 MIKE & VIRGINIA at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge reviewed by Adey Ramsel 2 May 2011 |
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The fun is not in where we end up, but how we get there “You don’t have to stare at a dead dog for an hour and a half to know it stinks!” So runs Mike’s philosophy on reviewing theatre and walking out before the end. A brilliant line, one of many that places this play in the ‘definitely not a dead dog’ category. [more] |
 VISA FIRST LAUGHS at Opera House reviewed by John Smythe 2 May 2011 |
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Strangely non-topical A tasting session of the Comedy Fest set to tickle our taste buds over the next three weeks dished up at Wellington’s Opera House last night. By way of showcasing some of the fare on offer, ten and a half* Kiwi comics teamed with eight and a halfP imports – from Britain, Canada, the USA and Australia – to feed us tidbits of commentary, insights and whimsy in words, song and silence. [more] |
 SPACE RACE at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Stephen Austin 2 May 2011 |
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Plenty of laughs and left wanting more Laurie Marshall (Simon Ward) lives with his Nana, is the local tractor repairman and in his spare time invents new and un-thought-of gadgets in the shed at the bottom of his garden. When he hears of the plans over the wireless that the Americans are to launch a rocket into space, he hatches a plan to get his home town of Sanson on the map ... [more] |
 DAN IS DEAD/I AM A YETI at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Karyn Cushen 2 May 2011 |
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Despite the ridiculousness and somewhat murky plotline, the show works Based in a bedsit in Avondale, Dan is Dead/I am a Yeti, follows the trials and tribulations of a conniving Yeti that develops a crush on her flatmate Tom, an overweight struggling scriptwriter and Star Wars enthusiast, despite the fact that he lives with his newlywed bride Yvette, who owns a rather fetching negligee. [more] |
 reviewed by Barbara Frame (Otago Daily Times) 2 May 2011 |
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Funny mix of brutality, refinement If the barbarism of Dafur is at one end of the scale, surely Michel's and Veronique's stylish Paris home is at the other. So why does the place look so much like a battlefield? [more] |
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VISA COMEDY GALA at ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre reviewed by Russell Baillie (New Zealand Herald) 2 May 2011 |
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Opening showcase of mirth bides well for weeks ahead Just as this year's comedy festival seems a more modest affair than past years, so was its traditional opening night extravaganza. [more] |
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MIKE & VIRGINIA at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge reviewed by Janet McAllister (New Zealand Herald) 2 May 2011 |
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Improbable romp short of clever This play has a great starting premise: Virginia (Lisa Chappell), a film lecturer whose specialty is romantic comedies, has her own love-hate relationship with resident monster movie expert (Will Hall). [more] |
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VISA COMEDY GALA at ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 1 May 2011 |
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More hits than misses On a revolving set, resembling a lurid retro TV chat show studio, with a cluster of mirror balls, a hyper-colourful – and at times hyper-active – lighting design, 23 comedy acts take to the stage for the 2011 Visa Comedy Gala. While the cheerful set is slightly distracting a times, this is a good thing to lift the occasional act which falls a bit flat. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 29 Apr 2011 |
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Random displays of acting When Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School third year students develop their 20-minute solos, the major objective of the exercise is to showcase their acting skills. But when that piece is expanded into a one hour play the actor needs to be serving something beyond a display of talent. [more] |
 reviewed by Jack Gray 29 Apr 2011 |
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Girls on a platter “In flagrante” (latin for “blazing”) is sometimes colloquially used as a euphemism for couples being caught in the act of sexual intercourse. So of course the way you might react to the show probably has something to do with how you view, experience or react to the notion of SEX. [more] |
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