 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 13 Aug 2012 |
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Profound perspectives on pride then and now The Pride, then, provides actors and director with a device that succinctly says what it means – the 2 hour 30 minute journey is never a burden, never seems padded – and does so with a startling emotional intensity, unashamed theatricality and a textual score peppered with wild comedic potential. It’s big stuff, meaty and real, and it matters. [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 18 Aug 2012 |
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Rich and fulfilling with unexpected delights and eminently digestible The Pantry Shelf is a satire, albeit a gentle one. It has a barb, it makes its point but it does so in a delightfully robust and theatrical manner. We’re left in no doubt about the creator’s attitude to branding and labelling, to food content manipulation and to the whole corporate 1% shebang. We agree, of course. [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 17 Aug 2012 |
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Sweet voyeurism Nøughty Girls is about a couple of girls up to naughty but nice stuff in the nice and naughty noughties. In so doing they expose a little known fact, that apart from the technology and some changes in the language, heterosexuality is pretty much as it always has been. [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 14 Sep 2012 |
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A magnificent work, unique and profound PLab – yes, that’s what they’re called – is a new collective founded by Fasitua Amosa, who is one of our finest. His dream is to create an environment where Pasifika performing artists can try out new ideas, experiment and ultimately stage new work. Hypothesis: a compound reaction from New Zealand Samoans is the first work to bounce out of the lab and, frankly, it’s a wee ripper. [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 20 Sep 2012 |
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Challenging, riveting play delivered with clarity, charm and class Colin McColl’s production of The Gift has class written all over it. From glittering cast to swanky set (Rachael Walker), from the cool Pacific jazz of Adrian Hollay to the fabulous audio-visuals of Simon Barker, from the subtlest of lighting by Phillip Dexter MSc to the divine costumes of Sara Taylor there’s barely a thing out of place. McColl’s direction is masterful to the degree that this psychologically labyrinthine script is made as clear as day from beginning to end. [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 7 Oct 2012 |
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Astonishing work Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. This quote from Shakespeare’s The Tempest sums up an extraordinary evening. [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 26 Nov 2012 |
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Funny, sad, dysfunctional and candid Crimes of the Heart is the story of three sisters each of whom has committed – you guessed it – ‘crimes of the heart’. They have all been raised by Granddaddy after Daddy left home when they were young’uns and Mama hanged herself along with the family pet. Now Granddaddy is in the hospital and the family has come back together to deal with the indisputable fact that sister Babe has shot her husband ... [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 22 Dec 2012 |
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A magical exercise in theatre fusion While having all the structure and appearance of classical Commedia it manages a subtle Pasifika flava as well. It’s there in the costumes and the text – and certainly the improvisation – and each deviation from the classic form is truly delightful. [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 3 Apr 2013 |
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Unity, cohesion and an exciting shared vision Sam Shore likes challenges, otherwise why would he choose to tackle one of the greatest, and most labyrinthine, plays of the 20th century; a play recently criticised for being trapped in the quasi-intellectual quagmire of the 1970s and for trumpeting the demise of second wave feminism? [more] |
 reviewed by Lexie Matheson 26 Apr 2013 |
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Fantastic fiction Frost/Nixon is English playwright Peter Morgan’s account of the genesis, planning and making of the Frost interviews with Nixon. I have carefully chosen the word ‘account’ because the veracity of the events portrayed is still up for debate and so it will always be because if anyone polarized opinion it was Richard M Nixon. [more] |
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