 reviewed by John Smythe (Group A) 4 Oct 2012 |
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GROUP A What are you passionate about? What are your questions about creating theatre? What kinds of stories and storytelling do you want to see on stage? Director Sophie Roberts’ programme note reveals it was such questions that provoked the devising process for this year’s 18 Go Solo pieces from the Third Year Acting Students of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe (Group B) 4 Oct 2012 |
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GROUP B Dualities, be they warring factions or contrapuntal value systems, characterise this grouping. I sense these four pieces – and much of the whole season – could be driven by a deep-felt ‘where to from here?’ concern. Emerging from tertiary education throws an especially strong light on the ‘who am I and what do I stand for?’ question, after all. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe (Group D) 5 Oct 2012 |
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Group D The semi-coherent ranter who bookend’s this solo is someone we have all seen in the street. Now we have some insight into where he might have come from. A haunting ‘there but for the grace of whatever go I’ piece. Special. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe (Group C) 5 Oct 2012 |
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GROUP C I scribbled “the loneliness of the long distance science nerd” while watching this. That about sums it up. Strong on pathos. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe 6 Oct 2012 |
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Group E And we get to find out why Howick is like herpes. [more] |
 GOBSMACKED: SHOWBIZ AND DATING at Musgrove Studio, University of Auckland reviewed by Lexie Matheson 11 Feb 2013 |
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Class all the way plus cake Which is not to say that Gobsmacked: Showbiz and Dating is all shallow virtuosity because it’s not. Aitken, in particular, scales the heights and plumbs the emotional depths in rather spectacular fashion, and to such an extent that, in one of those unique stunned silences we all love so much, Burgess whispered ‘you didn’t think we’d go there, did you?’ – and we hadn’t. [more] |
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GOBSMACKED: SHOWBIZ AND DATING at Musgrove Studio, University of Auckland reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 11 Feb 2013 |
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Musical production looks at gay man/ single woman bond As part of Auckland's expanded Pride Festival, an enterprising Australian-Kiwi partnership offers a sweetly flavoured piece of musical theatre focusing on the emotional symbiosis that often develops between gay men and single straight women. [more] |
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GOBSMACKED: SHOWBIZ AND DATING at Meow, Edward St CBD reviewed by Nancy Catherine Fulford 4 Mar 2013 |
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Talent in spades; could use a director Gobsmacked – Showbiz and Dating is a whirlwind musical extravaganza brought to us by James Burgess and Nikki Aitken. Meow is an excellent venue for the cabaret styled show which you should definitely calendar as a must-do if you are a fan of either comedy or musical theatre. [more] |
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GOBSMACKED: SHOWBIZ AND DATING at Isis Lounge, 68 Princess St reviewed by Kimberley Buchan 16 Mar 2013 |
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Polished and utterly hilarious Gobsmacked is a fast paced torrent of anecdotes, musical clips, 80s songs and raunchy quips. The brazen stereotypes of the characters and the situations they find themselves in are flaunted and revelled in. [more] |
 GOD KNOWS at Whitireia Performance Centre, 25-27 Vivian Street reviewed by Nancy Catherine Fulford 8 Mar 2013 |
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Short on conceptual evolution I can see the attraction in the concept: let’s examine the cave dwelling behaviour of our ancestors and hold this up against the antics of modern ‘man’ specifically as they are played out in the board room; a favourite Petri dish for examining the farcical worst of modern times. And all in all, it is often entertaining, occasionally brave and some of the dialogue very witty. [more] |
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