 MTYLAND at Soundings - Te Papa reviewed by Lyne Pringle 28 Feb 2010 |
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Multi-layered and powerful That Footnote is included in the international festival with Claire O’Neill’s work Mtyland is cause for celebration. It has been a long journey of negotiation and faith. Why should it be this hard and this rare to see New Zealand artists in this context, particularly dance? [more] |
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MTYLAND at Soundings - Te Papa reviewed by Mark Amery (New Zealand Herald (online only)) 28 Feb 2010 |
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Excellence and irritation Claire O'Neill's work sits nicely alongside fellow dance theatre work Sutra in artistic director Lissa Twomey's opening weekend festival program. Both explore the individual's struggle – and the respective Belgium-based choreographers' own struggle – through movement to find a space within which they can be comfortable. O'Neill calls this place MTYLAND, MTY standing for 'moving towards yourself'. [more] |
 reviewed by Terry MacTavish 28 Feb 2010 |
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Martyr, pawn, terrorist? I never fail to be astonished and inspired by the passionate courage shown by the young as they take on the world, so the premise of this play appealed to me. My Name is Rachel Corrie is based on the true story of a 23-year-old American peace activist, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip while trying to protect a Palestinian home from demolition. [more] |
 DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE at Pacific Blue Festival Club (Shed 6) reviewed by Raewyn Whyte 28 Feb 2010 |
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Clever cabaret show compromised by tight row seating Song and dance combine in Victorian music hall entertainment style in Dancing on Your Grave, performed by five apparently deceased members of the Corpse de Ballet in utterly deadpan style. [more] |
 SOMETIMES I DON’T LIKE YELLOW at BATS reviewed by Michael Wray 27 Feb 2010 |
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A clever and satisfying story trying to get out Poor Peter Blouse. A likeable, irreverent business man just trying to give the people what they want. His workforce at the Yum Pineapple, Pineapple is Yum factory are in revolt. The acidic qualities of pineapple juice has cost them their fingerprints and they are losing their grip. [more] |
 APOLLO 13: MISSION CONTROL at Downstage Theatre reviewed by John Smythe 27 Feb 2010 |
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Participate: you know you want to Whether we have assigned tasks, volunteer for special tasks, or are (like the press corps) keen observers, we live and feel the unfolding drama. From the time bird-strike causes a gas to vent that’s observed from inside the module to which we have video access, problems evolve that threaten first the success of the mission and then the lives of the crew. [more] |
 HOW TO BE A DOMESTIC GODDESS – LA REVUE DE CUISINE at Expressions Arts & Entertainment Centre - Upper Hutt reviewed by Amy Hughson 27 Feb 2010 |
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From loss, hardship and strength to infectious energy and enthusiasm Crows Feet Dance Collective’s How to be a Domestic Goddess – La Revue de Cuisine, directed and choreographed by Jan Bolwell, is a performance of three contrasting dance pieces that effectively showcase a variety of styles. [more] |
 HOME at Tararua Tramping Club, Mt Victoria reviewed by Michael Wray 27 Feb 2010 |
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Heart-warming Although Home sits in the music category of the Fringe, it could easily be classified as theatre. Whether you view it as a series of story chapters with musical interludes, or a musical performance separated by spoken pieces will depend on your personal preference. For me it was a winning example of the former. [more] |
 INSIDE OUT [FRINGE] at Newtown Community Centre reviewed by Lyne Pringle 27 Feb 2010 |
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Refreshing and honest approach relished by young cast Inside Out is a beautiful, heartfelt rendition of Sarah Delahunty’s great play about depression and the phenomenon of self harming. It sounds heavy but the script is entertaining and moving as well as offering some valuable insights; the use of humour leavens the challenging subject matter. [more] |
 SOUND OF SILENCE at TSB Bank Arena, Queens Wharf reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 27 Feb 2010 |
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Peace, love and yearning echo In the magnificently costumedSound of Silence, which is crammed with period detail, the New Riga Theatre Company from Latvia also takes us back to the 1960s when, for a brief period child-like behaviour, peculiar clothing, and political naivety seemed suitable and subtle ways to undermine and forget the rigid conformity and repressive power of the Soviet Union. [more] |
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