 reviewed by Terry MacTavish 15 Apr 2012 |
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Always absorbing, at times electrifying; seriously impressive "People who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when I painted them," said the famous abstract-expressionist artist, Mark Rothko. Is it then blasphemy to use such art as mere decor in a restaurant where only the privileged will eat? [more] |
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reviewed by Barbara Frame (Otago Daily Times) 16 Apr 2012 |
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Superb portrayal of Rothko and assistant As full-length plays go, Red is quite short. It requires two actors, and uncomplicated set, and some paint. So why does it seem such an audacious undertaking? Because of John Logan's brilliant, Tony award-winning script, because of its towering themes – art, creativity, permanence, the sublime – and because of the demands it makes of its director, its actors and its audience. [more] |
 reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 6 Jun 2011 |
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Powerful portrait of an abstract artist Fine collaboration gives Mark Rothko’s expressionist art the respect it deserves Rothko's luminous rectangles of pure colour represent a final stab at the modernist project of creating an art that would usurp the function of religion. [more] |
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reviewed by Lexie Matheson 6 Jun 2011 |
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Engages the visceral and pits it against the mundane On the day James Wallace is named in the Queen’s Birthday honours list as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit I sit down to review a play about artists, and, more specifically, a play that celebrates the life of a great painter as interpreted by one of our greatest actors. [more] |
 reviewed by Felicity Molloy 15 Feb 2008 |
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Far outshines previous work I love it that the company is bringing forth inventive work. I love it that the dancers get to dance difficult movement in sophisticated choreography to diverse music. I love it that the dancers are a more hybrid group. [more] |
 reviewed by Barbara Frame (Otago Daily Times) 15 Nov 2010 |
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Panto promise of fun kept for young, old alike People go to pantomimes to have fun, and fun was what the Fortune Theatre audience was having on Saturday night. [more] |
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reviewed by Sharon Matthews 15 Nov 2010 |
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Bawdy brilliance with extra prunes Well it’s not Uncle Vanya, but I loved it! Director David Lawrence’s trademark is, I quote, “existential angst-ridden soul-searching” theatre. However, in his director’s notes he pre-empts any concerns that might be felt about his suitability for pantomime by passionately defending the role of accessible, escapist theatre to excite the imagination and comment in a seemingly apolitical manner on the problems of the world. [more] |
 RED RIVER | CORE at Blue Oyster Art Project Space reviewed by Terry MacTavish 5 Apr 2010 |
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What lies at the core Most dramatic and on a larger scale is Red River’s Core, ‘an installation with moving parts’, and winner of Fringe Best Production Design. Directed by Katrina Thomson, creator of last year’s stunning 3rd Horse, the performance is followed up by the exhibition of gorgeous photos of the images created. Either could stand alone, but each gains from its counterpart. [more] |
 reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 8 Jun 2006 |
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Mixed results deserve to be embraced Wilson has essentially devised and written an evening’s theatre that is four (Chekhov) plays within a play, taking some bold risks along the way, with mixed results. [more] |
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Splore 2010 REFLECT – DREAMS OF SPACE SHIFTING at Splore Living Lounge, Tapapakanga Regional Park reviewed by Shanon O'Sullivan 22 Feb 2010 |
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Powerful performances against a striking backdrop Nestled amongst majestic pohutukawa on a hilltop and former Maori pa site overlooking the ocean, two figures (Liana Yew and Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann) stand posed, wrapped in long flowing layers of white chiffon gauze that spread out over the earth. Wooden branches are attached to their bodies and their presence melds into the open space. [more] |
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