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Auckland Fringe 2011
SPEED-DATERS at Te Karanga Gallery
reviewed by Adey Ramsel 24 Feb 2011
Inventive script with desperate characters
Our six sad, lonely, desperate characters are Bazz, the plumber and part time movie nerd; Nathaniel, the computer geek; Kasey the smarmy, oily guy; Margot the new-age grunge poet; Sally, a country and western chick; and Caroline, the fridge. Sure there are clichés in there ... [more]

CHOOSE YOUR OWN FRINGE: A MYSTERIOUS CAPER AT MURDER POINT at Wellington Performing Arts Centre
reviewed by Hannah Smith 24 Feb 2011
Cheeky, funny, ridiculous, enjoyable
I love murder mysteries and I devoured pick-a-path adventures as a child, so I can’t think of a premise for a show more immediately intriguing than a pick-a-path murder mystery where we, the audience, decide how the story ends. [more]

Auckland Fringe 2011
SIRENS - THE WATER BALLET at Parnell Baths, Judges Bay Road
reviewed by Roxanne de Bruyn (Theatreview) 24 Feb 2011
Extremely engaging and over all too soon
Seventy-four swimmers gliding and twisting in a pool certainly makes for a mesmerising performance. Telling the story of the lovely, deadly water nymphs luring sailors to their deaths, the Wet Hot Beauties water ballet Sirens was beautifully presented and thoroughly entertaining. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 2011
SCRIBBLE SCAPE at Civic Square
reviewed by Robbie Ellis 24 Feb 2011
Fun and play in light, bright show
A recurring theme through the short and sharp show is human interaction in pairs, with various tones from the friendly to the hostile. The moods of the pair are often amplified by the rest of the troupe, presenting many satisfyingly complete tableaux. Characterisations are full of fun and liveliness. [more]

IMPROV CAGE MATCH at Circa Two
reviewed by James McKinnon 23 Feb 2011
Winning formula
I have sampled a little of everything at the improv smorgasbord that is the Wellington Fringe this week, most recently the Improv Cage Match at Circa 2. I enjoyed all the entries, but Cage Match is in many ways the strongest of the three ... [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 2011
DROWNING IN VERONICA LAKE at The Garden Club, 13b Dixon Street
reviewed by John Smythe 23 Feb 2011
Playful, provocative and poignant
She’s been poured into her frock before the show begins and remains imprisoned in it: a figure-hugging sheath with a huge fanning out circular hem; a swirl that could be pushing her up or dragging her down. Thus she stands – and falls – as an icon of Hollywood stardom. [more]

Relax in the Gardens
SIMPLICITY at American Modernist Garden
reviewed by Sue Cheesman (Theatreview) 23 Feb 2011
Simplicity itself
Dances in the different gardens within the Hamilton Gardens Annual Arts festival have become a regular feature... with a mixture of ages filling the white seats. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 2011
THERE'S SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR at BATS
reviewed by John Smythe 23 Feb 2011
Elusive allusion makes for a riveting hour
New co-op on the block Hungry Mile Theatre … brings a whole new voice to our contemporary theatre scene … a twenty-somethings’ existential angst play with a rich vein of humour; a state-of-mind play with an absurdist, somewhat Lewis Carroll-esque, flavour. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 2011
THIN AIR at Blarney Stone Room, Molly Malones
reviewed by Priyanka Bhonsule (Hutt News) 23 Feb 2011
Thoroughly developed characters
The small audience in the small Blarney Stone Room at Molly Malone’s were treated to an enthusiastic production, with three teenagers trying to answer difficult questions about love. [more]

DIAMOND DOGS at BATS
reviewed by Lynn Freeman 23 Feb 2011
Drama as therapy
t’s a gutsy thing to tell the world about your experience of depression and to try to find ways to help people understand what it’s like to struggle through every day, overwhelmed by your emotions. [more]
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