 reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 9 Aug 2010 |
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Troupe is full of bad taste and proud of it What must be one of the worst semi-professional dance troupes is currently performing their show The Fierceness at Downstage. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 8 Aug 2010 |
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Character-driven comedy of mortality with a twist My biggest problem is with the venue. The duo is swallowed up to some degree in the Skycity auditorium and the amplified speech is distracting and disengaging. [more] |
 reviewed by Raewyn Whyte 8 Aug 2010 |
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The moment is everything GREASE The Musical provides a vivid but brief chronicle of the last year of high school for a couple of dozen mostly working class kids in small town America, circa 1959. [more] |
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reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 7 Aug 2010 |
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Livened-up Grease delivers as rock’n’roll rides high Summer nights at Rydell High seem a long way from the drizzly misery of an Auckland winter but Grease is all about shaking off humdrum cares and tapping into that deep nostalgia for an uncomplicated world where rock'n'roll rules and teenage romance fills the air. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 6 Aug 2010 |
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When the house of cards called family collapses … So why is Penny, a young adult daughter who has gone to the trouble of writing a song in celebration of her mother’s 50th birthday, so awkward and embarrassed when she comes to sing it to her own ukulele accompaniment? [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe 6 Aug 2010 |
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Made for loving, baby What can you say about a show that sells out its season – albeit just 3 nights of it, but at Downstage this time, not Bats – before it even opens? Since they first formed in 2005, The Real Hot Bitches have developed a strong following that arguably exceeds the friends and whanau of the 30-odd performers plus creative, production and backstage crew that make up this year’s team. [more] |
 reviewed by Moreen Eason & John Jefferies 6 Aug 2010 |
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Complex and exotic tales danced with compelling charm and beauty Nelson is indeed fortunate to have Vivek Kinra and the Mudra Dance Company in performance. After holding a classical Indian Dance workshop, and performances for local schools this week, Kinra, with two members of the Mudra Dance Company (Ramya Bhagavathula and Anuksha Narayan) created an evening of magic in the Suter. [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Cleave 5 Aug 2010 |
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Lifetimes in Dance; backwards and forwards to the present life It was the show of shows. A comprehensive display of dance, Maori dance at Te Papa. It featured a Hakari, a dinner at Icon the dining complex at Te Papa Tongarewa and this was remarkable for the dignitaries there: senior politicians, High Court judges, Kerry Prendergast the Mayor of Wellington, sundry MPs and lawyers. [more] |
 reviewed by Jack Gray 5 Aug 2010 |
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An entrée, two mains and a really long dessert Station Project Lynch by Anna Bates | Fold Me Finite by Serene Lorimer | Tracing Terra Firma by Jesse Quaid | Use Chopsticks Much? by Alana Yee in collaboration with Will Barling [more] |
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reviewed by Ngaire Riley 5 Aug 2010 |
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Confronting mortality with Panych Of course I ‘know’ the very famous Dame Kate Harcourt and David McPhail ONZM, but I’d never heard of Morris Panych. Until last night, when I went to see Auntie and Me in New Plymouth’s TSB Showplace. It turns out Panych is Canadian and is partial to exploring last, lingering moments of life. [more] |
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