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DEATH AT MURDER MANOR: A SCRIPT-FREE AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERY at BATS
reviewed by Hannah Smith 7 Oct 2010
Stylish costumes and imaginatively devious
Christchurch Improv troupe The Court Jesters are a professional bunch. They are seasoned improvisers who got the skills to pay the bills and this is apparent in their offering for the NZ Improv Fest: Death at Murder Manor. [more]

The Real New Zealand Festival
DEATH BY CHEERLEADER at BATS
reviewed by John Smythe 21 Sep 2011
A nudge is all it needs
With acting, dancing and directing talents like this, what a pity the devised script doesn’t quite match them. Oh it’s fun all right, and a splendid vehicle for high energy performance, some wicked humour and a bizarre twisted ending. [more]

The Real New Zealand Festival
DEATH BY CHEERLEADER at BATS
reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 23 Sep 2011
Futuristic cheerleaders in unfunny bellyflop
As we all know, there have been disasters of rugby games. How could we not know with the ABs playing France on Saturday? Disasters are not unknown in the theatre too. [more]

The Real New Zealand Festival
DEATH BY CHEERLEADER at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave
reviewed by Lexie Matheson 16 Sep 2011
A madcap, semi-clad, pom-pommed, psychotic romp
Who cares, though, when you can go there to experience The CheerBlacks, an energetic, funny, talented and downright nasty, tarty trio of trouble. Who cares when the talent on offer far outstrips any issues with the venue as is certainly the case with Death by Cheerleader. [more]

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE at Dransfield House, 335 Willis St
reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 7 Sep 2009
Sweet, poisonous murder puzzle
If you ever dreamed of being Inspector Morse or Miss Marples or, heaven help you, Inspector Barnaby then now’s your chance, except you won’t be sleuthing in a pretty English village but in the faux Edwardian splendours of Dransfield House. [more]

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE at Dransfield House, 335 Willis St
reviewed by Maryanne Cathro 5 Sep 2009
Evidence, chocolates and suspects
Chocolate and a murder mystery? It’s a combination tailor made to get my attendance! I am a dedicated whodunnit fan, and the chance to play Miss Marple, or perhaps Hercule Poirot, is too good to miss. [more]

Linda (Jennifer Ludlam) and Willy (George Henare): not dreaming it's over
DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Circa One
reviewed by John Smythe 2 Apr 2006
World class production of modern classic
When all the actors work so well together to authenticate each role and the play as a whole, major credit must go to the director, Susan Wilson. [more]

See also reviews by:
 Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post);

Linda (Jennifer Ludlam) and Willy (George Henare): not dreaming it's over
DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Circa One
reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 3 Apr 2006
Father and son's torment makes for gut-wrenching theatre
In this production director Susan Wilson and her excellent cast gets to the heart of Miller’s ideals, drawing out all the emotional turmoil of Willy Loman and his family as they struggle for a better life, dreaming of what will never be as everything about slowly disintegrates. [more]

See also reviews by:
 John Smythe

Photo: Michael Smith
DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Maidment
reviewed by Nik Smythe 14 Oct 2012
Tragedy in commerce more relevant than ever
In 1949, when all the post-war promises of the American Dream were still steadily on the rise, Arthur Miller saw an elephant in the room and wrote Death of a Salesman. In a world of opportunity there for the taking for anyone determined and ruthless enough, what of the casualties who were simply too sensitive and human? [more]

Photo: Michael Smith
DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Maidment
reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 15 Oct 2012
Classic reading of Miller a Peach
Peach Theatre's reverential approach to Arthur Miller's 1949 classic offers a traditional reading that allows this 20th century masterpiece to speak for itself - with all its ambiguities and contradictions intact. [more]
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