 DUETS 2012 at Q Theatre, Rangatira reviewed by Roxanne de Bruyn 21 Oct 2012 |
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A whirlwind of dancing Duets provides some interesting ideas about what duets are. Duets are not always simply couples dancing together, but rather focus on the interactions and partnerships between people while they dance, and the roles different pairs can take. These can include sibling rivalry as they fight over a car seat, the space that comes from being far away, yet somehow close to someone you love, and the competition which can occur between two skilled performers. [more] |
 DUETS SHOWCASE at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs reviewed by Celine Sumic 5 Oct 2009 |
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Transported and discovered by diversity With spirited panache, Jonny Williams and Kristie Boyd light up the floor with an elegant, lively quickstep, heralding the opening of the TEMPO 2009 Duets Showcase. [more] |
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DUETS SHOWCASE at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs reviewed by Bernadette Rae (New Zealand Herald) 5 Oct 2009 |
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Whew! Yipee! If variety is the spice of choice and evenly high standards are not so important, then Tempo 09 is off to a rollicking start. Duets [at TAPAC the night after Late Nights #1] was an around-the-world-in-60-minutes experience, with a dozen different dances in quickfire succession. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 1 Jul 2007 |
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Theme de-jour The title is tempting for a critic: “Dumb Show speaks for itself.” And about 20 minutes in, during the second of its six scenes, I’m beginning to think that might be apt; it seems far from witty or insightful. But such judgement turns out to be premature. This is a play that asks us to trust it and when we do, it delivers. [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 3 Jul 2007 |
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Right to privacy v. freedom of expression Fortunately here in New Zealand local celebrities are rarely duped by undercover investigative journalists posing as someone they are not, in order to get a story, but it would appear it has and does happen overseas. And this, coupled with the abhorrence at the way journalists play on people’s misery for a story, is what motivated Penhall to write Dumb Show, a satirical and biting commentary on tabloid journalism. [more] |
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reviewed by Helen Sims (The Lumiere Reader) 10 Jul 2007 |
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Too “wilfully manipulative” and artificial to truly expose human behaviour In English theatre tradition, a dumb show is a masque-like interlude of silent pantomime usually with allegorical content that refers to the occasion of a play or its theme, the most famous being the pantomime played out in Hamlet. Although Penhall’s script is far from silent, I suppose that it is what is not being said; the reading between the lines, that is most important in this play … [more] |
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reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 11 Jul 2007 |
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Needs more subtlety The media – vicious, voracious vultures who feed off other peoples’ misery and serve it up to an audience hungry for celebrity scandals and tittle tattle. We journalists are always found at the bottom of the “most trusted professions” pile along with used car salespeople and politicians. Dumb Show points the finger back at the media, and at the celebrities who need, love and hate the paparazzi. [more] |
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reviewed by Melody Nixon (The Lumiere Reader) 26 Jul 2007 |
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Valuable questions amid black humour Dumb Show, now in its final Circa Two week, has moments of hearty black humour – if such humour can be hearty – and witty, shrewd observation. Its representations of wry and hopelessly selfish modern ‘man’ encourage us to readily self-identify. [more] |
 DUNEDIN’S ONE NIGHT STAND… UP at Havana Lounge, cnr Moray Place and Filleul St reviewed by Patrick Davies 22 Mar 2012 |
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Two short, funny sets the highlights With the curious absence of any local stand up from usual stalwarts CIA, it’s great to see Lockie Scott jumping head first into the gap with this one night only stand. It’s been along time since I’ve been to the Havana Lounge at the back of the pool hall and the refurbished little cinema makes for a wonderfully intimate space. [more] |
 DUSKY MAIDENS AND NOBLE SAVAGES at Bodega reviewed by John Smythe 6 Mar 2013 |
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Sharing equal space Clad in a fusion of traditional and contemporary clothing, the line-up is a splendid sight, simultaneously celebrating identity and challenging our assumptions and expectations. Likewise their diverse range of 23 poems are lively, clear, insightful, enlightening, sometimes challenging and often humorous. [more] |
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