ a theatre review
The Presentation of Findings from My Scientific Survey of the First 7500 Days of My Life, Done in the Interest of Showing You How to Live Better Lives By Uther Dean Produced for The Young and Hungry Arts Trust Directed by Nisha Madhan AV Design by Stephen Bain Costume Design by Fraser Mildon […]
Caterpillars ~ a theatre review
Caterpillars By Kallo Collective Produced by Auckland Live in association with Show Pony Directed by Thomas Monckton At the Bruce Mason Centre Wednesday 15 July – Saturday 18 July, 2015 Performances at 10.30am & 1.00pm Reviewed by Finn and Lexie Matheson Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz In the car travelling over Auckland Harbour Bridge we talked about […]
Treats ~ a theatre review
Treats By Christopher Hampton Produced by Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho for Altitude Productions Directed by Alistair Browning Lighting Design by Ruby Reihana Wilson Music Composed by Callum Blackmore At Te Pou, 44a Portage Road, New Lynn 04 June, 2015 to 06 June, 2015 at 7.30pm Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Seeing a show at a new theatre venue […]
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