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ONCE WERE SAMOANS at BATS
reviewed by John Smythe 24 Jul 2007
Heartfelt and hilarious with a moral heart
Massive laughter and thunderous applause greet Once Were Samoans in Wellington ... It starts with a bare stage soon filled with archetypal characters confronting each other and their world through drama, comedy, song and dance. Nothing is sacred ... [more]

ONCE WERE SAMOANS at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Sian Robertson 23 May 2007
Inspires the most hilarity
The Tuffi family are getting ready to go to a family reunion. They are: four unambitious sons ...; two obedient daughters who keep house and wait for marriage; and their commandant of a mother, who’s brought them up on her own because their good-for-nothing father “couldn’t handle the jandal.” [more]

Auckland Fringe 2013
ONE BY ONE at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Nik Smythe 27 Feb 2013
A refined work of untainted, childlike purity
Under the sure hand of director Pedro Ilgenfritz, the company clearly shares a passion for telling stories at the most basic level of the human condition where hearts are worn on the sleeve, and even states of confusion or indecision appear oddly clear-cut. [more]

ONE BY ONE at Musgrove Studio, Maidment Theatre
reviewed by Lexie Matheson 3 Aug 2011
Totally entrancing entertainment, enlightenment and ecstasy
Every now and again something comes along that’s just that little bit special. One by One is one of those things. These ‘special things’ often put other special things – and sometimes frighteningly mundane things – into perspective and One by One also does that. Well, it did for me. [more]

Auckland Fringe 2013
ONE BY ONE at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Matt Baker 27 Feb 2013
Strength in numbers
Two people meet at a particular place at a particular time, and things are irreversibly changed. This is, arguably, a primary necessity for dramatic action, and it is the premise of Lab Theatre’s production of One by One. [more]

Dunedin Fringe
ONE DAY at Allen Hall Theatre
reviewed by Poppy Haynes 28 Mar 2009
The extraordinary experienced in an ordinary room
RBS Productions’ devised theatre piece One Day demonstrates the rich possibilities of ‘poor’ theatre. The play begins with an encounter between two strangers at Vauxhall beach and follows in real time the next hour of their relationship. [more]

Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival 2012
ONE DAY A TANIWHA… at Riverbank below #1 Car Park, Hamilton Gardens
reviewed by Gail Pittaway 20 Feb 2012
Delightful invention with corny but cute appeal
With the title taken from a song many learn as children, “One day a taniwha went swimming in the moana,” there are no prizes for guessing who the prime audience for this show. [more]

ONE DAY MOKO at BATS
reviewed by John Smythe 24 Aug 2012
Dramatised with skill and subtle precision
Tim Carlsen is an actor who so completely inhabits his roles, you have to see him in more than one to realise how very talented he is. I had seen ‘Moko’ born in his Toi Whakaari 20-minute Go Solo 2009 piece, entitled One Man And His Dog, and last year saw his skill confirmed, as Firpo especially, in the ATC ensemble production of The End of the Golden Weather. [more]

ONE DAY MOKO at BATS
reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 29 Aug 2012
Reality confronted
One Day Moko lingers in the memory. So much so that you find yourself wondering what happened to the homeless Moko before we meet him, and what happens after he leaves us? [more]

ONE DAY MOKO at BATS
reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 27 Aug 2012
Solo performance of heart and character a real treat
But in Carlen’s performance there is a humanity in Moko that makes him likable, even if scary at times. And the empathy he develops for the character through his portrayal is amazing. [more]
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