 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 16 Oct 2008 |
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Bovver boy of theatre has audience in his grip Even though he’s in his early seventies, Steven Berkoff is still the bovver boy of English theatre: he’s a powerful performer, broad, and loud, but he’s an actor whose style is so compellingly out-of-tune with the refined naturalism we see most of the time on our screens and stages that he is a thrilling presence, particularly on stage. [more] |
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THE OUTING at The Front Room reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 20 Oct 2008 |
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Corn-fed coterie The Outing is a musical show or, as the programme has it, ‘an original musical tour de force’ about a group of gay and lesbian people travelling on a bus (shades of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) from Newtown to Civic Square for a dance party. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 25 Oct 2008 |
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What a marvel In a lifetime of theatergoing in this city I have never seen anything quite like Apollo 13: Mission Control. It is a truly amazing production. [more] |
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TOI WHAKAARI_NEW ZEALAND DRAMA SCHOOL GRADUATION SEASON 2008 at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School & Circa 2 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 3 Nov 2008 |
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All the drama of exams University students simply write exams; the poor old Drama School student has to put on plays for public scrutiny during a month-long graduation season. Last month four productions of extremely challenging plays opened, with The Pillowman still running at Circa 2 until November 8. [AoTERRORoa – see below – plays until 6 November.] [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 10 Nov 2008 |
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Slick Dog takes dig at Hollywood The Little Dog Laughed is a slick comedy of manners poking fun at that the mores and hypocrisy of that tired old target: Hollywood. Tinsel Town is personified in the central character of Diane, an acerbic, amoral, obsessively driven, Machiavellian agent who schemes and plots her way to becoming a movie power-broker. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 17 Nov 2008 |
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Frantic frolic with a happy ending Roger Hall’s helter skelter Red Riding Hood begins with Julian Wilson’s gravelly voiced Grandma Hood cajoling the audience into chanting rather unnecessarily ‘We want a panto!’ and it was, not surprisingly, made clear, particularly from a vociferous and well lubricated back row, that was exactly what we had come for. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 24 Nov 2008 |
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Cynthia’s back, polished and so up-to-date Miss Cynthia Fortitude, the founding member of The Venezuelan United Living Virgins Association (NZ branch), is back with a vengeance starring in not just one show but two: The Legend Returns and A Vote for Cynthia, which are performed on different nights in the intimacy of Circa 2. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 5 Dec 2008 |
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You'll laugh, you'll cry Apart from The Sound of Music are there any plays depicting a happy family? From the Ancient Greeks right up to the 2008 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award winner Paul Rothwell, whose latest darkish comedy, Christmas Indoors, opened on Thursday at Bats, I can't think of one. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 5 Dec 2008 |
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Great madness in two takes Blinkers and Spurs are two-hander one-acters with horses, quirky human beings, and a theme in common. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 10 Dec 2008 |
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Smooth as silk, full of emotion There’s no need to travel to New York for an evening of smooth, sophisticated cabaret performed by a top-liner in her prime. It’s all right here in Wellington even though we may not be sipping cocktails at tables looking out on to the Manhattan skyline. [more] |
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