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 […]
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 […]
Cut to the Chase ~ a theatre review
Cut to the Chase Produced by Reverend Jellie For 2013 NZ International Comedy Festival At Q Theatre Vault Saturday 27 April, Wednesday 01 May and Saturday 04 May 2013 at 10pm Duration: 1 hour Reviewed Saturday 27 April, 2013 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Reverend Jellie’s Facebook page tells us that the group formed in 2007 and […]
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 […]
Illumination
For she who needs must remain nameless You’re going to bugger off That’s certain Unarguably It’s a great hole In my life A big one Workmanlike Smooth earth edges Golden clay Tanned (lightly) Moist Deep So I can’t climb out I know this because I dug them When I was a kid […]
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 […]
The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk ~ a theatre review
The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk Devised and performed by Andy Manley Directed by Gill Robertson Written by Rob Evans Sound Design by Danny Krass Produced by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company for The Auckland Arts Festival Reviewed at Bruce Mason Centre Upstairs, Cnr Hurstmere Rd & The Promenade, North Shore Saturday 09 March, 11:00am and reviewed […]
The Man Who Planted Trees ~ a theatre review
The Man Who Planted Trees Adapted by Ailie Cohen, Richard Medrington, Rick Conte from Jean Giono’s book The Man Who Planted Trees (1953) Directed by Ailie Cohen Produced by the Puppet State Theatre Company (Scotland) for The Auckland Arts Festival Presented in the Concert Chamber of the Auckland Town Hall, 303 Queen St, Auckland 08 […]
Hummingbird ~ a theatre review
Hummingbird By Chris Neels Directed by Nic Sampson for The Auckland Fringe Festival At The Basement Theatre 07 to 10 March, 2013 Reviewed on 08 March, 2013 Published at http://www.theatreview.org.nz Three festivals in five weeks, and all with excellent performing arts components? Pride with all its risqué gayness, a wayward, misbehaving Fringe, and now, in […]
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