Womanz Work! Performances of New Zealand Women Playwrights Directed by KC Kelly for ENSEMBLE Impact Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, Auckland Wednesday 08 June, 2011 Published in Theatreview I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and […]
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Red ~ a theatre review
Red By John Logan With Michael Hurst as Mark Rothko Directed by Oliver Driver Auckland Theatre Company Maidment Theatre Saturday 04 June, 2011 Published in Theatreview Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. The more things change, the more they stay the same. On the day James Wallace is named in the Queen’s Birthday […]
The Brothers Size ~ a theatre review
The Brothers Size By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Shane Bosher Produced by Silo Theatre Herald Theatre at The Edge Published on Theatreview. If you engage with no other theatre experience this year then you must see The Brothers Size. Everything about the production is superb. I could leave it at that but what would […]
Works with Words ~ a multi-media theatre review
‘Works with Words’ Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with Auckland Writers and Readers Festival ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Wednesday 11 May, 2011. The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra planned this event as ‘an exciting new partnership’ between six local composers, musicians and authors undertaking a two-year programme with APO Composer-in-Residence John Psathas to interpret key pieces of […]
Hot Pink Teeth ‘n’ Tits – theatre review
Hot Pink Teeth ‘n’ Tits Penny Ashton The Limelight Lounge, Aotea Centre, The EDGE Tuesday 10 May, 2011 Penny Ashton is a winner, but she wasn’t always. Although this show is unashamedly all about Penny ~ she says so a number of times ~ like all good theatre it wheedles its way into the psyche […]
Gavin Puts Things Straight ~ a theatre review
‘Gavin Puts Things Straight’ By Andy Saker Devonport Theatre Company Reviewed for Theatreview Since this is a play about the North Shore and exposing the truth, best I should start the same way: I lived on the North Shore for a few months. I didn’t care for it much. It felt like the 1950’s (it […]
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 […]
Seeing Sex: Occasional observations regarding the representation of sex, sexuality and gender in film ~ Characteristics of the Stag Film
Characteristics of the Stag Film Seeing Sex: Occasional observations regarding the representation of sex, sexuality and gender in film … My research established the following as generic characteristics of the Stag Film: Social bonding of exclusively male audience; Heterosexual expression of the male group desire for the female body; Designed to arouse; Absence of sound, […]
Seeing Sex: Occasional observations regarding the representation of sex, sexuality and gender in film ~ Voyeurism
Voyeurism Occasional observations about the representation of sex, sexuality and gender in film. Gertrud Koch on voyeurism A standard view of voyeurism assumes it is a component of genital pleasure satisfying the role of ‘foreplay’, on an understanding that consumers of pornography will feel cheated when they don’t get what they expect. Gertrud Koch considers that […]
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