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Tempo Festival of Dance 09 LATE SHOW #2 at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs reviewed by Jack Gray 10 Oct 2009 |
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From pop-culture dance/theatre to potent dance of unease, dissatisfaction and transformation The Late Night Show #2 explored developing choreographic expressions of some socio-political undercurrents exposed in contemporary Aotearoa. [more] |
 LAUGH EXPERIENCES at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian reviewed by Maryanne Cathro 25 Feb 2010 |
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refreshingly intelligent, uncynical and quirky Chelsea Hughes, Natalie (Nat) Britten and Danni Taylor are “Little Moustache” (pronounced leetle not luttle). They are very, very funny. [more] |
 reviewed by Terry MacTavish 23 Mar 2012 |
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A very cosy, pleasant evening The Fringe blurb tells us Laurentina is 30, single, unemployed, and still living with her parents. So she does what any sane person would do: she dabbles in witchcraft. This seems familiar territory, Bridget Jones stuff, except perhaps for the witchcraft. [more] |
 reviewed by Jack Gray 14 Oct 2012 |
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The essence of dance as a living art form Looking at it - I smiled when I realised this was pure Indigenous Dance of New Zealand. It grew from the land in the same vein as produce from the Matakana markets. In our national statement to the World - do we WANT to be represented by our colonization past? Racial inequities? Political despair? Constantly referencing who we are - but really who are we?! I looked around at this community experience - being shared with the children, the adults, the family - knowing Kumeu is about as far from New York that you can get. And then, and then knowing that this piece of freshly squeezed dance is exactly what the world needs to see. Dance that sees beauty in the 'mundane' (what really is mundane actually?), dance that allows us to breathe and see (pictures of bears being drawn, dancer bodies wheeling across the floor on a moveable cushion), and also dance that references. [more] |
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reviewed by Jenny Stevenson 11 Oct 2012 |
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Lovely dancing, playful subversion and poignancy In an outstanding community dance initiative, Spinning Sun is at the tail end of a tour of North Auckland townships where the company has worked with young dancers in each centre giving them the opportunity to be the curtain-raiser for the main performance. In Helensville, the delight on the young dancers’ faces is a joy to see, as they confidently perform their dance and then become highly appreciative front-row audience for the rest of the show. [more] |
 reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 8 Oct 2012 |
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Dancers the stars of Speakeasy show A bohemian artiste in the Montmartre district of Paris falls for a small-town singer trying to make it big in the Paris nightclub scene, in particular at Club Le Burlesque Au Moulin. [more] |
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reviewed by Virginia Kennard 5 Oct 2012 |
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Poignant numbers perfectly pitched Cabaret table seating is set up in the Gryphon as well as snuggled up standard seating, the cast need to make more use of these front row audience members. Hopefully once the cast relaxes into the sheer quantity of songs and routines, more audience engagement will occur and the dialogue gain cohesion. [more] |
 LE COMIQUE 2013 at SKYCITY Theatre reviewed by Nik Smythe 13 May 2013 |
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Eclectic showcase goes into bonus time I’m either missing something, or trying to read too much into the French title, which confuses me given there are no French acts even in the festival, let alone this show. It is none-the-less an eclectic International showcase, presented by those two foreign acts Urzila Carlson (expat South-African) and Jarred Christmas (from Christchurch). As a double act they are equally commanding, casual and crass. Quite funny too. [more] |
 LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT at The Press CLUB - BUSKER PARK reviewed by Erin Harrington 18 Jan 2013 |
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Empowering, intelligent, silly and very moving Like much drag, the show is as much about self-discovery and redemption as it is about reinvention and fantasy, and Le Gateau Chocolat offers up autobiographical anecdotes, both touching and hilarious, between the musical numbers. [more] |
 reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 2 Feb 2009 |
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Circus ‘highlights’ show lacks a theatrical spine While there is no denying Le Grand Cirque delivers on its promise of superb acts of contortion, acrobatic feats, and gravity-defying displays of balance and strength, I’m left with the ultimate feeling that the show is less a stamp of a new identity and more a well marketed package, that evokes reference to similar circus shows that have a theatrical backbone. [more] |
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