 reviewed by Joanna Davies 23 Mar 2010 |
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Stunningly confrontational Polly Stenham’s That Face yanks the Axminster out from under the feet of England’s middle-class families and lets Gen Y kids give their parents the finger. It’s the stark and absorbing tale of an already-broken family at crisis point. [more] |
 reviewed by Sharon Matthews 23 Mar 2010 |
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Lying within tent The plot-line is deceptively simple: William and Samantha are on honeymoon at the campground that Samantha went to every year as a child. Samantha was lying when she said she loved this place, and her new husband was lying when he said he loved camping. The scene is therefore set for an exploration of the deceits that underlie their relationship. [more] |
 reviewed by Terry MacTavish 22 Mar 2010 |
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Exhilarating quest for amazement and meaning I’d envied Wellington audiences when I imagined seeing this great Pick of the Fringe play performed in Eli’s bedroom, but the associations as well the ambience of the Globe Theatre give it a special resonance here. For this is where Baxter’s flawed but exciting plays were first produced, born of his abrasive and stimulating friendship with Globe founder, Patric Carey. [more] |
 IRENE PINK IN METAMORPHOSIS at Polson Higgs Comedy Club, XII Below Bar reviewed by Sharon Matthews 22 Mar 2010 |
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Strong start rambles into uneven performance We were a small but select audience for Metamorphosis on the first night of the Dunedin Fringe Festival. We were there prepared to “bare” witness (a wonderfully bad pun which I will admit set up in my mind certain expectations for the show) to the changes in Irene Pink’s life since 2005. [more] |
 THE QUANTUM ENIGMA at Globe Theatre reviewed by Ali East 21 Mar 2010 |
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Clear and evocative as far as it goes ... The accompanying chanting, shamanistic and haunting, is in complete contrast to the woman’s clinging pink satin gown, black gloves and a fox fur stole. On her head is a cone shaped headdress and she is carrying before her an empty wire bird cage. [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] |
 BUBBLEWRAP AND BOXES at Fortune Theatre reviewed by Terry MacTavish 20 Mar 2010 |
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Skilfully physical performances explore naivety, innocence and wisdom Perfect title. Not only are they fun words to say, with all those plosives, but they sum up the characters – one (Luke O’Connor) a sensible, solid box-type, the other (Christy Flaws) all frothy, bubbly energy and whimsy. But this delightful duo has a long and honourable pedigree: I recognised them as distinctly Commedia ... [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 20 Mar 2010 |
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Skungpoomers channel Ken’s mischievous character The English comic performer, writer and all-round wayward genius, Ken Campbell, liked to call his plays “capers” and he hated, despite having performed at England’s National Theatre, what he called “brochure theatre” – theatre that gets done because something has to be programmed and announced in a brochure. [more] |
 DOOM GRAVY: A RADIO DISASTER IN 6 PARTS at Festival Club at XII Below, 12 Moray Place reviewed by Terry MacTavish 20 Mar 2010 |
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A quick burst of surrealistic humour Right, so the spirit of Fringe is taking hold and I find myself doing absurd things, like dashing out at nearly midnight to the Festival Club at XII Below (ah, to live in Dunedin, where every venue is but minutes away!). Here, on a small platform in a subterranean bar, an old-fashioned concept is being given a lunatic new twist. [more] |
 reviewed by Sharon Talbot 20 Mar 2010 |
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The triumph of Figaro Bubbling with energy and wit, the cast of emerging and established singers kept the audience chuckling through Mozart’s delicious music, while enjoying the perfectly still evening in the Canna House heritage garden to the backdrop of a fiery sunset over Day’s Bay. [more] |
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