 reviewed by William Dart (New Zealand Herald) 20 Sep 2010 |
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A tortured king, lean, mean queen and malevolent witches pack powerful punch Tim Albery's restaging of his 2008 Opera North production of Macbeth for NBR New Zealand Opera is an engrossing night at the theatre. Its virtues, in the words of Ira Gershwin, are varied and many ... [more] |
 reviewed by William Dart (New Zealand Herald) 17 Sep 2011 |
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Two magnificent stories for the price of one NBR New Zealand Opera’s coupling of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci is a thriller double bill, unified into a stylish Sicilian saga of lust, violence, murder and memorable music. [more] |
 reviewed by William Dart (New Zealand Herald) 24 Sep 2012 |
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Sweet music, grand arias delight There is much to admire in Daniel Slater's The Bartered Bride, updating Smetana's 19th-century peasant marriage market to edgier times, a century on during the Prague Spring. [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 11 Mar 2008 |
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What’s so important about LUV? A minor meditation on our search for the other Considering that when you look up ‘love’ on Wikipedia the first thing you see is a warning about ambiguity which states that love can mean both enjoying a meal or being willing to die for something, it’s not surprising that the meaning of love is a little misunderstood. [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 5 Nov 2009 |
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On the road with the faithless, thoughtless, selfish and often passive “Sitting in an automobile was where I first remember understanding how drama works... Hidden in the back seat of a sedan, I quickly realized how deep the chasm or intense the claustrophobia could be inside your average family car.” – Neil LaBute [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 26 Nov 2009 |
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Deeply funny, perfectly irreverent, intensely melodramatic, truly disturbing My London Sojourn was written for fun and it achieves this wholeheartedly. It shares the same lightness of step that other Sainsbury plays have; a certain insouciance that lives inside the oftentimes loaded chaos that is a Sainsbury play. [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 13 Dec 2009 |
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Somewhere betwixt the devil talking backwards and a mildly pornographic small town sideshow The Sexy Recession Cabaret intends to (in the words of the director) “explore the continuum between selfishness and altruism” of our current recession; a recession that is arguably hyperbole for most, mixed with the very real downturn for some billionaires having to deal with becoming mere millionaires. I question the relevance of such a performance in our current social and creative paradigm. [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 3 Feb 2010 |
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The contorting power of fear Thomas Sainsbury wrote this play – one of many, many, many – about the entrenched fear that pervades every day living, after his brief stay in New York. In this era of wars waged on notions of faulty logic, the influence of fear in our lives is a crucial one, fruiting paranoia and the very real threats that lurk within the hyperbole. [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 17 Feb 2010 |
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New company falls short of its ideals Redmond Barry Theatre Company’s first effort is a bold choice. This is a play which is both complex and simple; the staging is minimal and begs interpretation, the script is ribald, humorous and confronting, the perfection of this play rests on the natural fluidity of those performing it and RBTC’s production has moments of this nature. [more] |
 reviewed by Lillian Richards 21 Mar 2010 |
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Moments of quick-witted humour and a rigorous (vicarious) workout As sturdy and laden with potential as the notion of dancing and laughing is, they create two pillars with nothing in between them. The suspension of nothing may seem an easy weight to carry, but soon enough the realisation dawns on you and ‘light’ and ‘weightless’ just become empty and pointless. [more] |
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