Tribes By Nina Raine Directed by Shane Bosher Set Design by John Verryt Costume Design by Sara Taylor Lighting Design by Vera Thomas Sound Design by Sean Lynch Produced by The Silo At the Maidment Theatre Reviewed on Friday 8th June, 2012 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Tribes is a play about tribes. That may seem trite […]
Category: Sexuality and Gender
Occasional musings, mostly about film.
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. […]
CHUB ~ a theatre review
Chub Written and directed by Thomas Sainsbury Produced by Fingerprints and Teeth Productions The Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland April 22nd, 23rd & 24th at 8pm This is a ‘pay what you think it’s worth after the performance’ show. Door Sales Only If you decide to see Chub take money because it is worth […]
The Angel and the Beloved ~ a theatre review
The Angel and the Beloved Sylvia Rands and John Gibson perform the poetry & prose of Rainer Maria Rilke Hopetoun Alpha 5 – 16 October 2011 Produced and Directed by Sylvia Rands and John Gibson Composition: John Gibson Script: Sylvia Rands Reviewed on Wednesday 05 October 2011 There’s an old theatre adage that performance starts […]
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 […]
The Boys and the Biff ~ NZ Police & ‘Serving the Crown’
This was written after the final aborted trial, aborted because, for the second time the arresting officer Sachin Nair failed to appear. In fact he’d failed to do anything which included ensuring a police prosecutor was appointed to present the NZ Police case. It was a shambles and I reprint this blog entry here now […]
Death by Cheerleader ~ a theatre review
Death by Cheerleader Produced by The CheerBlacks Created by Benjamin Henson, Julia Hyde and Claire Van Beek Directed by Benjamin Henson With Amy Waller, Claire Van Beek and Julia Hyde At The Basement Wednesday, 14 September 2011 to Saturday, 17 September 2011. Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz In real estate terms it’s fair to say that The […]
Skin Tight ~ a theatre review
‘Skin Tight’ By Gary Henderson Produced by Charlatan Clinic presents Directed by Melissa Fergusson Musgrove Studio at the Maidment Theatre, Auckland Wednesday 22 June 2011 Contains nudity and sexual content Running time: 1 hour, no interval Published on Theatreview ‘When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm The bracken made their bed … ‘ So […]
Seeing Sex: Occasional observations regarding the representation of sex, sexuality and gender in film ~ ‘Becoming Orgasmic’ ~ a film review
Seeing Sex: Becoming Orgasmic “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius Becoming Orgasmic is the video accompanying the book of the same name. It is essentially – or masquerades as – a ‘how to’ book for non-orgasmic women. It satisfies many of the criteria for […]
Seeing Sex: Occasional observations regarding the representation of sex, sexuality and gender in film ~ from stag film to hard core …
From Stag Film to Hard Core. Seeing Sex: Occasional observations regarding the representation of sex, sexuality and gender in film … Probably the most significant developments in the evolution from stag to hard-core film relate to the move to full-length, feature complete with colour, sound and cohesive narrative along with the shift to an ending […]
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