 reviewed by Felicity Molloy 13 Nov 2011 |
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That was some enchanted evening! A perfect mix of nature, design machination, and art. [more] |
 reviewed by Felicity Molloy 15 Oct 2012 |
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A boundless passion for ballet Sir Jon Trimmer is arguably one of the most outstanding male ballet dancers New Zealand has ever produced. He has danced with several of the world’s greats, and in a breath of informal demonstration, moves gorgeously still, with an élan evolved out of years and years of practice and performance perfection. A range of his photos, set as a backdrop against entertaining anecdotes of performance dramas show him as technically extraordinary. [more] |
 reviewed by Jarrod Martin 20 Apr 2007 |
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Thrill in frenzy We have heard of “Who Dunnits,” but this is more of a “Why did he do it?” Told about an horrific act carried out by a disturbed young man that shocked local magistrates, playwright Peter Shaffer was inspired to “...create a mental world in which the deed could be made comprehensible.” [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Hawes 21 Mar 2007 |
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A magnificent study of spiritual incapacity Set in the high decile belt of Paratai Drive, it features a son’s low decile interest in education and a father’s vulgar attempts to buy him the acceptable knowledge of the three Rs that he himself never had. And in fact never needed, amassing fortunes through gigantic deals manipulated by `fucking good lawyers.’ Ostensibly John Sellars’ educational intentions for his son Nathan stem from the threat of loss of custody to a much-despised wife. If grades do not improve then Nathan will be re-possessed – and John Sellars’ property don’t get repo’d, okay? [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Hawes 26 Apr 2007 |
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Breath-taking up-take of a challenge ... And never have I known a more breath-taking up-take of a challenge set down by a renowned playwright than this version of The Glass Menagerie. “Okay,” says Tennessee, “this is all coming out of my goddam head and I’ll see it as I want and I’ll take you where I like.” And the amazingly precocious members of the ALMOST A BIRD COLLECTIVE have said, “Okay, and we might just take you further than that – at your own invitation.” ... [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Hawes 4 Jun 2007 |
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Rapturous welcome home Geary is back in his varied rustic manifestations – as the actively gynecological farmer in ASB’s Goldstein Show and as writer of one of Centrepoint’s most famous native plays, The Farm. That grimly impassive face that Geary presents to Goldstein’s Brokeback Mountain-dressed boss in the latest ad, is the one he brings to the manufacture of comedy. Farmers don’t smile and Geary can reduce you to a gasping state of laughter without smiling. He writes tough comedy; comedy with balls – which he can ruthlessly castrate if the situation requires gravity. [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Hawes 10 Jul 2007 |
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“All the actors in this one-man show are excellent” I was immediately taken by the set – created by Shelley Irwin in only her second shot at such things: a wall of bottles; most of them beer, but with a peerless, off-centred row of Gordon’s Gin bisecting them. Illumined by the dazzling lights of Natasha James (also her second crack at things for Centrepoint), these blessed receptacles produce, in the spaces between them, the images of wine glasses. [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Hawes 15 Oct 2007 |
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Brash at Play not Brash by the Book The Hollow Men is a splendid play based on a splendid book – in tandem so splendid, in fact, that theatres are scared of one version and newspaper editors of t'other. The play is the first I can remember dealing with NZ politics since Roger Hall’s Hansard Diaries in the 1980s, which was a compilation of extraordinary, unbelievable and hilarious extracts from parliament’s book of official record. The Hollow Men is a similar compilation – but of utterances never, ever, designed for publication; slimy, greasy, low back-street mutterings as sinister, cynical and contemptuous of humankind as the Nixon tapes. [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Hawes 6 Nov 2007 |
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Arty farce Writer Ross Gumbley has followed Tom Stoppard down the dramatic path of The Farce of Ideas. True to form it’s about people coming through doors at the wrong time or just in time. Upstairs is the stag party of Digby, downstairs is the hen party of his bride-to-be Mandy... [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Hawes 1 Apr 2008 |
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“Thank gOD for the best play I’ve seen in years.” Definition 3 of MAGIC (n) in my Collins Dictionary runs thus: `The practice of illusory tricks to entertain other people’. Well, wonderful illusions are being created by puppeteers at Centrepoint Theatre. And people in Palmerston North are being hugely entertained. [more] |
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