Stuff I Forgot To Tell My Daughter starring Michele A’Court Produced by Notorious For 2013 NZ International Comedy Festival Written by Michele A’Court At Q Theatre Vault Saturday 27 April, Tuesday 30 April and Saturday 04 May 2013 at 8.45pm Duration: 1 hour Reviewed Saturday 27 April, 2013 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Last year, Michele’s daughter […]
Category: Politics
Terry Williams in ‘The Grin Reaper’ ~ a theatre review
Terry Williams in ‘The Grin Reaper’ Produced by SeriousComedy Limited For 2013 NZ International Comedy Festival At Brooklyn Bar and Lounge, Lorne Street Saturday 27 April, Tuesday 30 April and Saturday 04 May 2013 at 7pm Duration: 1 hour Reviewed Saturday 27 April, 2013 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz The longest living people have nine secrets. So […]
Frost/Nixon ~ a theatre review
Frost/Nixon By Peter Morgan Produced by Point Blank Productions Directed by Claire Buckley Designed by Karl Buckley Staged at TheatreWorks Theatre Thursday 25 April, 2013 to Saturday 04 May, 2013 at 8pm Sunday 28 April, 2013 at 2pm (no 8pm show) Reviewed on 25 April, 2013 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz A month ago, with television a […]
Marriage Equality NZ
Marriage Equality NZ 17 April 2013 (my birthday) marks the final reading of Louisa Wall’s The Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill in the NZ Parliament. Amnesty International Aotearoa invited me to write a piece for their blog Human Writes and I came up with the following: Louisa Wall (Labour), Tau Henare (National) and Metiria Turei […]
Cloud 9 ~ a theatre review
Cloud 9 By Caryl Churchill Produced by Good Company Directed by Sam Shore Music by Alex Taylor Set by Isobel Dryburgh and Sam Shore Lighting by Ruby Reihana-Wilson At The Basement Theatre 01 to 13 April, 2013 at 8.00pm Reviewed on 01 April, 2013 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Sam Shore likes challenges, otherwise why would he choose […]
Eigengrau ~ a theatre review
Eigengrau By Penelope Skinner Produced by (potent pause) Productions Directed by Paul Gittins At The Basement From 13 November 2012 to 24 November, 2012 Nightly at 8.00pm Contains explicit content. There was a time when going to the theatre – or engaging in any art form as a consumer – was seen as being good […]
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 Pantry Shelf ~ a theatre review
The Pantry Shelf By Marion Shortt and Mark Prebble Produced by Team M&M Costumes by Marion Short Lighting design by Ruby Reihana-Wilson Set by Logan Shortt, Mark Prebble, Ben Van Lier and Marion Shortt At The Basement Theatre 16-25 August, 2012 at 8.30pm Reviewed on 16 August, 2012 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz The programme for 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 […]
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