 reviewed by John Smythe 1 Aug 2010 |
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A rich man’s world Completed five years before the Wall Street Crash and Great Depression of 1929, F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel – which was not an instant best-seller – can be seen in retrospect as a prescient cautionary tale about the moral paucity of nouveau-riche capitalists. History has certainly repeated itself on that score ever since, including very recently. [more] |
 reviewed by Shanon O'Sullivan 1 Aug 2010 |
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Passionate and dynamic Move over Riverdance, The Rhythms of Ireland kicked up a storm and sent the audience wild with their lightening rhythmical feet and captivating lively Auckland performance. With an award winning cast of dancers and musicians, and director of choreography and Irish dance world champion Michael Donnellan at the helm, you would expect nothing less than the best and the Rhythms of Ireland wasmostcertainly a top class performance. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 31 Jul 2010 |
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Physical and emotional territories navigated with great skill As directed by Leo Gene Peters, End Game by Kate Morris and Rachel Callinan stages a highly technological cyberspace concept with great ingenuity in real physical space, abetted by Nathan McKendry’s brilliant lighting of Brian King’s deceptively simple box and fabric set to Gareth Farr’s stirring music [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 28 Jul 2010 |
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Triple distinctions in homage to ludicrous and wonderful conventions Barnaby Frederic must love musicals, or if not he’s at least fascinated by their form and structure. Either way, he clearly knows them inside out. Such a hilarious satire evoking the level of mirth that The Irrefutable Truth About Pet Food achieves could not occur in a merely derisive mindset. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 28 Jul 2010 |
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Frankly hilarious and finally pithy yet profound Robyn Paterson wrote and performs a brief, charming, hilarious solo play about Anna, an affable, attractive young woman from Perth living in Auckland and working two jobs, one at Denny’s and one from home. [more] |
 reviewed by Caoilinn Hughes 28 Jul 2010 |
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Unclenching the corporates by teamwork They have you before you’ve even had a chance to cement your cynical evening entertainment expression. There’s a floor manager called Randy asking if you are too, and handing you questionnaires to fill out, saying things like: “What’s the naughtiest place you’ve ever done it?” [more] |
 reviewed by Paul Diamond 27 Jul 2010 |
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Skilfully conveyed in a gentle, ngäwari manner For the last 15 each years, Taki Rua has toured total immersion Mäori theatre throughout Aotearoa. This year’s production, Matapihi ki te ao (window to the world) had a different genesis to earlier productions. Rather than working from a written text, the play is a devised work, based on the performers’ own stories. A great strength of this approach is the ‘naturalness’ of the Mäori language in the very enjoyable 45 minute piece. [more] |
 reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 26 Jul 2010 |
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A love story for our times An ATC presentation of Shakespeare’s most popular play puts the directorial statement very much in the foreground and, as is often the case with heavily conceptualised productions, director Willem Wassenaar has some hits and misses. [more] |
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reviewed by Tamati Patuwai 26 Jul 2010 |
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Joyful performances breathe life, passion and beauty into tragic love story I have seen a few versions of Romeo and Juliet on film and stage. Given the gusto and action of this timeless romance the attention has commonly been weighted to the boys. However Willem Wassenaar has directed the play away from the more familiar course by paying more attention to the heroine, Juliet. [more] |
 reviewed by Janet McAllister (New Zealand Herald) 26 Jul 2010 |
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Drop dead and pretty bloody gorgeous Actor/assassin John Wilkes Booth might have killed Abraham Lincoln because he earned bad reviews but – spoiler alert! – our national leaders won't get shot because of what you're reading now. [more] |
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