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Sabin Holloway
HEARTBREAK HOUSE at Court One
reviewed by Lindsay Clark 10 May 2009
Heartbreak made relevant with heart
The current rendering, under the impeccable direction of Elric Hooper, demonstrates a team well in control of the wealth of eloquence and ideas Shaw offers and since the heartbreak he explores is the ongoing legacy of human society, it is high time we saw it again. [more]

STAB at BATS
HEAT at BATS
reviewed by John Smythe 8 Nov 2008
Intensity on ice
... Apart from Brian Hotter’s stunning performance as Bob the penguin, Heat’s key experimental element (allowing “theatre artists to experiment in a supportive environment” being the cornerstone of the STAB commissions) is that it is powered completely ‘off-Grid’ by solar, wind and generator, to replicate the energy sources used in the kind of Antarctic huts the play is set in and around. [more]

HEAT at Circa Two
reviewed by John Smythe 26 Jan 2011
Dramatic, comic, confrontational, visceral, moving
Heat is on. If you missed it before in Wellington, make sure you see it now. If you saw it at Bats, it’s definitely worth another visit. [more]

STAB at BATS
HEAT at BATS
reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 10 Nov 2008
Heat generates own excitement
Heat, which is the second experimental STAB production for the year, is as exciting and intriguing as the first, Apollo 13. While it is the first off-grid theatre production in New Zealand ... the technology is swiftly forgotten as a gripping and moving tale of magical realism unfolds in a hut on Cape Crozier, north of Scott Base. [more]

HEAT at Circa Two
reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 27 Jan 2011
Emotions run hot as relations turn frigid
An integral part of living on the ice in the Antarctic is the need for heat. But in Lynda Chanwai-Earle’s play Heat, which is set in a “gadget hut” somewhere near Scott base, the word has far more meaning than its use to cook food or warm the hut. [more]

STAB at BATS
HEAT at BATS
reviewed by Helen Sims (The Lumiere Reader) 9 Dec 2008
Challenging, exciting, engaging
Heat is a play rooted in friction, passion and conflict, set in a cold and eerie climate. Yet it is also beautiful and lyrical, as well as intensely physical. This play of contrasts gripped me for its entire length. [more]

STAB at BATS
HEAT at BATS
reviewed by Jackson Coe (Salient) 12 Nov 2008
From chipper to bleak
Heat is an adventurous and ultimately absorbing show, although I must admit that for some time I wondered where it was headed. It seemed to be a rather ordinary entry for the Stab Festival, but the moment Brian Hotter waddled onstage as Bob the penguin the show came together and I found myself excited and engaged by this production. [more]

HEAT at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Janet McAllister (New Zealand Herald) 14 Jul 2010
Polar passion piece worth it for the penguin
For once, a play’s tagline is accurate: this drama-on-ice is pitched as “a woman, a man and a penguin” – and they’re not kidding about the penguin. He is the silent star character of this physical show, not some cuddly mascot but rather a point of contention between scientist lovers as they spend a winter together, alone, in Antarctica. [more]

HEAT at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Joanna Davies 13 Jul 2010
Darkness and lightness in wintering over
Like Antarctica, the vast land in which it’s set, Heat holds surprises, heart-cradling poignancy, and fascination. [more]

Otago Festival of the Arts 2010
HEAT at Settlers Festival Theatre
reviewed by Sharon Matthews 14 Oct 2010
Provocative and moving
Now is the winter of our artistic isolation, made glorious summer by this Otago Festival, as we finally experience those productions that we (I) have read about from afar! (sorry, William). [more]
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