 reviewed by Moreen Eason & John Jefferies 6 Aug 2010 |
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Complex and exotic tales danced with compelling charm and beauty Nelson is indeed fortunate to have Vivek Kinra and the Mudra Dance Company in performance. After holding a classical Indian Dance workshop, and performances for local schools this week, Kinra, with two members of the Mudra Dance Company (Ramya Bhagavathula and Anuksha Narayan) created an evening of magic in the Suter. [more] |
 reviewed by Jacqueline Smith (New Zealand Herald) 23 Jul 2010 |
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Russian classic gorgeous served on ice with twist Tchaikovsky's Russian love triangle - the tale of Odette, Odile and Prince Siegfried - has toured the world for 135 years, and it seems it will never get old. [more] |
 reviewed by Jacqueline Smith (New Zealand Herald) 17 Sep 2010 |
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Prepare to be happily freaked out Extraordinary performers produce some hair-raising moments Well, they certainly got their timing spot on – Aucklanders are soggy to their bones at the moment. But the beaming smiles, cheery bongos and helzapoppin dancing of these crazy African performers took the audience to their hot, sunny and dry mother continent ... [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Cleave 5 Aug 2010 |
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Lifetimes in Dance; backwards and forwards to the present life It was the show of shows. A comprehensive display of dance, Maori dance at Te Papa. It featured a Hakari, a dinner at Icon the dining complex at Te Papa Tongarewa and this was remarkable for the dignitaries there: senior politicians, High Court judges, Kerry Prendergast the Mayor of Wellington, sundry MPs and lawyers. [more] |
 reviewed by Peter Cleave 1 Oct 2010 |
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Kiwi music hall Kiikii te whare. He tangata tiaho rawa a Lisa ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara ... It was packed. Lisa is popular in Wellington ... Ka taatai teenei whakaaturanga ki a Billy T James me Lou raaua ko Haimona .... The gig was in the tradition of Billy T James and Lou and Simon ... [more] |
 reviewed by Sarah Howell (UNLIMITED - Three Weeks) 11 Aug 2010 |
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A feast for the eyes “Are you saying I need to sex up my oats?” is just one of the comedic, food-based lines that make this conceptually clever piece so enjoyable. Immediately thrust into the madcap world of talking food, the play begins with the awakening screech of a wasabi pea tub and doesn't look back. [more] |
 reviewed by Deb Meldrum 12 Aug 2010 |
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More humour to be extracted? This play is by the Canadian playwright Morris Panych and was first performed in America and Canada in 2002 with the name Vigil. The British, when they put it on in the West End, changed the name to Auntie & Me. I must admit I prefer the name Vigil as it doesn’t have the connotations of being a giggle a minute British seaside comedy ... [more] |
 reviewed by Kirsty Gillespie 5 Sep 2010 |
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The show goes on: Complementary skills make the most of the format Inspired by a scene concept performed at Scared Scriptless in 2006, Patrick Duffy and Greg Ellis saw the potential to develop the Antiques Road Show theme further, thus creating the fully fledged long format improv show that it is today. [more] |
 reviewed by Val Smith 20 Nov 2010 |
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Re-View Re-flect Re-Member Four out of the five pieces are repertoire and are collectively grand and polished with lush production elements. The fifth, Chris Jannides piece ‘Comp Legs Circa’ is a “tinkered and tampered” upon old and new piece and arguably the most affecting within the context of this ‘celebration’. I’ll come back to this piece at the end of this discussion. [more] |
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OCT - DEC SERIES at Various neighborhood locations reviewed by Val Smith 12 Dec 2011 |
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Understanding Brent's Bundles One thing I love about October and December series is the engagement with inviting and publicity of the events. One email invitation includes an mp3 audio attachment of a short capture of voice; “ok just to aaaaaa, just to come back”. In order to catch what the audio file says I replay it back several times; laughing, as in doing so, I am creating, recreating, an idea of Brent glitching in repetitive loop styles, perhaps dealing with ways of compulsion, self questioning, inadequacy? Perhaps of glitching between spaces of time passing between repetitions. >>?<< A current email invitation lists the end times of episodes as opposed to the start times, introducing ambiguity to beginnings and endings, a common aspect of this work (we wonder are we done yet?) I look forward to seeing how his following of regulars, newcomers, and passers by, deal with this end times invitation. [more] |
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