 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 6 Aug 2008 |
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Children make the play In Mammals, British playwright Amelia Bullmore looks at two relationships in deep trouble, one a 12 year old marriage and the other a three year long ‘one night stand’. The couples are friends, therein lies the rub. [more] |
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reviewed by Helen Sims (The Lumiere Reader) 27 Aug 2008 |
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Complexity of human relationships captures Mammals takes a glimpse at the most ordinary but also unusual social grouping of the human species – the middle class family. Jane and Kev Hammersby have a comfortable home on the outskirts of London and 2 daughters, Jess and Betty. He works while she stays at home to care for the girls. But their seemingly happy marriage is about to be rocked and Jane in particular will be forced to re-examine the choices that have led to her current life. [more] |
 MAN BITS at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Nik Smythe 7 Oct 2011 |
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Emotionally insightful and visually creative multilayered comedy Man Bits is a curious and highly entertaining piece of work, examining in some detail all things penile and masculine through humour, drama, song and knitwear. [more] |
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MAN BITS at Te Karanga Gallery reviewed by Rachael McKinnon 10 Mar 2011 |
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Knitting and sharing man stuff The premise is a knitting group organised by the elderly Duncan, who is recently bereaved by the loss of his partner. His Grandson, Mikey, visits and only reluctantly embraces the knitting circle. [more] |
 reviewed by Lindsay Clark 19 Aug 2012 |
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An indelible and important play The season of light laughter in Court Theatre's cheery Addington home is over, at least for the time being. Tapping into the community function of theatre, to stimulate thought and, in the best of possible outcomes, achieve refreshed awareness or change, Joseph Graves' bold direction of this new montage fleshes out an acknowledged voice of Chinese experience in New Zealand. [more] |
 reviewed by John Ross (The Dominion Post) 3 Apr 2008 |
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Exhilarating celebration of the imagination In the world of this musical, you're insane if you really behave, or take for granted that others will, in ways that are genuinely humane, fair, decent, honest, generous or loving. You'll get screwed, more often than not. And yet, `To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe', as its theme-song says, to hold on to ideals and try to act up to them, whatever it costs, is at least somehow to make the world better for your passing through it, rather than worse. [more] |
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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] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 16 Sep 2012 |
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Challenges us all with its perception, guts and powerful heart In immediate terms it’s a hugely funny yet powerful play about two young men thrown together in a prison cell, and their hot young legal aid lawyer’s attempts to see them justly served. Or not. What it’s really about, however, is our punitive justice system, how divided loyalties can corrupt ideals and how lethal a heart without a head engaged can be. [more] |
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reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 19 Sep 2012 |
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Perfect start for company Jamie McCaskill has achieved something remarkable in this play. Here two criminals who would be on the ‘most despised’ list of the nation in ‘real life’, become ‘real people’. We seldom look behind the image of criminals presented by the media. Doing so is one of the many challenges Manawa presents, and it makes us laugh and makes us think. [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 18 Sep 2012 |
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Powerful play delves into NZ heartland Two unlikely characters, one a Maori the other a Samoan, are brought together in a prison cell as they await the outcome of the New Zealand justice system to decide their future fate. [more] |
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