 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 23 Jul 2007 |
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Confident, sleek, sophisticated Imagine the farce of Black Adder and the Carry On movies mixed with the gentler and subtler humour of Sellar and Yeatman’s 1066 and All That, and throw in some high camp musical comedy as well as a few moments of pathos and you have Monarchy: The Musical. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 25 Jul 2007 |
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Warning on horrors to come A corner of a subterranean bar in the middle of Cuba Mall is a strange but not inappropriate venue to see an off-beat fifty-minute one-man show about a post-nuclear New Zealand over which a black cloud floats like “a fluid angry muscle”, spreading death and destruction. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 30 Jul 2007 |
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Better than the real one Marlene Dietrich wasn’t much of a singer and her acting was limited to variations on her glamorous self, but she was indubitably a great beauty and a star ... When Jennifer Ward-Lealand first appears on stage wrapped in a long white fur coat and wearing a reproduction of the famous dress that caused a sensation in the 1950s, reincarnation for a moment seems a possibility. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 30 Jul 2007 |
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One standout scene The striking poster for Part of Me, a new comedy laced with pain, is dominated by a human heart pierced by needles being held in the palm of a hand. Described as ‘a coming of age story second time around’ Kelly Kilgour’s play “explores the impact of living with regret and what happens when we try to do something about it.” [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 6 Aug 2007 |
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Satisfying conquest of theatrical peak To perform King Lear has been described as the theatrical equivalent of climbing Mount Everest. From the moment rehearsals started this production was beset with difficulties … It is good to report - and without making allowances for their problems - that this Lear is the best cast, best spoken, most expansive and professional of all Bacchanals’ forays into Elizabethan tragedy. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 6 Aug 2007 |
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Plumbing the depths of what’s important Journeys of self-discovery are in the theatrical air this year … And now Vivienne Plumb takes four eighteen-year-old men on a journey from Wellington to Cape Reinga in her new play The Cape. On the way we get to know the thoughtful Mo, the compulsive talker Eb, the caring Jordyn and the taciturn Arthur. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 13 Aug 2007 |
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Star performance should have shone brighter Not since Laurence Olivier played Richard III at the St James in 1948 can there have been so much excitement for a classical theatre company as there has been for The Royal Shakespeare Company’s King Lear with Ian McKellen in the lead. The opening night full house was not disappointed, giving the company a standing ovation [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 15 Aug 2007 |
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Define the parameters more sharply? In the past these exercises were based on, grew out of, were inspired by the biography of someone the actor admired, loved or just found intriguing whether he or she was famous or completely unknown. This year, under the guidance of Jade Eriksen, the 22 students, the largest number in the school’s history, have been given a wider, much vaguer brief: how we as New Zealanders express our identity through storytelling. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 20 Aug 2007 |
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Auspicious start for new company Written in 1974, Sexual Perversity in Chicago is an early David Mamet play that exhibits most of the traits of his characteristic style and themes for which he later became famous: short, sharp scenes, dominating roles for men, strong language, and a critique of American society. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 20 Aug 2007 |
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Light-weight and cheerful Who Needs Sleep Anyway? is a pantomime from the pens of the first father and daughter playwrighting team in the history of New Zealand (World?) theatre. It has cross-dressing, topical jokes, occasional song and dance numbers, funny costumes and disguises, madcap sequences, audience participation (not at all threatening), and a happy ending. [more] |
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