Meikyo (Spotless Mirror) By Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura (Borrowed from Hands and Feet, the Winter 2011 newsletter of Christchurch Seido Karate Shibu – with acknowledgement to Hanshi Renzie Hanham – osu!) When we do traditional spring cleaning we usually try to make everything spotless. I want you to compare yourself to a mirror. To try to […]
The Last Taniwha ~ a theatre review
The Last Taniwha By Chris Malloy Directed by Kiel McNaughton Produced by Indigenous Theatre Group Mangere Arts centre 23 June 2011 Published in Theatreview We all have to start somewhere and Chris Molloy has begun his writing career auspiciously. He’s never written a play before which is not to say he’s new to the theatre […]
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 […]
Omoiyari ~ take time to really care about others
Omoiyari (Take time to really care about others) A meditation from Karate: Technique and Spirit by Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura. I want to concentrate on the word omoiyari which means thoughtfulness, sincere thoughtfulness. It means caring: caring for your family, your friends, your fellow workers, your neighbours, your country. Omoiyari is part of good discipline. […]
Nana korobi ya oki
Before Enlightenment, chop wood carry water After Enlightenment, chop wood carry water Kia ora tatou Nō Ōtautahi ahau Ko Aoraki te maunga Ko Waimakariri te awa Ko Ngāti Pākehā te iwi Ko Ngā Hou e Whā, ko Ngā Wai o Horotiu ngā marae Ko Matheson taku whānau Ko Murdoch Matheson te tangata Ko Jack Matheson […]
Womanz Work! ~ a theatre review
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 […]
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 […]
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