 TROUBLE ON THE WATERFRONT: LIVE at The Ruby Lounge, Bond Street reviewed by Maryanne Cathro 18 Feb 2010 |
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Evoking tingling connections to the past Now if there’s one thing I love more than theatre, it’s folk music in all its many forms, and this show is a real treat … This show is the highlight of my Fringe experience to date by a landslide. [more] |
 APHELION at BATS reviewed by Hannah Smith 17 Feb 2010 |
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Enchanting work moves from soothing to spine-chilling Chiming clocks, trembling trees and unnerving dolls dancing, Aphelion is a ‘musical installation’ combining cello, puppetry and projection into a bewitching and dreamlike theatre experience. [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 17 Feb 2010 |
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New company falls short of its ideals Redmond Barry Theatre Company’s first effort is a bold choice. This is a play which is both complex and simple; the staging is minimal and begs interpretation, the script is ribald, humorous and confronting, the perfection of this play rests on the natural fluidity of those performing it and RBTC’s production has moments of this nature. [more] |
 THE IMMORTALS at Bats Pit Bar reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 17 Feb 2010 |
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Slevin passes with flying colours Whether or not he is what he claims to be, immortal, Martin Amis’ character is far seeing and his pessimism well founded, based on human history. Theatre doesn’t get more in your face than this production ... [more] |
 reviewed by Lyne Pringle 17 Feb 2010 |
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The final road trip to no more band Betty’s Bar with very good-looking bar staff; multiple video screens count us down to show time. A solo man on guitar in the video – live man on drums plays along with the projected images throughout the performance. The sound is hissy and boomy making it hard to appreciate the music ... [more] |
 WHO’S NEAT? YOU! at ‘Happy Healthy Hangout’ - meet @ BATS reviewed by John Smythe 17 Feb 2010 |
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Childhood collides with young adulthood Festooned within to suggest an aquarium, with cushions for us to sit on, the Happy Healthy You! truck is destined to play a significant role, as a resonator, shall we say, of the dramas that play out. [more] |
 FRACTUR at BATS reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 16 Feb 2010 |
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Unsettling experiment During 1971 a rather controversially experiment was undertaken by a Psychology Professor in America to explore human behaviour in a prison situation. It became known as the Stamford Experiment with similarities in later years to the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. [more] |
 JANGLE at BATS reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 16 Feb 2010 |
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Exciting to watch A chance encounter between Toby, wondering the streets of Wellington and Kerri, a Hare Krishna devotee results in Toby finding enlightenment through the teachings if Krishna. But his human instincts soon take over with dire consequences. [more] |
 reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 16 Feb 2010 |
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Tragedy conveyed with humour and heart Jonny Brugh successfully combines his loves of cricket and theatre as he brings to life this stirring true story of courage in the face of loss. On the other side of the world and in the middle of NZ’s maiden test series against South Africa, player Bob Blair learns his young fiancé has been killed in the infamous 1953 Tangiwai train disaster. [more] |
 reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 16 Feb 2010 |
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Knight’s quest for wealth full of laughs Written as pure entertainment with no heavy or hidden meaning or insights into the humour condition - “ a crazy sitcom”, as Lawrence calls it in his programme notes – the play lends itself admirably to Lawrence’s style of directing. [more] |
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