 ENGAGED at Michael Fowler Centre Foyer, Ladies Toilets reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 27 Feb 2008 |
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Intriguing, unnerving and voyeuristic We’ve been to Fringe shows in a lingerie shop, a Laundromat, travel agent’s, cafes, central city office – it was only a matter of time until we were ushered into a toilet. [more] |
 reviewed by Richard Mays 11 Jun 2012 |
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Damned good, skilful storytelling So here we have something of a whodunit, and a problem for any commentator is how much to give away? This is, after all, a New Zealand premiere and presumably other theatres around the country will be interested in producing Enlightenment if it proves to be artistically as well as economically rewarding. [more] |
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reviewed by John Ross 11 Jun 2012 |
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Fluctuating emotional dynamics in high quality production of a seriously good play We clearly have a visceral desire for answers, yet abiding questions are far more fascinating. One has to admire a playwright with the courage to resist the tempting expectation to provide a tidy story, with a denouement, a closure, which are denied here to the audience just as they are to the central characters. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 2 Aug 2007 |
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Celebrity send-up thrills with skill ... Content-wise the show is celebrity send-up with a camp drag feel about it, what with all the mouth-miming to popular songs and the extravagant gestures and movement (man but he must be fit!). The point of difference is the extraordinary ingenuity of the cardboard cut-out ‘costumes’ and masks, designed as they are – with Sosthen Hennekam – to surprise with hidden and detachable parts and props, then transform into something or someone entirely different. [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 2 Aug 2007 |
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Cartoon of life and colour Rarely has applause erupted so spontaneously and continuously as it did last night for Ennio Marchetto’s one man show ... [more] |
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reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 2 Aug 2007 |
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Cabaret, drag, mime, and vaudeville Lights, music, action! Tonight Matthew, I’m going to be... absolutely fabulous, darling! Knowing very little about him, I didn’t know what to expect from Ennio Marchetto. What I, and a very appreciate audience got was an hour of fast-paced, high-energy performance ... [more] |
 reviewed by Alexandra Kolb 30 Mar 2009 |
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A glimpse of tomorrow’s professional talent Even without its solid and cohesive programme, this Auckland-based youth company would warrant applause for its important work in the community sector and promotion of contemporary dance. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 6 Jul 2009 |
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Farcical elements brought to the fore In essence Joe Orton’s first major play is a darkly comic cautionary tale about the dangers of repressing homosexuality at individual, family and social levels. Everything flows from that premise. As such it is a museum piece, firmly rooted in the 1960s when being queer was a crime ... [more] |
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reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 9 Jul 2009 |
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Stage sex and language Forty years on, Joe Orton’s play remains a cautionary tale – about greed, lack of morality, power, violence and perversity. It kicks you in the guts, just as Sloane does poor old Dada. And it makes us realize that post war Britain and 21st century New Zealand aren’t as far apart as we might like to think. [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 9 Jul 2009 |
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Entertaining, at a cost of depth Given the reaction to the opening night performance of the Circa Studio’s latest production one could be forgiven for thinking the title was Entertaining An Audience rather than Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane. This full on, highly energetic and at times frenzied production of probably Orton’s best known plays pushes the comedy aspects of the play to its limits and beyond ... [more] |
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