 reviewed by John Smythe 16 Jan 2008 |
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Seductive satire Jack Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, David Lange and Margaret Pope … Why not Helen Clark and Richard Meros? The point is power: an aphrodisiac, to both the holder of it and the would-be holder of the holder. And PowerPoint is the prime means used to present this philosophical treatise-cum-thesis-cum-erotic fantasy, wherein ... [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 17 Jan 2008 |
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Slick, wicked poke at politics Get down to Bats straight away and book a seat for this ‘anarchic and incisive’ ... theatrical lecture with a slick and wickedly clever PowerPoint presentation that alone is worth the price of a ticket. This hilarious show finishes on Saturday ... [more] |
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reviewed by Helen Sims (The Lumiere Reader) 18 Jan 2008 |
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Slightly disturbing but highly entertaining ... It’s also the cover for two other thinly veiled messages – the rampant individualism amongst 20-somethings as a product of the “Rogernomics” of a government which Clark was a part of, and the portrayal of Meros as a self-obsessed loner, the “poster-kid” of this generation. [more] |
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reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Captial Times) 23 Jan 2008 |
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It gets my vote Pinfield and Meek have turned Richard Meros' book of the same name, into a persuasive power point presentation – or in their own words, ‘a watertight rational case study’. After an hour of argument and imagery, you will agree with the premise that our Prime Minister, ‘volcano of desire’ that she is, not only needs a young lover, specifically Richard/Arthur, but for this to happen is indeed in the country’s best interests. [more] |
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reviewed by Anna Chinn (New Zealand Listener) 21 Apr 2008 |
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Loving Helen Perhaps because in politics she has always been about cranial and not carnal knowledge, has favoured rhetoric over the erotic, the Prime Minister’s sex life intrigues and/or perplexes the nation. [more] |
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reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 7 May 2008 |
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Complex weave of deliberate irony = unbeatable hilarity ... Taking on the role of Richard Meros, Arthur Meek barely pauses for breath, as he categorically persuades his enthusiastic and at times raucous opening night crowd, that on the conditions and possibilities of our Rt. Hon. HC taking him as her young lover, not only is he an expert on the subject and a man not to be messed with in a debate, he simply must be right. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe (2) 13 Sep 2008 |
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Perfect timing The serendipitous synchronicity that saw the long-programmed On The Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark Taking Me as Her Young Lover return to Wellington on the very day Helen Clark announced the election date must auger well for the aspirations of the redoubtable Richard Meros. [more] |
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reviewed by Vanessa Byrnes 28 Sep 2008 |
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Meros for office! Everything that’s been said already in reviews on this website is true. Meek is relaxed, witty, focussed and determined in his pursuit of a central assaulting argument that he, our modern intellectual, (over-educated and under-employed) is the perfect Rake to both revamp Helen Clark’s public popularity and her personal love life. [more] |
 ON THE CORNER at Bluenote Bar reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 12 Feb 2007 |
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Mixed bag of drag Those that put the Fringe Festival brochure together probably didn’t envisage how literal some of their category descriptors that they have assigned to each show would be, On The Corner at the Bluenote Bar a case in point. Described as a “‘Mixed Bag”, it is just that in every sense of the word. [more] |
 ON THE OTHER HAND at Q Theatre Loft, 305 Queen St reviewed by Rosemary Martin 19 Oct 2012 |
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Thinking movement..... satisfyingly presented Several solos, duets, trios, quartets and group sections develop, offering sophisticated movement vocabularies and clever use of space and light. While well-rehearsed and immaculately refined, individual identities of each performer had not been lost - there was uniqueness to each performer’s movement. [more] |
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