 reviewed by Nik Smythe 19 Jul 2011 |
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Big on talent and artistry – treat yourselves Outbox Theatre Company has turned on a magical show for children, adults and nostalgic geriatrics alike. From its quiet, sleepy beginning to the majestically extravagant closing number, the whole shebang jam-packed with song, dance and above all, nonsense! [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 22 Jul 2011 |
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Brilliantly batty The Outfit Theatre Ensemble brings their own original take on the characters and events of Britain’s oldest and most beloved mythological epic. It’s quite a departure from the overall style one may be used to, and from a number of the characters’ archetypes and relationships ... [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 13 Nov 2011 |
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Double Feature B The potential trouble with drama school productions is that the casting is limited to available students, causing possible difficulties matching the players to the roles. In light of this, the casting for both Artaud at Rodez and The Water Engine is remarkably well appointed, indicating an exemplary level of versatility among them. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 19 Nov 2011 |
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Zany, convoluted, black comedy thriller Catalyst Theatre’s latest original production is a fairly ambitious piece set in the cutthroat, larcenous world of high finance (read ‘corporate piracy’). [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 20 Nov 2011 |
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Glorious soap-opera cliché ConArtists, those veterans of thigh-slappingly hilarious long-form improv concepts, are playing a three-week season of a steamy, scandal-ridden medical soap opera “so hot they won't show it on television!” performed live on stage. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 27 Nov 2011 |
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Like on the telly: good for a laugh or three Have you ever seen that show 7 Days on the telly, late night Fridays on Tv3? 7 Days Live is heaps like that only live on stage with an audience of over a thousand. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 20 Feb 2012 |
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Quietly raw, challenging and non-confrontational In the large unembellished Lower NZI function room with the large shiny white columns, two men take the stage, dressed unassumingly in black, white and grey tones similar to the venue’s hideous patterned grey carpet. Peter is a gently spoken silver-haired chap in his late fifties, with a twinkle in his bespectacled eye and a cheeky little smile. Frank is younger, maybe mid thirties, intensely earnest in emotional tone, feverishly expressive in physical character. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 22 Mar 2012 |
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Mercurial abstractions The Corwine sisters, with the assistance of producer Steve Wrigley, have clearly spent many long hours in their living room creating all manner of structures, puppets, gadgets, costumes and props, to bring us this somewhat twee but nonetheless entrancing theatrical essay on the human condition. [more] |
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EVERYTHING SHE EVER SAID TO ME at The Basement Studio, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Nik Smythe 18 Apr 2012 |
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Excruciating, tortuous, compelling …. Everything She Ever Said to Me is the premier production of a lengthy new work from playwright Keziah Warner, directed by Benjamin Henson, which explores that excruciating human foible of suppressing one's honest thoughts and feelings in an effort to not rock the boat or overcomplicate matters, inevitably with the opposite result. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 29 Apr 2012 |
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Was there an initial hypothesis? Another late-night assortment of standup protagonists, with an original twist: rather than offering a taste of their material and plugging whatever shows they have on during the festival, head comedy-lab technician Terry Frisby has appointed each performer with ‘inappropriate material’. i.e. cast-against-type scripts from other local comics. [more] |
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