 DROWNING IN VERONICA LAKE at TSB Showplace reviewed by Ngaire Riley 5 Jun 2012 |
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Lost in a lake of self pity Veronica Lake was a real person. A Hollywood siren who died in 1973. I don’t know this as I take my seat. There she stands – the golden tresses, the hand on the hip, the bare back almost to the waist, and the luscious long dress beautifully lit with a golden glow. [more] |
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DROWNING IN VERONICA LAKE at Dance Studio, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts reviewed by Gail Pittaway 24 Jun 2012 |
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Sham glam triumph She was a blonde bombshell, a model, an actress, an aviatrix and even sang soft sleepy numbers in her films, although the first confession the screen idol makes in this fine piece of solo acting, is that she was never allowed to do her own singing. [more] |
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reviewed by Johnny Givins 23 Aug 2012 |
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Talent oozes through tangled web Drowning in Veronica Lake returns in triumph to the Auckland stage. Performing in a luminous lake of white fabric, Alex Ellis is centre stage trapped in this glorious ‘dress’ tracing the luscious, scandalous, tragic and moving life of the 40s screen siren Veronica Lake. The blonde bombshell with the lock of hair covering her right eye! [more] |
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reviewed by James Wenley 30 Aug 2012 |
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The Fame Monster There’s commentary within this show about the difference between celebrity and stardom. Celebrity is flash in the pan stuff. Stardom is enduring. You counted. People remember. Movie femme fatale Veronica Lake has the ingredients for stardom – a troubled back-story, ambition, a face that lights up the screens. She was very much a screen celebrity of the 1940s. But a star? [more] |
 DU BIST EIN UBER SHOW! at The Church, 50 Dundas Street reviewed by Patrick Davies 19 Mar 2011 |
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Deceit, clues and wilful misdirection with no holds barred The cast work extremely well together. Long range formats require a lot of listening and retention of information, not only from the audience but from each other as the larger story is woven together. Everyone’s ears are open here and it there is a wobble, they support while still gently ribbing for the minor infraction. [more] |
 DUALITY at ARTWORKS, 2 Korora Rd, Oneroa reviewed by Johnny Givins 3 Mar 2013 |
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Like an Escher Drawing where the down staircase is really going up Duality uses the device of the doctor-patient relationship as the dramatic pivot. Patterson plays the doctor /scientific researcher trying to pin down the dreams and sparks of creativity of the marvellous, naïve and talented Forrest Denize’s Psych patient. [more] |
 DUCK, DEATH AND THE TULIP at Downstage Theatre reviewed by John Smythe 19 Mar 2013 |
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Entrancing storytelling with impeccable puppetry Death is something all children ask about eventually, either as an abstract idea, or because a grandparent or pet has died. Maybe it comes from questioning where their food comes from – or whether dead flowers go “to heaven” too? Even if they are spared something unexpected and tragic happening close to their lives, it may come up through listening to or watching the news. [more] |
 DUDE ... I'M A UNICORN & OTHER SHORT STORIES at Bluenote Bar reviewed by John Smythe 20 Feb 2007 |
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Bizarre, darkening, intriguing More than just a stand up comedy show, Derek Flores’s Dude I’m A Unicorn is a recovery exercise in make believe; in storytelling simply as a means of expanding our imaginations beyond the mundane or even the deeply meaningful. [more] |
 DUET: FALLING IN LOVE…AGAIN + OFFICE FYI: A MUSICAL at Mary Newton Gallery, 150 Vivian St reviewed by John Smythe & Joanne Hodgson 11 Feb 2009 |
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One plot lost, a fantastic treat discovered It’s not a bad idea at all ... What a treat!! Funny, poignant and a very cleverly crafted piece of musical theatre. [more] |
 reviewed by Terry MacTavish 22 Feb 2009 |
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Our perpetual hunt for someone who will understand us Duets, the Fortune’s first offering for the year, is a good-humoured and polished production: a series of five comic vignettes, taking a light-hearted look at relationships between the sexes. With cheery lines like ‘his belly is his own, but his hair is not’, it is unashamedly aimed at baby-boomers. [more] |
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