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CULTURE CLASH at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs
reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 29 Oct 2012
Cultural tapestry woven in song and movement
The multicultural face of Auckland is vividly displayed in Tapac's community theatre project that has a hugely enthusiastic cast working under the guidance of seasoned theatre professionals. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
CURIOUS? at Gryphon
reviewed by Jackson Coe 22 Feb 2008
Provocative, gutsy, brave
Personal secrets and tasty sex lives are all revealed in Curious?, a titillating new Fringe Festival show devised and presented by Stepping Stone Productions. Curious? tackles the immense topic of human sexuality head-on, offering a bold discussion of some of our most private and intimate secrets. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
CURIOUS? at Gryphon
reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 20 Feb 2008
Finally challenging
Sex, as no doubt most people will agree with, is exciting and exhilarating, unlike Curious, a play about sex currently playing early evening at the Gryphon Theatre. [more]

CURRENCY at Happy (Cnr Tory & Vivian)
reviewed by John Smythe 3 Feb 2010
Committed performances save naïve works
These three short plays collectively capture the angst of twenty-somethings whose individuality, creativity and idealism become subsumed by the ‘earn money’ imperative. It’s a syndrome that afflicts us all. [more]

CURRENCY at Happy (Cnr Tory & Vivian)
reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 4 Feb 2010
Dealing with the currency of life
Three short plays by three young playwrights and all on the same subject is something of a novelty, particularly as the subject is one that, Roger Hall apart in The Share Club and After the Crash, our playwrights have barely touched on. The subject of the plays is money. [more]

CURRENCY at Happy (Cnr Tory & Vivian)
reviewed by Uther Dean (Salient) 15 Feb 2010
Mixed bag
Currency is a collection of three short plays about the personal and interpersonal effects of the financial crisis. Played out in the gloriously scratchy and dim nook that is Happy. It is a night of deep inconsistencies but not a wholly unrewarding one. [more]

NZ International Comedy Festival
CUT TO THE CHASE – SPECIAL DIRECTOR’S EDITION at Cross Street Studios
reviewed by Sian Robertson 22 May 2009
Unreservedly recommended
It’s a good idea having it in such an intimate space; it feels like we are being invited to take part in a parlour game in their home. In fact they state that ‘this is your show, we’re just here to facilitate it’. And it did feel like our show – thanks lads. [more]

CYMBELINE at Dog's Bollix Irish Pub
reviewed by Denis Edwards 17 May 2006
Bawdy Bard at the bar
Newton Road’s Dog’s Bollix is a close-to-perfect venue for Shakespeare’s comedies and romances. As a rough-house theatre it has already made the annual ‘Bloomsday’ festival a sell-out hit. There is the required pleasantly seedy atmosphere. The stage is well lit. There are different levels and the bar does a brisk business. [more]

CYNTHIA FORTITUDE’S FAREWELL - HER FIRST at Soundings - Te Papa
reviewed by Thomas LaHood 2 Oct 2007
A class act
Cynthia Fortitude is New Zealand’s most enduring clown, an irreverent and fanciful diva along the lines of Dame Edna Everage, but without the double chin or the camp. For twenty years Helen Moulder has occupied Cynthia’s powdery, translucent skin, and the character has become a masterpiece, a National Treasure of Fred Dagg pedigree. [more]

CYNTHIA FORTITUDE’S FAREWELL - HER FIRST at Soundings - Te Papa
reviewed by Melody Nixon (The Lumiere Reader) 17 Oct 2007
Operatic balls-up
Cynthia Fortitude’s first farewell is certainly deserving of a sequel. This mix of operatic comedy, semi-dignified slapstick and love narrative, ceremoniously accompanied by a chamber orchestra ... [more]
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