 reviewed by Terry MacTavish 30 Aug 2009 |
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Doings and undoings This accessible black comedy handles a sensitive topic with insight, humour, and the most imaginative uses for sugar I’ve ever seen on stage. [more] |
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reviewed by Barbara Frame (Otago Daily Times) 29 Aug 2009 |
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Treatment of mentally ill dramatised Gillian Plowman’s Me and My Friend is undeniably a comedy, but it’s as bleak as they come. The first act begins with two men distractedly role-playing an interview for a job which we know instantly that Bunny, the applicant, hasn’t the faintest chance of getting. Former psychiatric patients, they are trying to fit themselves back into the community ... [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 7 Nov 2010 |
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Elusive, allusive and ephemeral It’s a wonderfully elusive beast, Greg McGee’s Me and Robert McKee. The minute you attempt to describe it, you know it’s really about something else. It’s as intriguing, attractive and slippery as that brilliant idea artists are forever attempting to capture and trap in their chosen form. [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 8 Nov 2010 |
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McGee is back with urbane new play Me and Robert McKee, Greg McGee’s long-awaited return to the theatre, is a funny, moving, elaborately structured and highly entertaining crossword-puzzle kind of a play about writing for film – and of course, theatre. [more] |
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reviewed by Michael Wray (Capital Times) 11 Nov 2010 |
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Telling lies for money The Me in Me and Robert McKee is Billy Dolan. Embittered by the loss of his wife to another man, Billy is now cohabiting with his old friend Mac. It’s an odd couple scenario; the two have little in common. Billy is a writer, expressive, giving free rein to his feelings. Mac is a banker, in control and emotionally repressed. [more] |
 MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Muritai School Yard, Eastbourne reviewed by John Smythe 19 Feb 2010 |
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Intentions honoured in intensifying drama ... All hinges, however, on the text and the way the characters and their scenes are played out and I am happy to say every member of Marwick’s cast has a clear understanding of their intentions and a secure trust in both the Bard’s language and our capacity to ‘get it’ without their having to overstate the message or ‘camp up’ their roles. [more] |
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MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Muritai School Yard, Eastbourne reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 18 Feb 2010 |
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A measure of black comedy from Bard Although the term black comedy wasn’t around in Shakespeare’s day it is probably the most apt way to describe Measure for Measure with its mix of dark undertones and comedy. Many commentators have labelled it a “problem” play because of this mix, yet the darkness and humour add depth and texture to the play. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 1 Dec 2011 |
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Rich pleasures and poignancies ’Tis meet we meet for Meat at Bookfeast: a specialist shop in Jackson Street, Petone. With a demonstration kitchen at one end, it offers an ideal intimate setting for this development season of Geraldine Brophy’s latest tasty theatrical treat, served up with seductive love by K C Kelly. [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 5 Dec 2011 |
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Feast of entertainment as chef relates to vegetables Abe Millar, a star chef, welcomes his audience to his cooking demonstration like a high priest ushering pilgrims into a holy place and it is made clear unbelievers such as vegetarians and vegans (his eyes roll and he can barely utter the word) should sit in the back row and be quiet. [more] |
 MEAT at Q Theatre Loft, 305 Queen St reviewed by Stephen Austin 31 Oct 2012 |
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A romp through clichés and character types of modern horror I’m a big fan of the campier spectrum of the horror genre and the appeal of having some fun with the tropes. It is so easy to get carried away with piling on the gore and the shocks without really paying much heed to packing a wallop with your story and characters. [more] |
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