 PRIVATISING PARTS at Globe Theatre reviewed by Sharon Matthews 16 Mar 2013 |
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Unsettling, incredibly funny and intensely personal On one level Privatising Parts — the latest theatrical adaptation of a Richard Meros novel — is a savage satirical investigation into the effects of the past twenty-odd years of user-pays New Zealand politics on social norms. [more] |
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PRIVATISING PARTS at The Basement Studio, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Jan Maree 5 Mar 2013 |
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Cute, witty, sarcastic, energetic and manic Expecting a rhetorical bashing of the current National-led Government I am chilled to learn that the theorising is actually based on the exceptional job the Labour Government of the '80s did of privatising state assets and some of the lofty ways in which said privatisation was delivered to the NZ public. [more] |
 PRO-POSING at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Raewyn Whyte 19 Mar 2010 |
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Dazzling detail The extraordinarily detailed competition routines of bodybuilders, the well-rehearsed interchanges of WWE wrestlers, and the enthusiastic contortions of cheerleaders provide rich sources for Anna Bate’s Pro-Posing, a richly entertaining, thoughtfully considered and rigorously choreographed new dance work created in collaboration with dancers Mariana Rinaldi and Kerryn McMurdo. [more] |
 reviewed by Carol Brown 21 Oct 2009 |
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Playful pastiche and flamboyant dancing – but why? Billy Idol’s ‘Dancing with Myself’ becomes the anthem as this almost all-female company negotiate rites of femininity and perform a series of short dances. But a desire to dance does not a dance show make. [more] |
 PROJECT EXILES: THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED ULYSSES at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 9 Feb 2008 |
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Focused intentions create compelling theatre Forty one years ago Marshall McLuhan observed (in his seminal book The Medium is the Massage) that “youth … lives mythically and in depth.” ... Dörner’s El Toro Productions takes the legend of Ulysses (a.k.a. Odysseus, of Homer’s Odyssey), and deviates from it, to explore contemporary states of exile ... [more] |
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PROJECT EXILES: THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED ULYSSES at BATS reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 13 Feb 2008 |
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Terrific potential wasted Project Exiles: The return of a man called Ulysses is a terrific concept let down by presentation. [more] |
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PROJECT EXILES: THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED ULYSSES at BATS reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 11 Feb 2008 |
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Moments of wonderful theatre Chilean immigrant Jaime Dörner (Antigone’s Death in Fringe 2007) has put together a fascinating play, Project Exiles, the return of a man called Ulysses – presumably from his own feelings and experiences as an immigrant – about belonging, fitting in and looking for yourself in a new environment while always conscious of where you have come from. [more] |
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PROJECT EXILES: THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED ULYSSES at BATS reviewed by Helen Sims (The Lumiere Reader) 10 Feb 2008 |
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With more subtlety passion and effort could make for excellence As he did with last year’s Antigone’s Death writer/director Jaime Dörner takes a classical text as the basis for his theatrical exploration. This time the story of Ulysses (aka Homer’s Odysseus) is used as a base to concentrate on themes of exile, immigration and journey-quests. The characters and plot are roughly the same as the original, with selected episodes concentrated upon and the addition of a girlfriend for Telemachus. However the text is thoroughly modernised and several episodes are invented so as to examine the perspectives of the more marginalised characters of the myth (Calypso, Penelope and her lover). [More] _______________________________ For more production details, click on the title above. Go to Home page to see other Reviews, recent Comments and Forum postings (under Chat Back), and News. [more] |
 PROJECT ONE at Allen Hall Theatre reviewed by Alexandra Kolb 27 Mar 2010 |
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Refreshing in parts but not really innovative This is the first public performance for the young company Chimera Dance Collective, which consists of four students in their final year of study at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne. In their miniature programme notes, the group announce that they started the choreographic process “by considering the audience-performer relationship” and how they “can, as the next generation of dancers, challenge this tradition.” [more] |
 reviewed by Lindsay Clark 13 Dec 2009 |
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A strong message for a modern audience Across the gulf of time and culture from fifth century BC Greece to the no frills starkness of this inner city relic, the power of the playwright, whoever he was, (modern scholarship apparently now challenges the authorship of Aeschylus) still holds an audience and teases the mind. [more] |
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