 reviewed by Jenny Stevenson 27 May 2010 |
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Physically robust ensemble in tight performance mode In these times of increasing global conformity, when they are even threatening to take the “Kiwi” out of KiwiBank who can you count on to wave the flag for Godzone? Footnote Dance would have to be one of the front-runners, with their proud proclamation of Made in New Zealand works and a superb poster featuring the North and South Islands composed entirely of bodies in motion [more] |
 reviewed by Sian Robertson 26 May 2010 |
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Bitterly, laugh-out-loud funny The format is the same as for The Awkward Monologues, which showed at Te Karanga Gallery in February this year: seven ten-minute pieces by seven different writers, played by seven actors. These monologues are an evolutionary step in a very good direction. [more] |
 reviewed by Felicity Molloy 26 May 2010 |
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Talented emerging dance artists explore different movement vocabularies This evening’s works in progress (WIP ’10 Showcase #1) is the first season of a new initiative backed by DANZ and MIC Toi Rerehiko for the emerging dance artists of Auckland’s tertiary scene. Choreography, dance and live music are brought together in an impressive and tightly knit evening of developing works. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 26 May 2010 |
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A brave piece One of the great sadnesses in families is when children don’t get to know about their parents when they were young and full of ideals and promise. As kids we can be so judgemental, not understanding what events have shaped our parents. At the same time it’s a brave thing to do, to literally put yourself in your father’s shoes. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 26 May 2010 |
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Charming Musicians are by nature performers, and great concerts are inherently theatrical. But few have the confidence to fashion a theatre show and blend it with music to create something, well, different – not musical theatre, not theatre with songs, but something much more homogenised. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 26 May 2010 |
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Whimsy and menace This is like a modern riff on Arsenic and Old Lace, though not in any way derivative. Actors Alex Lodge and Cherie Jacobson and director Edward Watson have devised something altogether more whimsical even than those two old dears who poisoned the elderly and infirm. [more] |
 reviewed by Deirdre Tarrant (Capital Times) 26 May 2010 |
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A bright future An empty space, dimly lit with a scaffolding structure. The stage fills with students in a melange of style and clothing. Retro is popular both on and off the stage and it was interesting to see this fashion parade of young dancers. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 24 May 2010 |
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Simultaneously compelling, entertaining and thought-provoking: this is what theatre’s all about “School sucks!” is a perfect line to start a high schools tour show with, especially in places where theatregoing as a relatively foreign concept. It’s from Thomas Sainsbury’s Loser and is the first extract from the 13 plays sampled to create A Baker’s Dozen: a veritable ‘taste treat’ smorgasbord of scenes to which the target audience cannot help but relate. [more] |
 reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 24 May 2010 |
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Thank you for the music plus... There’s a line in ABBA’s song Super Trouper, “Smiling having fun, feeling like a number one”, which in part sums up the simple euphoria the Bjorn Again formula brings to devoted ABBA and Mamma Mia fans. Four clever front line musicians-singers-performers, supported by two able back line rhythm section players, bring to life the (comparatively) bright innocence of ABBA’s all too few live performances. [more] |
 reviewed by Barbara Frame (Otago Daily Times) 24 May 2010 |
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Ripping yarn has audience in stitches Mad, completely mad. The 39 Steps, now playing at the Fortune, has been convulsing audiences all over the world for the last few years. This is its third incarnation, adapted by Patrick Barlow from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film which, in turn, owed much but not everything to John Buchan’s 1915 thriller. [more] |
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