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NZ Fringe Festival 09
ADAM PAGE SOLO at Downstage Theatre
reviewed by Simon Sweetman (The Dominion Post) 25 Feb 2009
Very real talent in improvised show
Adelaide-based musician Adam Page builds his compositions live on stage in front of the audience, switching instruments and using loops pedals to sample and capture a live sound, bringing various melodic wafts in and out of the frame as he continues to weave in new sounds. [more]

NZ International Comedy Festival
ADAM WRIGHT AND RICK THRELFO IN GLORIOUSLY AVERAGE at Cavern Club, 22 Allen St
reviewed by Shannon Friday 11 May 2013
Like a sour-sweet lemon cake?
The show actually starts with the host, Rob Harris, doing 5 minutes of warm-up comedy. He does his job well, jumping between a couple of topics to find what gets us all laughing. A bit about cigarette packet warnings gets us nice and toasty. [more]

ADRIFT at Seatoun Beach
reviewed by John Smythe 19 Oct 2012
Purposeful gathering of what was adrift becomes profoundly moving
Thus a range of sea-themed stories are floated to interweave and overlap, Adrift in the tide of timeless tales. We leave the security of the ‘fire’ to follow them. [more]

AFFINITY at Downstage Theatre
reviewed by John Smythe 18 Feb 2013
Profoundly insightful; deserves a long life
Once more playwright/director Sarah Delahunty and her 1st Gear Productions team have created a gem that draws on classics – contemporary this time – to throw far-reaching light on, and into, the ‘adolescence on the cusp of adulthood’ experience. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 06
AFTER SERVICE at BATS
reviewed by John Smythe (John Smythe: theatre reviews) 13 Feb 2006
Highly wrought guilt trip
... a compelling naturalistic play with a strong emotional premise, questionable and shifting moral positions, secrets to be slowly revealed and jeopardy awaiting its readily recognised characters. [more]

See also reviews by:
 Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post);
 Lynn Freeman (Capital Times);
 Richard Mays (Manawatu Standard);

NZ Fringe Festival 06
AFTER SERVICE at BATS
reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 22 Feb 2006
Classy Kiwi theatre
... a snappy play with not one wasted word, a striking first play by Film School and IIML graduate Gavin McGibbon and intelligently directed by first time stage director Naomi Wallwork. [more]

See also reviews by:
 John Smythe (John Smythe: theatre reviews);
 Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post);
 Richard Mays (Manawatu Standard);

NZ Fringe Festival 06
AFTER SERVICE at BATS
reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 14 Feb 2006
Tension, tempers and guilt
... director Naomi Wallwork says that she was struck by the play's “strong characters, snappy dialogue, underlying tension and sheer energy”. The play is all that and more and coupled with highly competent acting, it makes for a piece of theatre that is engaging and compelling and raises the standard of Fringe Theatre productions up several notches. [more]

See also reviews by:
 John Smythe (John Smythe: theatre reviews);
 Lynn Freeman (Capital Times);
 Richard Mays (Manawatu Standard);

NZ Fringe Festival 06
AFTER SERVICE at Centrepoint - Dark Room
reviewed by Richard Mays (Manawatu Standard) 23 Sep 2006
Black comedy launches new theatre venue
Pam's sausage rolls as harbingers of death are among the images to savour in this short confrontational comedy. [more]

See also reviews by:
 John Smythe (John Smythe: theatre reviews);
 Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post);
 Lynn Freeman (Capital Times);

Auckland Fringe 2013
AI at Nenek’s Kitchen, 37 Mt Eden Road,
reviewed by Glen Pickering 16 Feb 2013
A series of vignettes with great potential
Ai is your typical childhood friends, love story: teenage boy professes love; girl only sees him as a friend; boy disappears from her life; girl meets another boy who turns out to be a jerk; adult boy and girl meet up again; girl realises boy is actually the one; they fall in love ... [more]

NZ International Comedy Festival
AL PITCHER: DANGER MOUTH (UK/NZ) at The Transmission Room
reviewed by Sian Robertson 20 Apr 2008
Infectious amusement at smallest, oddest things
The theme of the show is Pitcher’s observations of weird people and random events that you can witness, anywhere in the world, if you’ve got the time and inclination. He’s especially fond of urban nutters. [more]
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