 DAN IS DEAD/I AM A YETI at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 11 May 2011 |
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Method in delightful madness To call it idiosyncratic would be an understatement. It’s off the wall. A pure white Yeti – Natalie Medlock – has just completed the screenplay of her “rife” (she has a Nepaling accent), funded by the Warner Brother Film Commission of New Zealand. Now she wants to inspire us all with her “hairy tale come true”. [more] |
 THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE at Comedy Chamber, Town Hall, THE EDGE reviewed by Sian Robertson 11 May 2011 |
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Charming, inventive and very funny An intense young man with a piece of black tape over his mouth and very expressive eyes sits on the stage impatiently waiting for the audience to be seated and the lights to go down. The show starts the moment you step through the door, and finishes before you want it to. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 11 May 2011 |
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Glee misses Beware of how you market yourself – USO is not ‘Glee meets Boyz in the Hood’. It is a story from the streets of South Auckland addressing drugs, redundancy, pregnancy, desperation, hope and possible salvation. There is lots of music, mainly gospel, sung beautifully. [more] |
 MATES & LOVERS at Fortune Theatre reviewed by Ralph Body 11 May 2011 |
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Entertaining, informative and moving Writer, director and producer Ronald Trifero Nelson set himself an ambitious task with Mates & Lovers, but has succeeded admirably. The play is a stage adaptation of Dr Chris Brickell’s landmark study Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand and covers over 200 years of homoerotic heritage, from Cook’s voyages to the present day. [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 10 May 2011 |
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Poverty, drugs and the ties of brotherhood The Black Friars, a theatre group based in South Auckland and made up of New Zealand-born Pacific actors, have brought to Wellington Uso, a lively if conventional melodrama spiced with rough comedy, a social message, and some fine singing. [more] |
 WELLINGTON IMPROVISATION TROUPE (WIT) – CSI: WAINUI at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 10 May 2011 |
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WIT delivers With the plethora of cop shows on TV an improv format was probably inevitable and the Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) has obliged with CSI Wainui. Why Wainui? Why not? [more] |
 reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 9 May 2011 |
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Accessible and neatly stylised Surrounded by conflicting advice, from an army of men, the vast majority with ulterior motives and self-serving agendas, Elizabeth’s decision resonates clearly with today’s Obama-Osama situation: will the execution create martyrdom that will prove a much stronger enemy? [more] |
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reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 9 May 2011 |
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Leads give Schiller’s royal scrap an electric edge ATC’S production of Mary Stuart provides a thrilling introduction to Friedrich Schiller – the philosopher, poet and playwright who is honoured in Germany with the same kind of respect that English speakers reserve for Shakespeare. [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 7 May 2011 |
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Moments of pure magic, spontaneous laughter, bittersweet poignancy It’s riddled with great lines – some character-driven, some just plain clever – and has a tightly structured dramatic narrative, both of which allow the production to glide between humour and pathos with a seamless ease. Saker has a remarkable feel for the vernacular and his considerable experience as a theatre practitioner is evidenced in the subtle shaping and angling of the numerous and varied vignettes to gain maximum theatrical and emotional impact. [more] |
 JOSEPH HARPER: BIKES I’VE OWNED VERSUS GIRLS I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH at Tararua Tramping Club, Mt Victoria reviewed by Robbie Ellis 7 May 2011 |
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Genuinely likeable autobiographical chat The festival brochure bills this show as “an autobiographical piece about bicycles, love and misanthropy.” But how could anyone possibly call Joseph Harper misanthropic? He bares his feelings, his failings and his triumphs in such a way that you can’t help but feel more human. [more] |
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