2024 was a good year for the theatre, the theatre in me and even me in the theatre. Just a tiny wee bit of me in the theatre It’s a garbage misquote (by me) from the wonderful Raymond Hawthorne (‘love the theatre in you, not you in the theatre) who had most probably borrowed it […]
Tag: reviews
Moe Miti ~ a theatre review
I will taste the bitter separation and oil my skin with it. I will listen for all that is old and with my ear pressed to the dirt, hear those who sing my name on the wind. In September 1966, Paul Simon released the iconic album ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme’ and buried in the […]
Dirty Work: Ode to Joy ~ a theatre review
Maybe this explains why I’m up at 3.30am writing this – because it’s a job. It’s not just a job of course, not many people who are driven to engage in the performing arts in Aotearoa do it simply because it’s a job. Or for the money. Ask us why we are consumed by the […]
Dirty Work: An Ode to Joy ~ a theatre review
The Cambridge Online Dictionary describes work as ‘an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually for money’. Maybe this explains why I’m up at 3.30am writing this – because it’s a job. It’s not just a job of course, not many people who are driven to […]
I Want to be Happy ~ a theatre review
On the surface, I Want to be Happy is the simple story of a guinea pig and a laboratory researcher. It’s not, of course, it’s written by Carl Bland so it’s much more. Paul (Joel Tobeck) is doing ‘research’ on Binka the guinea pig (we don’t find out what this involves) while going through a difficult relationship […]
Mike and Virginia ~ a theatre review
Let’s start with a disclaimer and a comparison. Yes, comparisons are odious, and disclaimers often an excuse to hide something else but please indulge me and let’s do it anyway. Mike and Virginia, the two central characters in Mike and Virginia, are academics at an unnamed university. All good, so far. In 1998 I began work […]
We’ve Got So Much to Talk About ~ a theatre review
Titirangi Theatre was formed in 1935 by Ethelwynn Geddes and was part of the Country Women’s Institute based in the MacAndrew Hall on Titirangi Road. Called ‘The Drama Circle’, it consisted only of women until about 1951, when gradually, as productions became more ambitious, men were drawn in as well. Why does this matter? Simply […]
Wrestling with Wregret ~ a theatre review
Actor/writer/co-producer Tyler Wilson-Kokiri (Ngati Porou) tells us, via the Te Pou Theatre website, that “this is an exciting first-time presentation of Wrestling with Wregret to be performed for a live audience.” He adds that it’s very early stages of development and that the kaupapa for.the season is to “develop in areas of writing, directing and producing.” It’s […]
Tales of an Urban Indian ~ a theatre review
Tales of an Urban Indian is one of those extraordinary experiences that challenges every belief you might have that you know a thing or six about this theatre lark while, at the same time, affirming every belief you might have that the late Sir Peter Brook got it right all those years ago. Sir Peter defined […]
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