 IRENE PINK IN METAMORPHOSIS at Polson Higgs Comedy Club, XII Below Bar reviewed by Sharon Matthews 22 Mar 2010 |
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Strong start rambles into uneven performance We were a small but select audience for Metamorphosis on the first night of the Dunedin Fringe Festival. We were there prepared to “bare” witness (a wonderfully bad pun which I will admit set up in my mind certain expectations for the show) to the changes in Irene Pink’s life since 2005. [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 21 Mar 2010 |
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Moments of quick-witted humour and a rigorous (vicarious) workout As sturdy and laden with potential as the notion of dancing and laughing is, they create two pillars with nothing in between them. The suspension of nothing may seem an easy weight to carry, but soon enough the realisation dawns on you and ‘light’ and ‘weightless’ just become empty and pointless. [more] |
 THE QUANTUM ENIGMA at Globe Theatre reviewed by Ali East 21 Mar 2010 |
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Clear and evocative as far as it goes ... The accompanying chanting, shamanistic and haunting, is in complete contrast to the woman’s clinging pink satin gown, black gloves and a fox fur stole. On her head is a cone shaped headdress and she is carrying before her an empty wire bird cage. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 20 Mar 2010 |
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Skungpoomers channel Ken’s mischievous character The English comic performer, writer and all-round wayward genius, Ken Campbell, liked to call his plays “capers” and he hated, despite having performed at England’s National Theatre, what he called “brochure theatre” – theatre that gets done because something has to be programmed and announced in a brochure. [more] |
 BUBBLEWRAP AND BOXES at Fortune Theatre reviewed by Terry MacTavish 20 Mar 2010 |
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Skilfully physical performances explore naivety, innocence and wisdom Perfect title. Not only are they fun words to say, with all those plosives, but they sum up the characters – one (Luke O’Connor) a sensible, solid box-type, the other (Christy Flaws) all frothy, bubbly energy and whimsy. But this delightful duo has a long and honourable pedigree: I recognised them as distinctly Commedia ... [more] |
 reviewed by Sharon Talbot 20 Mar 2010 |
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The triumph of Figaro Bubbling with energy and wit, the cast of emerging and established singers kept the audience chuckling through Mozart’s delicious music, while enjoying the perfectly still evening in the Canna House heritage garden to the backdrop of a fiery sunset over Day’s Bay. [more] |
 DOOM GRAVY: A RADIO DISASTER IN 6 PARTS at Festival Club at XII Below, 12 Moray Place reviewed by Terry MacTavish 20 Mar 2010 |
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A quick burst of surrealistic humour Right, so the spirit of Fringe is taking hold and I find myself doing absurd things, like dashing out at nearly midnight to the Festival Club at XII Below (ah, to live in Dunedin, where every venue is but minutes away!). Here, on a small platform in a subterranean bar, an old-fashioned concept is being given a lunatic new twist. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe 19 Mar 2010 |
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Inspired slapstick with a gentle heart This absurdist piece of goonery was created in 1975 by the recently late Ken Campbell (1941-2008). “I don't think there is a more hilariously anarchic talent on the loose in British theatre,” a Times columnist opined. It belongs to an era of hippy-yippy-happenings and alternative populist theatre aimed at blowing the starch from a grey world ruled by a conservative ‘establishment’. [more] |
 BACK/WORDS at Downstage Theatre reviewed by Hannah Smith 19 Mar 2010 |
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Intriguing, humorous, moving [DOWNSTAGE Pick of the Fringe Season #1] I have never been to a piece of verbatim theatre before – it is a term I have heard used, but I could not go so far as to say I am familiar with – and for this reason at the very least back/words is an intriguing piece of theatre and a worthy inclusion in the Pick of the Fringe. [more] |
 WANNABE at Downstage Theatre reviewed by Hannah Smith 19 Mar 2010 |
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A genuine superstar [DOWNSTAGE Pick of the Fringe Season #2] There is a real buzz about this show. The Downstage bar is decorated with Brotastik posters, Brotastik CDs are available for purchase and the pre show crowd are encouraged to amuse themselves by making signs declaring their feelings for their fave boyband member. [more] |
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