 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 18 Oct 2006 |
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Go with the flow Two separate but related plays, one scripted, the other devised, playing simultaneously for 35 minutes on adjoining stages is the first of the two offerings in this year’s STAB season of experimental theatre. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 23 Oct 2006 |
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Graduation triumph This year’s graduation production for the third year acting students as well as the entertainment technology, performing arts management and performance design students is a knock out. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 30 Oct 2006 |
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Actors keep their eyes on the ball ... David Geary and Justin Gregory have fashioned a raucous comedy set on the embankment of the Basin Reserve (look for the Basin’s code of behaviour above the door to Circa 2) where two brothers, Don and Colin, meet to watch a test match, relive and put on trial the Chappell incident, and along the way poke fun at Transtasman feuding, national stereotypes, cricket personalities of the time, their own dysfunctional family and sibling rivalry. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 4 Nov 2006 |
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Themes shine through Top Girls, Caryl Churchill’s famous 1982 play about the cost to women who reach the summits of the male-dominated hierarchy of business, has been described as essentially not one but three excellent short plays all contributing to her central theme. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 13 Nov 2006 |
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Oracle leaves it to us Fortified by a small glass of mead, the audience (limited to 28 for each performance) of arcane is taken on an intriguing tour of an old house, but on the way it will pass between and behind the walls, through mysterious tunnels, up a ladder, and over floorboards through which it may occasionally glimpse a young woman ... [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 13 Nov 2006 |
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There is only one Dracula You can keep you Bela Lugosis, your Vincent Prices, your Christopher Lees and the all the rest of the vampire actors and would-be Draculas. From now on there is only one Dracula for me ... [more] |
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GOLDEN BOYS at Circa Two reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 30 Jan 2006 |
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Entertaining, wrenching and convoluted Golden Boys, a play that deals with the murder in Christchurch in 1989 of 12-year old Keith Borstal which sends ripples of fear, confusion and a premonition of violent death amongst three young people not concerned with the crime in any way, first appeared at Bats back in 2004. Then it lasted 50-minutes and had a cast of three actors playing eight characters. Now, in a revamped version at Circa Studio, it has been expanded to about 75 minutes with a cast of five actors playing eleven characters. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 21 Nov 2006 |
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Capital twist on ancient tale Roger Hall’s take on the ancient tale of Aladdin is set in old Araby which appears to be at the top of Cuba Street because young Aladdin is described as the boy from Cuba Mall and he is constantly warned by his mother Widow Twankey to look out for the Bucket Fountain. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 2 Dec 2006 |
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A welcome gust of stimulation If you thought it was about time the SEEyD Theatre Company came up with a turkey – the laws of theatrical success being what they are – you are going to be disappointed even if the plotting of their latest offering Turbine gets a bit confusing at times. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 4 Dec 2006 |
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Common Kiwi touch The play is taken at a fair clip, which means as usual that at times sense and poetry are lost, but the compensations are gratifying: the exciting story is told to us by the actors only centimeters away ... [more] |
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