 URBAN DEVAS at Various sites within the CBD reviewed by Jack Gray 19 Apr 2010 |
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Following the sirens, a.k.a. Devas A Fullers Cruise ship approaches from around the harbour and a line-up of orange hazard vest suited bodies (women?) are arranged at the front of the boat. Holding metal trumpets at their mouths, we hear this group of Sirens singing about 20m away. [more] |
 THE HEIGHT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER at Basement Theatre-return season reviewed by Lillian Richards 19 Apr 2010 |
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An exceptional piece of work on countless levels I normally don’t enthuse, this is because when I am reading a review I couldn’t care less if the reviewer liked the play or movie or book that they are reviewing- what use is their ‘like’ to me? It hangs there on the page useless in its lack of context (what else do you like? Who are you??). [more] |
 THE FUTURE IS ALREADY WAY BEHIND THE PRESENT DOESN'T EXIST IN MY MIND… at St Patrick's Square reviewed by Jack Gray 19 Apr 2010 |
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So comprehensive for an outdoor performance The night is incredibly atmospheric. Standing on wet grass, freshly fallen rain makes reflective surfaces of blue light on the concrete. Charles cuts a beautifully, dark, omnipresent inwardness as large and expansive as Te Kore (The Void). Or like the potions teacher, Severus Snape from Harry Potter, with his jaw-length jet black hair ... [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 18 Apr 2010 |
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Healing the hurts of history Described as “the point of departure” for the work, Matiu Somes Island is where we arrive, via East West Ferry, to engage with the outcome of their devised theatre process. Spanning three and a half hours from leaving and returning to Queens Wharf, it treats us to a range of site-specific evocations of the island’s history expressed in forms inspired by the Michael Chekhov Technique, Te Whare Tapere (pre-European Maori performing arts) and Japanese Noh theatre ... [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 16 Apr 2010 |
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Challenges met with alacrity Having at last caught up with Miss Saigon I feel compelled to add my own accolade to the critical record. It is another astonishingly accomplished production from Wellington Musical Theatre. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 15 Apr 2010 |
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Bold Binge Culture This company of Gen Ys is producing the kind of theatre that speaks directly to its peers. [more] |
 reviewed by Katrina Chandra 15 Apr 2010 |
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Strong Tokelauan hardwood still needs shaping This script had a reading in Manukau in 2009 and this ‘fully family funded’ production brings to life the story of a keen young fisher-boy who is stuck in a 21st Century city but seems to be trying to get away from school and family worries to pursue bigger fish. [more] |
 reviewed by Joanna Davies 15 Apr 2010 |
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Truly desperate housewives My partner was not thrilled to be going to “more feminist theatre.” “Where’s the misogyny?” he asked on the way. He shut up as soon as the performance began. [more] |
 GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE QUEERS at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 14 Apr 2010 |
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High-camp theatricality overwhelms dramatic potential Rather than draw on the rich resources of Wellington’s 1960s-70s underground gay culture (Carmen’s coffee lounge et al), Short Term Visitor Parking’s devised work vamps up a pop culture pastiche of San Francisco at that seminal time, albeit with a Momma Queer straight from the Bronx and Goldilocks from the Deep South Bible Belt. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 14 Apr 2010 |
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Fresh pickings of provocative fare from our energy-rich soils Prolific Playwright/director Tom Sainsbury relinquishes his scripting duties this time, directing seven short one-actor plays written by seven young newcomers – some of them actors themselves. The result is an eclectic array of quirky, macabre and frequently amusing characters offering their takes on the intricacies of life, love, society, that kind of stuff. [more] |
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